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    a traditional story explaining
    this rule. Round the ikũs, ɔgwas
    and uɣuɣas [ ˥ \ ˩ ] are grouped
    which open into the ikũs. Rich
    people have an ikũ n-aɽu ogũ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˨ ] ikũ of the Ogũ-shrine (a
    narrow one between the first and
    the second ikũ). Poorer people
    have their Ogũ-shrine opposite
    the mother’s shrine, and the
    “arm” (Obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]) above Ogũ. For
    Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ], v. ɔgwa [ ˩ ˥ ] and ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ].
    Uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], the head, is wor-
    shipped either in a niche (iba
    [ ˥ ˥ ]) in one’s sleeping-room, or
    (by. chiefs) at a special shrine
    near the house-owner’s private
    rooms. This is then called ikũ
    n-aɽ-uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ]; v. ɛhi [ ˩ ˩ ],
    iba [ ˥ ˥ ].
    
ikũegbemu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “tying body
    (oneself) and taking”: contrition
    (Akugbe); cf. kũ 1 [ / ].
    
ikuɛ̃kuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] wrinkles; aɽu‿ɔɽe
    bũn-ikuɛ̃kuɛ̃ (bũnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
    his face is wrinkeled (lit. “broken
    (in) wrinkles”).
    
ikpakpa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] skin (a thicker one
    than ibobo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); ikpakp-egbe
    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] skin (of body); ikpakp-
    erhã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] bark (of tree); ikpakp-
    ɔɣɛdɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] plantain-peel; ikp-
    akp-ehɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] scales of fish.
    
ikpakpalɔ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] a wild bean,
    edible.
    
ikpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) evil spirits living
    on (or near) the roads believed
    to be able to “seize” one’s wife
    or children by means of a fatal
    disease or an accident; sacrifices
    are given to them at uprooted
    trees where they are supposed
    to live: the sacrifice is put in a
    bag, together with a viper’s
    skin, and suspended from a root
    of the tree. (2) way-layers.