[ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] (you pl.) stand in
double file! etɛ̃ n-eva [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] the
two brothers. evairɔʋugie [ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ]
“two are not in twenty”:
eighteen.
evav [ ˩ \ ] or evavu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] valve,
in cars and bicycles; Engl.
eve [ ˩ ˥ ] weeping; am-eve [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
tears; idiom.: eve n-aʋ̃-ɔ̃za vi-
ɔza [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lit. “the weeping
with Ɔza’s wives wept (for)
Ɔza”: crocodile’s tears. Ɔza was
a wicked but powerful man
whose wives were glad when he
died. It is used in the following
way: ɣɛvi-ɔʋ̃-eve n-aʋ̃-ɔ̃za vi-ɔza
[ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] don’t weep croco-
dile’s tears over me! cf. viɛ [ ˥ ].
eve [ ˩ ˩ ] elephantiasis; there are
three kinds of elephantiasis: ev-
axwaxwaɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (the small
size), eve n-uko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “calabash-
e.” (the big size), and eve
lɛyolɛre [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “elephantiasis-
run-go-run come”: a fugitive
variety of the disease, said to be
the most serious one; it is stated
to kill the patient gradually; if
somebody has died from it, the
swelling is quickly removed, be-
fore it disappears again, for there
is a belief that otherwise it may
follow the man into his next re-
incarnation. Reincarnated men
may be recognized by their
having this disease, and it is
believed that it does not kill a
man a second time; v. uxuʋ̃u
[ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
evɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] wrestling; cf. vɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ]; v.
ya gbe [ ˩ ˥ ].
evie [ ˥ ˥ ] anvil consisting of iron
fixed on wood; also okuta [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].
evuato [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or possibly [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] an
animal, perhaps a rodent; pos-
