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ideʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “buyers of things”: a
    gang of the Ɔba’s belonging to
    the Ibiwe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] society. They
    go about the country requisition-
    ing food for the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]
    against payment. Formerly this
    payment is said to have been
    very small; cf. dɛ [ ˥ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ].
    
idɛ̃ɣɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a knife used in the
    kitchen and in other house-work;
    same as eɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]; L.R. fig. 141.
    
idĩ [ ˩ ˩ ] grave; cf. f-ĩdĩ [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
Idibo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,
    seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.
    
ido [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) loom; v. abɔkpɔ 1 [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
    ihue [ ˩ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) cobweb:
    akpakpa du‿ido [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˨ ] (do [ ˥ ])
    the spider has woven a cobweb.
    
idobo [ ˩ ˩ / ] (1) hindrance; ob-
    stacle. (2) disturbance; ɣɛmu‿
    idobo gũ ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ehe n-iye
    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “do not put ob-
    stacles to (in front of) me at the
    place where I am”: do not
    disturb me at my house.
    
idodia [ ˩ ˥ / ] (or [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] ?) “I stand
    secretly”: a very small snake,
    blue-black, with a white spot at
    each side of the head; it lies
    coiled up and does not move
    much, and runs away when
    touched, bites when trodden
    upon; very poisonous; cf. do 2
    [ / ], dia 1 [ ˥ ], v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
idɔla [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] florin; cf. English
    “dollar”.
    
idu [ ˥ ˩ ] wild dove; it has a brown
    back and shining wing-feathers;
    it is believed to use these
    feathers as a mirror in order to
    see whether anybody is fol-
    lowing it (probably because it
    pushes its head forward at every
    step, looking sideways); a dif-
    ferent kind is: idu‿ɛgbo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]
    “dove of the forest”; it is bigger