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*    being able to take revenge; egbe



*    is further used in the following



*    compound expressions: egb-amɛ



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] = ɔkp-ɛ̃zɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] riverside;



*    bank (Egh. Hist.); egb-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    house-wall; egb-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] latrine;



*    the general term; not as out-



*    spoken and “boyish” a term as



*    ow-isã [ ˩ \ ˩ ]. (2) one another;



*    each other; iɽ̃ã gu egbe gbĩna



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] they fought each other.



*    (3) the same (with ɔni [ ˥ / ]



*    “that”); egb-ɔn-iw-en-udo mɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “that body (which) I



*    said (wɛ [ / ]) that you might



*    weave for me”: the same that



*    I told you to weave for me.



*    (4) will; egbe n-uyasu ʋ̃ɛ‿iɽ-egbe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] “body you took to



*    lead (= accompany) me is not



*    (sc. your own) body”: it was not



*    of your own will that you



*    accompanied me; egbe‿iɽ-egbe



*    n-uyaha ʋ̃-osa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] it was



*    not of (your own) will that you



*    paid me (your) debt (the i may



*    also be omitted or, at least,



*    be very faint). (5) though (v.



*    rhe [ / ]); egbe n-uya ɽu‿ɛe,



*    t-iɣayegb-uɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˥ ˦ / / ] “body



*    you took to do it, I shall still



*    flog you”: though you have



*    done it (viz. in spite of your



*    previous refusal), I shall still



*    flog you! egbe n-imaya hemi-ɔɛ̃,



*    iyesiɛ̃ nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] “though



*    I had not yet seen him, I still



*    denied for him”, viz. that he had



*    done a certain thing.



*egbemuʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] high spirits; cf.



*    egbe [ ˩ ˥ ], mu 1 [ ˥ ].



*egbeɽɔxɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] easylife; leisure,



*    as e.g. the wife of a “big” man



*    with many servants has; cf.



*    egbe [ ˩ ˥ ], ɽɔxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*egbɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] felling trees, when mak-