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*ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) word; ɛʋ̃-ãre [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] ad-



*    monition given to disobedient



*    boys; ɛʋ̃-ãta [ ˩ \ ˩ ] truth; ʋ-



*    ɛʋ̃ata [ ˩ \ ˩ ] truly; ɛʋ̃-otɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    whisper; ɔh-ɛ̃ʋ̃-otɔ gbe (hɔ̃ [ ˥ ])



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he has a keen ear. (2)



*    matter; affair; ɛʋ̃ɛ na ima



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] this affair is not good;



*    ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃mɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “matter of child”:



*    child-bearing. (According to A.,



*    ɛʋ̃ɛ “word” has a long vowel in



*    the stem, while ɛʋ̃ɛ “matter”



*    has not. It is not certain whether



*    this distinction is generally made



*    by Bini speakers.)



*ɛwae [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Polyalthia sua-



*    veoleus; used as firewood and



*    for roofing houses.



*ɛwae [ ˩ ˩ ] sib, same as ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ]



*    or uniɛ [ ˥ ˥ ]; no longer used as



*    much as ɛgbɛe.



*ɛwe [ ˩ ˥ ] goat; ɛw-aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] female



*    goat; ɛw-ɔwa [ ˩ \ ˩ ] castrated



*    goat.



*Ɛweɽɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] the daughter of one



*    of the Ogi-efas [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; she was



*    the wife of Ubi [ ˥ ˥ ], and a



*    very kind woman. Hence, her



*    name has become a symbol



*    of goodness. Thus, there is a



*    greeting ɔxĩ-ɛweɽɛ o [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] god-



*    speed! a lucky journey!



*ɛwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] a certain quantity of



*    yams: the yams stored between



*    2 uhoho [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] on eru [ ˩ ˥ ].



*Ɛwɛdo [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba.



*ɛwɛdɔ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] prison.



*ɛwɛe [ ˩ \ ] chest (part of body);



*    ɣɛfi ʋ̃-eʋ̃i ʋ-ɛwɛe (ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ] “me”,



*    eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ] “thing”) [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] don’t



*    strike a blow at my chest!



*Ɛwɛka [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] name of the first Ɔba



*    of Benin; it was taken up by the



*    father of the present Ɔba, who



*    reigned as Ɛwɛka II.



*ɛwia [ ˥ ˩ ] smell; ɛwia-ɽe ima