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    prickly heat; swelling caused by
    eating too much sugar-cane, or
    by scratching oneself; v. likpa-
    likpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. Possibly ikpɛ may
    refer here to the little heaps of
    soil made by worms.

ikp-ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] date; cf. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], ikpɛ
    [ ˩ ˩ ]?

ikpɛkete [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] drummers placed
    behind the Ɔba while he sits or
    stands at an ugie [ ˩ ˩ ].

ikpɛkpɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] cemetery; a curse:
    ikpɛkpɛ‿uɽaʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] may you
    sleep on the cemetery! (i.e. “may
    you not grow very old”, since
    old people who had their own
    house and did not live in their
    father’s or relative’s house, were
    buried at their house).

ikpɛsi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (big) yam-pole; they
    are used in the proportion of one
    ikpɛsi to three or four ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]
    (small yam poles).

ikpĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] boa; ikpĩ n-erha ʋ̃ɛ gbe-ɽɛ
    tã gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the boa my
    father killed to-day (ɛɽɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]) is
    very long; ikpĩ‿amɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “boa
    of water (rain)”: rainbow; cf.
    ataikpĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], iro [ ˥ ˩ ],
    osumaɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

ikpĩhiãbɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] finger; ikpĩhiãbɔ
    n-ogie [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the principal
    finger”: thumb; ikpĩhiãbɔ n-
    usexae [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] indicator (cf.
    s-exae [ ˥ ˩ ] to point with the
    indicator)+; ikpĩhiãbɔ n-ɔw(u)a-
    ɽoka [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “finger to which
    a ring is forbidden”: indicator;
    ikpĩhiãbɔ n-ɔk-adesɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]
    middle finger; ikpĩhiãb-oɽoka
    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “ring-finger”: fourth
    finger; also ikpĩhiãbɔ n-ɔdia ke
    n-exerhe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] “finger that
    is near the small one”; ikpĩhiãbɔ
    n-exerhe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] small finger:
    cf. obɔ, abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].