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    dipped in water that has been
    mixed with mud.
    
ite [ ˥ / ] (1) continued menstrua-
    tion. (2) a parrot’s disease
    hindering the development of its
    red tail feather (ebaxuɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]).
    
itẽgbemu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] pride (in a bad
    sense); cf. tɔ̃ 4 [ ˥ ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ], mu
    [ ˥ ]; v. iʋ̃aegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], uhioʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    
itehie [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a very small kind of
    tomato said to taste bitter, and
    believed to originate from the
    faeces of the birds asɛsɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] and
    esikpoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]; the shrub is only
    a few feet high and yields much
    fruit; v. exwe [ ˥ ˥ ].
    
itẽrhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] tree-felling (used by
    timbermen); cf. tɔ̃ [ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
itɛbitɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (also e-) for ever;
    Oɣodua keʋ - Osanobu - itɛbitɛ
    [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˨ ] “God Almighty
    and Everlasting” (Akugbe).
    
itie [ ˩ ˥ ] “calling”, i.e. saying the
    ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (divination) solu-
    tions as contrasted to their
    analysis and explanation (eria
    [ ˩ ˥ ], ria [ / ]); cf. tie [ / ].
    
itiebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] reading, lit. “book-
    calling”; cf. tie [ / ], ebe [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
itiɛzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “law-suit-calling”:
    bringing in a summons; cf. tie
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    [ / ], ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ].
    
itile [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] betting; cf. ta [ ˥ ],
    ile [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
itohã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] pity; cf. tohã [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
itohia [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] guinea-worm.
    
itõkũ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) measuring timber
    logs with a rope; (2) plural of
    ɔtɔ̃kũ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. tã [ ˥ ], okũ [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
itotaya [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] buttocks; cf. tota
    [ ˥ / ]; v. ikebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
itoto [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a kind of cane; root is
    used as a medicine, and also as
    a magic preparation for making
    “one’s body smooth and fleshy”,
    esp. for the Ɔba.