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isi 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] base of a tree, i.e. the
    surrounding space as far as the
    seeds or fruit of the tree fall,
    also isi‿erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; cf. Is-iloko
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]; v. ɛzi [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
Isi [ ˩ ˩ ] name of a group of villages
    between the Ehɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] and Agbɔ
    [ ˩ ˩ ] roads, said to be the place
    from which the cult of the god
    Akɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] started.
    
isiamɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “drawing water”
    (also called amɛnasi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]):
    rain-making. There are no par-
    ticular rain-makers, and it can
    be performed by anybody who
    knows the leaves of which the
    charm is composed and the
    procedure of rain-making. If a
    village wants rain, it calls for
    some expert. Rain-making is
    occasionally employed with
    malicious purposes, e.g. in order
    to spoil the thanksgiving pro-
    cession of a new chief, or a
    man’s house building; cf. si [ ˥ ],
    amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
isierhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] hauling timber logs
    along the track to a river (where
    they are left to drift down-
    stream); cf. si [ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
Isĩɛʋ̃ɛ̃ɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl.) “watchers of
    things”: bodyguard of the Ɔba
    when he goes to an ugie [ ˩ ˩ ];
    they also played the main role
    among the oxĩ-ãsɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; they
    carry charmed bows, arrows,
    and guns; this bodyguard con-
    sists of members of a sib of the
    same name that has its centre
    on the right side of Sakpoba
    Road in Benin City; the senior
    is chief Ekegbiã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; their morn-
    ing greeting is la tɔ sɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. sĩ
    ɛɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]; v. ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ].
    
isiguabɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] a game similar to
    isɛ n-aʋa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], but the seeds are