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    charm composed of things be-
    lieved to be taboo to them called
    eʋ̃i n-aya b-isusu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “things
    that are used to push the isusu,”
    i.e. to drive them away; it is tied
    to a stick outside the village,
    v. bi [ ˥ ]; a curse: isusu‿ɔɽ-ala
    ɽuɛ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “trouble
    (or, evil spirits) (it is that) may
    enter you much!” (or, possibly:
    your body); v. ukpokpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ];
    gbe 1 [ ˥ ].
    
itã [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) proverb. (2) story
    (mainly exemplifying a pro-
    verb). (3) meaning or moral
    contained in a proverb: itã-ɽ̃ɛ̃
    [ ˥ / ˩ ] “its meaning”. (4) history
    (with an application for life);
    with a moral; cf. Yor. itã [ ˩ ˩ ];
    v. iʋe [ ˩ ˩ ], fi [ ˥ ].
    
itã [ ˩ ˩ ] feather-ordeal; was mainly
    used to detect adultery, but also
    for theft; a feather was stuck
    into the defendant’s tongue,
    and when it was difficult to pull
    it out again, i.e. when there was
    a pause, the woman was guilty;
    idiom.: itã ya gba [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “the
    ordeal (-feather) is stuck”: used
    when there is a slight confusion,
    and, consequently, a pause, e.g.
    in writing a letter, or in talking,
    when the ideas present them-
    selves too quickly to be ex-
    pressed in due order.
    
itaba [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] tobacco; cf. Port.
    tabaco; v. egbɔɣɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].
    
Itakpa [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the Nupe people; cf.
    Yor. takpa [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
itaxuɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] material formerly used
    as uke [ ˩ ˥ ], the pad used in hair-
    dressing; it is obtained from the
    plantain-bark; used also as a
    kind of sponge for “rubbing”
    (dɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]) walls and floors of
    houses; for that purpose it is