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• isaa pitcher for conveying water; ebb tide; hole; rat's hole; burrow
• ajerea pot with many holes in it like a sieve, used to dry meat in over the fire; a calabash bored with many holes like a colander, used in washing away the sediment of the locust fruit, and egusi seed
• ayéearth; a small hole in a wooden vessel; breadth of cloth
• fínto engrave, carve (e.g., calabashes, bowls); to fill a hole with smoke; smother; search out
• ihóhole
• ìhohole; pit; dell; ditch
• jìngive; to fall into a hole, pit
• dáluto bore; make a hole through
• kẹkẹa grub which makes holes in calabashes; gradually; profound silence
• kótòhollow; not enough; pit; hole; ditch; cavity
• kòtòditch; hole; pit