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    cf. gwɛ [ ˥ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]; v. igwabɔ
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], iɽ̃ɛʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
igwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] knee; igwɛ tɔlɔ ʋ̃ɛ
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (my) knee is itching
    ( “me” in Bini); ɔy-ɔɽ-igwɛ (yi
    [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] it brought him to his
    knees (e.g. said of an offence for
    which the wrongdoer must beg
    forgiveness on his knees). igu-
    abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “knee of arm”: elbow.
    igw-ɛwe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “goat’s knee”:
    a shrub; its leaves are used
    (N.W.Th.) to smooth newly
    made clay-pots; cf. ɛwe [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
igwɛ 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] the time when the
    annual sacrifices to the head
    (uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) are made; between
    September and November (there
    is no special word for the
    Ɔba’s igwɛ); ɛɣɛ n-agbɔ̃ hia
    ya ɽ-uhuʋ̃-ɔ̃ɣ-ukpo eɽ-ati-ɛɽ-igwɛ
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the time every-
    body (all the world) takes to
    sacrifice (ɽu [ ˥ ]) to the head
    annually (ɔɣ-ukpo [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]) it is
    what is called igwɛ”; cf. gwɛ [ / ].
    
igwɔmɔre [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] first servants of
    a newly crowned Ɔba; the
    servants he had as Edaikɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˥ ]
    were formerly banished from
    the country or killed in the
    supposition that they would not
    respect him sufficiently as king,
    having seen him as a boy or
    young man; cf. ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], re 2 [ ˥ ].
    
igba [ ˥ ˩ ] time; in connection with
    numerals only, and with the
    particular meaning of “time”
    found in this connection; igba-
    va [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] twice; igba-ha [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
    thrice; igba-nɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] four times;
    igba-sɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] five times; igba-gbe
    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] ten times; igba‿ugie [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    twenty times; igba-y-isɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    hundred times; ilu-gba [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] how
    often? cf. Yor. igba [ ˩ ˩ ].