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*    thing. eʋ̃i n-abaku ɽu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “things which have been done



*    by mistake”: mistake. eʋ̃i n-ale



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “things that are cooked”:



*    cooking (ileʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] is not pos-



*    sible). eʋ̃i n-amɔmɔɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ]



*    “things that have been lent”:



*    loan (also eʋ-amɔmɔɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ])+.



*    eʋ̃i n-exwa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the great



*    things”: (a) the burial of an



*    Ɔba; (b) witches; idiom.: eʋ̃i ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “my child” (wife, servant).



*    Followed by genitives: eʋ̃i‿ehɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] ear-rings; more used than



*    oɽok-ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; eʋ̃i‿exue [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “things of shame”: disgrace;



*    v. ɽu [ ˥ ]; eʋ̃-ĩgbĩna [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ]



*    weapon, lit. “thing of fight”;



*    eʋ̃-ĩri [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “thing of rope”: an



*    animal given to a man to be



*    taken care of; or possibly simply



*    “domestic animal”; eʋ̃i‿okɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] seed; (okɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] is not used



*    alone); eʋ̃i‿orhɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] harvest;



*    eʋ̃i ɽ-ebo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “thing of Euro-



*    peans” (?): plate (ɽ is not nasa-



*    lized); eʋ̃i‿ũgaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “things



*    of service”: bride-wealth;



*    “dowry”; eʋ̃i‿ũwawa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    palm-oil chop (v. ɔpɛxɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]).



*    In the following cases, the con-



*    struction seems to be a short



*    relative sentence without the



*    particle n-: eʋ̃i fi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “thing



*    that attacks”: small-pox; eʋ̃i



*    gb-eni [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ], “thing that has



*    killed elephant”: toothache (not



*    when cutting teeth); eʋ̃i r-akɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “thing that is in the



*    tooth”: toothache (with children



*    when cutting teeth); eʋ̃i r-aɽo



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “thing that is in the eye”:



*    yellow fever (?; also eʋ-ir-aɽo?);



*    eʋ̃i r-ɔb-ɛʋo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] “things that



*    are in the Ɔba’s country”: an



*    age-group consisting of the boys