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    have been eaten by insects
    (espec. ants); rhɔ‿iherhe n-ɔr-
    ihɛʋ̃ɛ na kua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ / ] pick
    the empty husks which are
    among these beans, and throw
    them away! (2) empty gums
    of infants; ɔʋoxã na y-iherhe wɔ
    ʋ̃-enwɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “this child
    has taken its gums and pressed
    my breasts”: i.e. sucked at my
    breasts.
    
ihɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] load; ihɛ xuaa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] the
    load is (too) heavy for me; ih-aɣ-
    ẽmiowo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ] “load of mat
    (aɣɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ]) of meat”: dried meat
    wrapped in a mat; up to a short
    time ago, meat was carried in
    this way to the Ɔba and to chiefs
    by hunters making a present of
    part of their kill (v. imuohã
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); this is said to be done
    still “in the bush” (the nasalisa-
    tion-mark on the ẽ indicates a
    nasalised glide only); ih-ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
    a load of corn (maize); cf. hɛ
    [ / ].
    
ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] (1) a deity whose shrines
    are believed to have been in-
    stituted by the deity itself; the
    ihɛ̃s mostly correspond to rivers
    and are believed to have been
    human beings who transformed
    themselves into those rivers;
    (contrast: ɛbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ], any “juju
    constructed by men”); cf. ohɛ̃
    [ ˩ \ ]. (2) oath; v. vɛ̃ [ ˥ ]. (3) curse;
    v. tie [ / ].
    
ihɛ̃hũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] unanimous de-
    cision; cf. hɛ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ], unu [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ihɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] (1) beans; aɣam-inya
    kpalɔ y-ihɛʋ̃ɛ ni-ɽɛ yi (miɛ [ ˥ ])
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / / / ˥ ] “can we get yam
    to peel for those beans to-day?”
    i.e. to eat together with the
    beans; v. bie [ / ]. (2) kidneys
    (probably because of their