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*ebo [ ˥ ˦ ] European; white man;



*    ebo n-ɔxwa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the great



*    white man”: the Governor; eb-



*    igɛdu [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] manager of a timber-



*    camp; cf. Yor. oyĩbo [ ˩ ˩ / ].



*ebɔbɔzi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (ɔ- seems also to be



*    used as a prefix) a dish prepared



*    from cassava: unground cassava



*    is cooked, then cut in slices, and



*    kept in water until daybreak.



*    It is eaten during farmwork



*    because it is easy to prepare and



*    can be kept; it is considered to



*    be rather inferior, and it is



*    mostly eaten by poor people;



*    ebɔbɔzi is said to have been the



*    original way of preparing cas-



*    sava (together with efɛ̃rhinyɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) before ekpukpu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], usi



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], and igaɽi [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] were intro-



*    duced, which are the most usual



*    cassava dishes now.



*ebubɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] dust; fine sand; v.



*    exae [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ebubule [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a herb used as an



*    ingredient for soups by the



*    Akure people (Yorubas); it is



*    said to be able to cure elapurhu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ], fugitive swellings.



*eda [ ˩ ˥ ] rain-water; cf. da [ / ].



*edae [ ˩ / ] a “tying”-charm used



*    to ward off death, in cases of



*    fainting, unconsciousness, or



*    approaching death; agb-edae y-



*    ɔɽ-uhuʋ̃u ʋ-ɔkuɔɽe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]



*    edae was tied to his head when



*    he had fainted.



*Edaikɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˥ ] title of the heir to



*    the throne in Benin; he has a



*    court of his own at Uselu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],



*    and is a member of the Uzama



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*edaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] examination; cf.



*    daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ede 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] buffalo; bush-cow; cf.



*    Yor. ede [ ˩ / ].