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iʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] loneliness; iʋiɛro [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    “loneliness is reigning (?)”: time
    of the fiercest heat, between
    two and four o’clock, when
    everybody has retired into his
    house; this is one of the best
    times for thieves. During this
    time, the antelope ɛrhuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] may
    be met with, coming out to eat
    ocro; cf. ʋiɛ [ / ] (?).
    
iʋiɛkpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a snake: short, simi-
    lar to a viper and of the same
    colour as a viper; jumps; poison-
    ous; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
iʋ̃aegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] self-conceit; cf. ʋ̃a
    [ / ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. itẽgbemu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],
    uhioʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ], uzɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    
iw- [ ˩ ] ten (in the following com-
    positions only): iw-eva [ ˩ / ˩ ]
    twelve; iw-eɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] thirteen;
    iw-enɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] fourteen; cf. igbe
    [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
iw- [ ˩ ] household society at the
    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; in (1) Iw-ebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]
    another society of the three
    main societies; it is concerned
    with the Ɔba’s dresses; the
    senior chiefs are Unwagwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]
    and Ɛɽibo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; the young people
    in it who have not yet any title,
    are called ibiɛruɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], as in
    Iw-ɛguae. (2) iw-egiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the
    Ɔba’s defensive charmers or evil-
    wishers against his private
    enemies (“implicators”), a divi-
    sion of the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; (3) iw-
    ehɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a division of the
    Ɔba’s ewaise [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; they take
    care of some of his charms.
    (4) Iw-ɛguae [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “society of
    the Ɛguae”: one of the three
    main household societies; it
    contains the personal servants
    of the Ɔba; all the emada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]
    belong to them; the young
    people at the Iw-ɛguae are