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*    sibly identical with the one



*    called “cutting-grass”; said to



*    have come during the last de-



*    cades from the grass country;



*    N.W.Th. “badger”; cf. ato [ ˩ \ ].



*evue [ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of ant that is



*    found on corpses.



*eʋa [ ˩ \ ] there; eʋa ɔsɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ]



*    there it ends (used at the end of



*    stories); v. (e)ʋ 1.



*eʋ-a-; cf. (e)ʋ- 3.



*eʋaʋa and ebaba [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (my) father;



*    used as an address; cf. Yor.



*    baba [ ˩ / ].



*eʋ-ibi-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] parents.



*eʋoxo [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “rice-cake”; izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] is



*    used as well, which is, at the



*    same time, the name of the



*    “native rice”; the word is



*    mostly used by sellers when



*    praising their merchandise;



*    doha‿eʋoxoo [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] or, in an



*    older form which is dying out,



*    ɣoha‿eʋoxoo [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (in the pl.



*    wa- [ ˩ ] is prefixed).



*eʋɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] scabies.



*eʋu [ ˩ \ ] (1) mist. (2) a woman’s



*    name.



*eʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] here; v. (e)ʋ- 1.



*eʋ̃aʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a man who con-



*    tinuously looks at himself in



*    order to see whether his clothes



*    fit; cf. ʋ̃aʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ].



*eʋ̃ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] madness; eʋ̃ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ dɔ



*    yɔ-ɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / / ˩ ] “his madness



*    was quenched to-day”: he has a



*    lucid internal; cf. ɔʋ̃ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ] thing; something; with



*    negative verb: nothing; ɔmarhi-



*    eʋ̃i nɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ / \ ] he gave him



*    nothing. For “nothing”, eʋ̃i



*    rhɔkpa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] is used as well:



*    ɔmarhi-eʋ̃i rhɔkpa nɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / \ ]



*    he gave him nothing; eʋ̃i dã



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ] “bad thing”: evil (Bibl.);



*    eʋ̃ikeʋ̃i [ ˩ / ˩ \ ] everything; any-