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*    unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) and for purposes



*    of purification. eb-ɔdɔ̃dɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] a



*    small plant, Talinum triangu-



*    lare; used in preparing a soup



*    (v. afɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]) with a taste similar



*    to that of ocro-soup; eb-ɔdɔ̃dɔ̃



*    n-ule na ɽu amaamɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ]



*    this ɔdɔ̃dɔ̃-soup you have made



*    is watery. eb-uʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “salt-



*    leaf”: a creeper, Manniophyton



*    africanum; it causes itching when



*    touched, hence the name. ebe n-



*    ɔy-ɔba [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] (yɛ [ / ]) “the leaf



*    that pleases the Ɔba”: a tree,



*    Monodoramyristica, same as ikp-



*    osa; it is sald that somebody



*    once showed its leaf to the Ɔba



*    and that the Ɔba was pleased with



*    it and gave the man a wife and



*    a servant; the flower of this



*    tree, called iyɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], “pawn”,



*    is used in a game. Redupl. ebebe



*    [ ˩ \ ˥ ] or [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] green; ɔɽu‿ebebe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] it is green. (2) paper;



*    also: ebe n-agb-ẽbe (or n-aya-



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] lit. “leaf that is



*    used for writing”. (3) book; also:



*    ebe n-atie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] “leaf that is



*    read” or, eb-ebo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “Euro-



*    pean leaf”; eb-imu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] warrant



*    of arrest.



*ebɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] wine-tapping; cf. bɛ [ / ].



*ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] boundary between farms



*    of owners sharing the same plot;



*    cf. ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (?); v. sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].



*ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] pointed iron rods or



*    broken glass (covered) serving



*    to keep people off from farm-



*    land; cf. ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (?)



*ebi [ ˩ ˥ ] darkness; mostly redu-



*    plicated: ebiebi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; ebiebi so



*    gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ] “darkness has dark-



*    ened much”: it is very dark;



*    ebiebi so [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “darkness is



*    darkening”: it is getting dark;



*    cf. bi 1 [ ˥ ]; ʋiɽiʋiɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].