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* [ ˥ ˩ ] (Yor. akara [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); the Bini

* people use maize and water-yam;

* cf. Yor. eree [ ˧ / ].

*eɽe [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) gain; profit; eɽe ɽuɛ

* kpɔlɔ ʋ-eʋ̃i n-uxiɛ̃ na [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

* xxxxx

* “your profit is great in this

* thing that you are selling”.

* (2) reward; eɽe n-ɔrhie mɛ

* ʋ-ekpa eʋ̃i n-iɽu nɛ, eɽ-ɔr-eʋa

* [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] lit. “the reward

* he gave me for the thing I

* did for him is what is there”,

* i.e. is over there; cf. Yor. ere [ ˩ ˩ ].

*Eɽesɔnyɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba.

*eɽɛɽɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] deception (by some-

* body); cf. ɽɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

*eɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] cunning; deceiving; cheat-

* ing; cf. ɽo [ / ] (?); v. ɽu [ ˥ ],

* ɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

*eɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] knife; for kitchen and

* eating; eɽ-ulema [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] cobbler’s

* knife (cf. le [ ˥ ], ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ]).

*eɽu [ ˩ ˩ ] placenta.

*eɽ̃ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] eight.

*eɽ̃uã [ ˩ ˥ ] any harmful ɛbo [ ˩ \ ]

* (charm) destined to cause sick-

* ness and possibly containing

* poison as well; it is put into

* food, thrown at people when

* they are present, blown into the

* air when they are absent, put on

* one’s path, etc; cf. ɽ̃uã [ / ]; v.

* gbe [ / ] xɛ [ / ].

*esa [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) side taken by some-

* body who is not concerned in a

* quarrel, palaver, etc.; d-esa

* n-uye ʋ-ɔ yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] “which side

* (is it that) your are in (it)?” on

* which side are you? (2) share in

* some enterprise, plot of ground,

* etc.; esa‿ɔɣ-uɛ ʋo ʋ-ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ]

* “your (own) share is what in

* it”: what is your share in it?

* idiom.: ɛʋ̃ɛ‿esa [ / ˩ ˩ \ ] it is of

* no account; it does not matter;

* n-uɽu na hia‿iʋ̃ɛ‿esa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ]
