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*etɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (an old word): barbarian,



*    foreigner; it denotes a man from



*    a “distant country who does not



*    know the law and does not re-



*    cognize the Ɔba”.



*etiãɽ̃ã [ ˩ \ ˩ ] silk; v. esada [ ˩ \ ˩ ],



*    (e)siliki [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. Port. teada (?).



*etigɔɛ̃, erhigɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ] heron.



*etisa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] teacher; Engl.



*etitibiti [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a blue-black bird,



*    not very big, with a lyre-shaped



*    tail; said to be the king of birds



*    by the Bini people.



*eto [ ˩ ˥ ] hair; eto ɽuɛ tã gbe (or



*    et-uɛ [ ˩ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ] your hair is



*    very long; eto n-ukɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] thick



*    hair like that of Africans; eto



*    n-imɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] light hair like that



*    of white men; reddish hair; et-



*    asɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “hair of night” (?):



*    hair standing up on the head.



*    et-ifũ-aɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] eye-lashes;



*    same as ifũ-aɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; et-aɽo



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] eye-brows; et-ekia [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]



*    (male) pubic hair; et-uhe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    (female) pubic hair. eto n-asaɽe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “plaited hair”: a style



*    of women’s hair-dressing: the



*    hair is plaited in parallel rows



*    along the head; worn by young



*    women; v. akegbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], isaba



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], okuku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], oxogbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ],



*    uɽ-eha [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].



*etolotolo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] turkey; cf. Yor.



*    tolotolo [ ˩ / ˩ / ].



*etɔɣɔtɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] cock’s crest at its



*    throat; etɔɣɔtɔɣ-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ]



*    cock’s crest; cf. ɔgɔgɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*etuheɽu [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] scissors; cf. Port.



*    tesoura.



*etuɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.c.o.o.); cf.



*    Yor. etura [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].



*eva [ ˩ ˥ ] two; eveva [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] both;



*    w-iɽã-veva ɣade [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ] tell both



*    of them to come! eveva [ ˩ \ ˩ ]