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    him? though iɽ̃ɛ̃ uxa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ]
    seems also possible. Another
    form iɽ̃ɔɛ̃ is found e.g. in re-
    ported speech ɔw-iɽ̃ɔɛ̃ (wɛ [ / ])
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] he said: he (i.e. himself,
    sc. e.g. did it; in an answer);
    cf. iɽ̃ã [ ˥ ˩ ]; v. ɔ [ ˩ ].
    
iɽ̃ɛʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] knowledge; cf. ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ / ],
    xxxxx
    eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]; v. igweʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], igwabɔ
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
iɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) hair of body. (2) fur of
    animals; cf. Yor. iɽũ [ ˧ ˧ ].
    
iɽ̃uɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] dirt; iɽ̃uɛ̃ bũ gbe ʋ-egb-uɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ / ] “dirt is much on your
    body”: you are very dirty.
    
iɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] grass; iɽ̃uʋ̃u sɔ̃ gbe
    ʋ-ogba na [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “grass grows
    much in this fenced spot”.
    
isã [ ˩ ˩ ] faeces; is-ãhiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ]
    “faeces of bird”: a tree, Maba
    chrysantha; is-ãvã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “faeces
    of thunder”: an oblong stone
    (half a foot or a foot long)
    found in the earth, on rocky
    soil, or in dead trees struck by
    lightning (?) (mostly in uloko
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] tree though it has a different
    origin there); easily breakable;
    cf. avã [ ˩ ˥ ] “thunderbolt”.
    N.W.Th. has “long stone-axe”.
    It is used for “medical” pur-
    poses; is-õgo [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “faeces of old
    farm land”: yams growing on
    abandoned farm because over-
    looked by the farmer; v. uxuʋ̃u
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
    
isaba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a style of hair-dressing
    worn by women during the
    fourth or fifth month of preg-
    nancy: consists of many small
    plaits, each “about as thick as
    a cigarette”; v. eto [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
isagele [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “bullet-maker”: a
    word occurring in a song; the
    tones are uncertain; cf. sa [ ˥ ] (?),
    agele [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (?).