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ikũ [ ˩ \ ] a type of room in Bini
    houses containing a hollow on
    the floor called ukpafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] into
    which the rain-water flows from
    an open space in the roof (v.
    Roman atrium and piscina);
    the various shrines of the
    ancestors and the powers wor-
    shipped by the family are found
    each in one ikũ. So there is an
    ikũ n-aɽu‿erha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˧ ] ikũ of
    the father’s shrine, and an ikũ
    n-aɽu‿iye [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˧ ] ikũ of the
    mother’s shrine. The former is
    the first ikũ: ikũ n-uɣ-oɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ],
    i.e. the ikũ of the outside uɣa
    [ ˩ ˩ ], the latter, the second ikũ:
    ikũ n-ɔk-adesɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (ke [ ˥ ])
    the middle ikũ. The third ikũ is
    that of Olokũ: ikũ n-aɽu‿olokũ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˧ ˨ ]; it is always long and
    narrow and may contain an
    ɛɣodo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] or ukpafɛ̃ (which is
    the same); not all houses seem
    to possess it, but in former times
    every house is said to have had
    one. The third ikũ is the last
    one of those to be found in the
    houses of “ordinary people”.
    It is then their private ikũ, ikũ
    n-od-uw-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˨ ] “ikũ of the
    inside of the house”, and will in
    that case not contain the Olokũ-
    shrine which will be kept at
    od-ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]. The father’s and
    mother’s shrines must, if pos-
    sible, not be kept in the same ikũ;
    therefore, if a house has only
    one ikũ, besides the private
    apartments, the mother’s shrine
    is in the ukp-ube [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], i.e. in an
    ɔgwa [ ˩ ˥ ] opening into the room
    containing the ɛɣod-ɛriɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],
    or else the two shrines, though
    in the same ikũ, are kept
    on different ibas [ ˥ ˥ ]. There is