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*    nwa 2 [ / ], gbe 3 [ ˥ ]. (2) before



*    (found in a negative sentence);



*    eʋ̃i ʋeriɔ masunu ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    such a thing never happened



*    before. (3) preceding (e)ne [ \ ]



*    adds the idea of “before”,



*    “ago”, e.g. n-ɛdɛ-so [ \ ˩ ˩ ], [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    (a) some days ago; the other



*    day; v. ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]; imi-ebe n-ɛdɛ-so



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] I had a letter the other



*    day: (b) last time; n-ɛdɛ-so



*    n-ima nami-egbe, eɽ-iɣis-ediɽ̃ã sɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “last time



*    when we met each other it was



*    (that) I reached this place last”;



*    I have never been here since we



*    met last time. v. (e)d-.



*ɛdɛdɛʋ̃ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] never (with nega-



*    tive verb).



*ɛdɛgbedɛgbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ (2-1) ] every day;



*    daily; cf. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], ɛdɛgbegbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ].



*ɛdɛgbegbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] every day; daily;



*    cf. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], ɛdɛgbedɛgbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ (2-1) ].



*ɛdĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] palm-nuts (collective);



*    uhuʋ̃-ɛ̃dĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] bunch of palm-



*    nuts; ikp-ɛdĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] are single



*    nuts; ɛdĩ-ebo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “European



*    palm-nuts”: pineapples; cf. Yor.



*    adĩ [ ˩ / ].



*Ɛdo [ ˩ ˥ ] Benin.



*ɛdogbo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] neighbourhood; neigh-



*    bours (collectively); eʋ̃-ɛ̃dogbo



*    ʋ̃ɛ nɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] they are my neigh-



*    bours ( “people of neighbour-



*    hood”).



*ɛdũ [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, “bitter kola”;



*    Garcinia kola; edible; with



*    round, not oval, pods. It is



*    sacrificed to Shango (the Yoruba



*    god of thunder); ɛdũ-eni [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “Elephant’s bitter kola”, Penta-



*    desma butyracea; was not known



*    to the informant.



*Ɛfae [ ˩ \ ] name of Ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ] in his



*    quality as god of hunting; thus