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*    two by two; wayay-uvĩ-eveva



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] (you pl.) stand in



*    double file! etɛ̃ n-eva [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] the



*    two brothers. evairɔʋugie [ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “two are not in twenty”:



*    eighteen.



*evav [ ˩ \ ] or evavu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] valve,



*    in cars and bicycles; Engl.



*eve [ ˩ ˥ ] weeping; am-eve [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    tears; idiom.: eve n-aʋ̃-ɔ̃za vi-



*    ɔza [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lit. “the weeping



*    with Ɔza’s wives wept (for)



*    Ɔza”: crocodile’s tears. Ɔza was



*    a wicked but powerful man



*    whose wives were glad when he



*    died. It is used in the following



*    way: ɣɛvi-ɔʋ̃-eve n-aʋ̃-ɔ̃za vi-ɔza



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] don’t weep croco-



*    dile’s tears over me! cf. viɛ [ ˥ ].



*eve [ ˩ ˩ ] elephantiasis; there are



*    three kinds of elephantiasis: ev-



*    axwaxwaɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (the small



*    size), eve n-uko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “calabash-



*    e.” (the big size), and eve



*    lɛyolɛre [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “elephantiasis-



*    run-go-run come”: a fugitive



*    variety of the disease, said to be



*    the most serious one; it is stated



*    to kill the patient gradually; if



*    somebody has died from it, the



*    swelling is quickly removed, be-



*    fore it disappears again, for there



*    is a belief that otherwise it may



*    follow the man into his next re-



*    incarnation. Reincarnated men



*    may be recognized by their



*    having this disease, and it is



*    believed that it does not kill a



*    man a second time; v. uxuʋ̃u



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*evɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] wrestling; cf. vɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ]; v.



*    ya gbe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*evie [ ˥ ˥ ] anvil consisting of iron



*    fixed on wood; also okuta [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].



*evuato [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or possibly [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] an



*    animal, perhaps a rodent; pos-