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*egbagbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] faith; belief; nowa-



*    days iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] is more in use;



*    cf. Yor. gba gbɔ [ ˩ / ].



*egbaha [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] beam supporting the



*    wall above a door.



*egbalaka [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] ladder.



*egbaɽozaɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] an illness similar



*    to esalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; it attacks the



*    hands or feet in the form of



*    pimples which are very painful;



*    there is no swelling, but a dis-



*    charge of mucus; if treated, it



*    breaks out at another spot; cf.



*    gbe [ ˥ ], zɛ 2 (?) [ ˥ ], aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ].



*egbaxiã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lover, used of women



*    but also of men; the word does,



*    however, not necessarily imply



*    sexual relations.



*egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) body; egbe n-ɔkp-ɔʋ̃a



*    (kpe [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / (4-1) ] “body that



*    is beating a man”: a kind



*    of jerking pain in the bones,



*    perhaps due to rheumatism;



*    also called egbe n-ɔfi‿ɔʋ̃a‿eʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “body that is striking



*    a man a blow”; idiom.: egbe ʋ̃ɛ



*    da ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “my body is precious



*    to me”: I am careful not to



*    hurt myself; imu‿egbe gb-okuta



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “I took body struck



*    stone”: I hit myself against a



*    stone; egbe gu‿ɛe ɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ]



*    “body is doing with her”: she



*    is having a miscarriage (there



*    is said to be no wilful abortion



*    nor abortive medicine; but



*    others, e.g. repudiated lovers,



*    are occasionally, though not



*    frequently, held to be the cause



*    of miscarriages); egbe mu‿ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he is fooling about, or



*    intruding, out of high spirits;



*    iɽu‿ɛɽe y-egbe n-ɔhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “I did (it) to him to (his) body



*    as (lit. ‘give’(?)) a present”:



*    I did this to him without his