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• ekeRoyal Python (Python regius), the smaller species of python, more common, lives in compounds and is freely handled, sacred in most parts of Igboland; python; man, male
• Ekèpython; one of the four market days; ekè good luck, fortune
• Èkea day in the Igbo four-day week, following Ǹkwọ, personified as an alūsị; Arụsị of the first market day of the Igbo week, associated with east and the element of fire
• Nweēkefor men born on Ǹkwọ, Èke, Oyè, and Àfò respectively, and Nwam̀gbankw̄ ọ, Nwam̀gbeēke, Nwam̀gbaàfò for women born on Ǹkwọ, Èke, and Àfò respectively. It is also used preceding the name of a deity, person, or set of circumstances, etc., after which a person is named: e.g. Nwudō (son of Udō, a deity); Nwọòrà (son of all); Nwoòlìsà (son of Òlìsà, God); Nwachukwu (son of God); Nwiijè (for a son born away from home); male name; child born on Eke day