00 ENG - EDO TEXTS. | 55

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01 AGH - u miẹ ne ọ le ema nia ; | u wẹ u í dunmwun ;
01 EDO - umienolemanya ; | uwu̽dumu ;

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02 ENG - you see who cooks fufu now ; | you say you don't beat fufu ;

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03 AGH - u ga(?) maa de ẹde de ; | Ọ na wẹ | Ọ rhie eha ;
03 EDO - ugama̽ de͉de͉de ; | O͉nawę̀ | O͉rhieha̽ ;

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04 ENG - you are no good for ever and ever | he said | "three men" ;

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05 AGH - iran ga(?) dọlọ rhie okhuo ọkpa de ẹdẹ de. | Umaranmwẹn de wu.
05 EDO - i͉nagadolorhioxuo͉kpade͉de͉de. | Umalo͉mo͉dewu.

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06 ENG - they don't go lake one woman for ever and ever. | Story falls down

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07 ENG - dead.

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08 ENG - XXII.

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09 AGH - Igifiẹmido, | Ẹmigheramẹme,
09 EDO - I͉gi͉fie͉mido, | E͉migherame͉me͉,

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10 ENG - Igifiemi do (I do not miss anything), | Emigherameme (thing does

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11 ENG - not touch me),

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12 AGH - iran eva ; | Ẹmigheramẹmẹ ọ mudia unu ẹguae ọba ; | Igifiẹmido mudia
12 EDO - i͉na̯ieva ; | E͉migherame͉me͉o͉mudia unugwo͉ba ; | I͉gi͉fie͉mido͉mudia

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13 ENG - these two ; | Emigherameme stood up in palace gate ; | Igifiemido stood

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14 AGH - ọ (?) oke ẹdo ; | ọ ke ke evba fi uhanbọ ; | ifẹnmwẹn ọ wa (?) ẹmigheramẹmẹ ;
14 EDO - o͉nuke͉do ; | o͉kwekewafiohabǫ ; | ife͉me͉ o͉wale͉migherame͉me͉ ;

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15 ENG - on hill of Edo ; | he shot bow from there ; | arrow hit Emigherameme ;

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16 AGH - ẹkan ne ọ rrọọ obọ ; | ọ ke ghuọghọ ; | Igifiẹmido ke gha de ;
16 EDO - e͉kano͉ro͉lo͉bo ; | o͉kwegwǫuo ; | I͉gi͉fie͉midokwegade ;

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17 ENG - bead was on his hand ; | it broke it ; | Igifiemido came (back) ; when he

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18 AGH - ọ ghi sẹ evba ; | ọ wẹ okpia ọre khin, | ọ wẹ irẹn í ghi fi emwin do ;
18 EDO - o͉giseva ; | o͉wokwiale͉xi, | owinoigi͉fie͉mido ;

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19 ENG - got there ; | he said he was a man, | he said he did not miss anything ;

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20 AGH - Ẹmigheramẹmẹ | ọ wẹ okpia ; | ọ wẹ emwin írhanmwẹn irẹn.
20 EDO - E͉migherame͉me͉ | o͉wokwia ; | o͉we͉mirhamino.

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21 ENG - Emighemmeme | said he he was a man ; | he said thing did not touch him.

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22 AGH - ọmwan ne ọ rre evba ; | ọ we
22 EDO - o͉mano͉reva ; | owuwa̯iva ; okwia̯uaxi.

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23 ENG - A man was there ; | he said : you two are men.

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24 ENG - XXIII.

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25 AGH - Ovbi àwa ne ọ (?) ; | iran ihinrọn, | iye na ke biẹ iran ;
25 EDO - Oviawa͉no͉kbisǫ ; | i͉nahino, | iyenake͉bina ;

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26 ENG - Pups [dog belly big] ; | these seven, | their mother bore them ;

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27 AGH - atalakpa ke biẹ ; | ọ ke biẹ ọmọ ihinrọn. | Atalakpa ke tie àwa,
27 EDO - atalakpake͉bie ; | o͉ke͉bio͉mihino. | Atalakpake͉tiawa,

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28 ENG - leopard bore ; | she bore seven cubs. | Leopard called dog,

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29 AGH - ọ na wẹ iran gha ya ọmọ, | ọkpọkpa, | ne a ya gha le unie.
29 EDO - o͉nawinaga̯io͉mǫ, | o͉kp̠o͉kp̠a, | na̯iagalunie.

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30 ENG - she said they take sons, | one one, | to go cook unie (soup).

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