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*    ɛde-ɽ̃ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] for the more fre-



*    quent ɛdɛ-ɽ̃ũʋ̃aɽ̃ɛ̃. ɛd-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    market-day. The days of the



*    Bini market week are: 1st, ɛd-



*    ɛki‿ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] “day of Benin



*    central market”; 2nd, ɛd-ɛk-



*    igo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] “day of Igo-mar-



*    ket (?)” ― this day is also called



*    ɛd-ekɛ̃ n-aka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], lit. “small (?)



*    rest-day”, i.e. the day between



*    two rest-days; 3rd, ɛd-ɛki‿adɔlɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “day of the Adɔlɔ-



*    market”; 4th, ɛd-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] rest-



*    day; originally the rest-day of



*    the Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ]-priests (only?),



*    now all over the country. On



*    ɛd-ekɛ̃, the witches are supposed



*    to have their meetings. The day



*    is also called ɛd-ɛki‿Enyaɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ]



*    “day of the Enyaɛ-market”.



*    Some expressions for days of the



*    European week that are used by



*    old people only: Monday, ɛdɛ



*    n-asuɛ̃ nwina ʋ-uzɔla [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “the day one starts to work in



*    the week”, or ad-uzɔl-ɛdɛgbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] “week is finished at



*    daybreak” (the verb is do);



*    Tuesday, kpɛd-eva ʋ-uzɔla [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “two days in the week”; cf.



*    ikpɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; Wednesday, ɛdɛ n-



*    awa‿inwin-eva [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “the



*    day which divides work into



*    two” (wa [ / ]). For the other



*    days v. iɽaxwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], axwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ],



*    uzɔla [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]. Idiom.: ɛdɛ n-aw-



*    eri-ɛdɛ ye [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “the day



*    when it is said: so the day is”:



*    the day when an Ɔba’s death is



*    announced by the Iyasɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],



*    i.e. three years after his death.



*    ɛdɛ is used as subject in several



*    cases where in English the im-



*    personal pronoun “it” is used,



*    e.g. ɛdɛ mũ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “it is dark”;



*    v. also ota [ ˩ ˩ ], hiihii [ ˩ ˩ ], and