E, negative prefix; o͉xiame, it hurts me; e͉xiame, it does
not hurt me.
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E͉baxwe, parrots’ feathers.
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E͉bale, sides of forecourt.
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E͉balue͉limi, Ebaluerha, raised platform at side of father’s
room.
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E͉baluiye, raised platform in mother’s room.
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E͉bate, round bundle of fern in ome.
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E͉bẽ͉, ceremonial sword.
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Ebewana, palm leaf pattern.
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E͉bisugu, leaf used to make black pigment.
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Ẹbo͉ minor “power,” demi-god.
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Ẹbo, white man ; doctors.
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E͉bowa, woman’s latrine.
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E͉xo͉xo͉, trap (small).
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E͉xwai, Ebo͉ for taking oath.
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E͉xwi, black. §EDO DICTIONARY. 197
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E͉xwe͉mume͉, I am ashamed; exwemue, thou art ashamed;
exwemwè, he is ashamed.
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E͉de, crown (?) of head.
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E͉dexiota, evening, twilight.
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E͉de͉gbede͉gbe, every day.
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E͉degimu, at nightfall.
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E͉de̽haele, in five days.
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E͉dehinoele, in six days.
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E͉de͉ki, week ; market day.
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E͉dele͉nimirie, Ehoͅ, the day when the dead go away.
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E͉deluyiyi, early morning.
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E͉deṅwamotoͅ, early morning.
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E͉de͉nokele, next day.
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E͉di, uncooked palm oil.
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E͉do͉gbota, afternoon.
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Edoyi, do you live in Edo ?
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E͉doịkẹde, I come from Edo.
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E͉do͉ma, various, different.
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E͉do͉mado͉go̯i, each man.
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E͉fa, priest of Ehinoha.
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E͉fiewo, whistle (sound made by mouth).
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E͉fu, buckshot. §198 EDO DICTIONARY.
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Egabio͉na, son’s son’s son’s son’s son.
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E͉ga̯iwo, council of notables.
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E͉gba, bangle ; iron coiled round arm.
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E͉gbaxia, widow “friend,” mistress.
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Ẹgbe, bright; e͉degigbe, at dawn.
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E͉gbé͉, the same; e͉gbomana, the same person.
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Ęgbe = back (of place).
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Ẹgbe͉̽, body (human).
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Egbegwe͉lu, miscarriage.
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Egbęke, wall of a house.
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Egbema, house of wattles and mud.
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Egbemawo͉mi, we are fresh, not tired.
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Egbuwuga, part of house between door and corner.
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E͉giasegbe͉li, hereditary post.
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E͉giroͅ, it’s finished all gone, not there.
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E͉goderie, long court of the Oderie.
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E͉gwa, I make heaps (for yams).
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E͉gwa̯i, king’s house.
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Egwobo͉, bead armlets.
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E͉gute, a kind of dance. §EDO DICTIONARY. 199
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Ehadawugye, seventeen.
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Eha̯ira͉wugie, seventeen (lit. three is not in twenty).
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Ehęxwi, green pigeon (Vinago calvus).
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Ehenanowa, market stall for silent trade.
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Ehęno͉ka̯i, dried fish.
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Ehinaxwoi, back of head.
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Ehinehi, good genius {ehi which is ehi).
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Ehoga̯i, spirit of childless person.
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Eyeye, person with many children.
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Eye͉me, I hate ; don’t love.
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Ei͉ko, reply to salutation ; “I hear.”
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Eka, four-cornered beads.
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E͉kbekia, pubes (male).
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E͉kbelo͉xwe, glossy starling.
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E͉kbiko͉lo, uncircumcised boy. §200 EDO DICTIONARY.
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E͉kbo, bag; 10 ropes of yams (uga).
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Ekbo, Ekbo (boy’s society).
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E͉kbofi, sufferer from yaws.
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E͉kbohe, pubes (female).
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Eke, mud, clay for making houses ; wall.
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E͉keliye, place where I live.
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E͉kianokwame, penis from which no semen issues.
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E͉ko, abdomen above navel (see Eku).
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E͉kogbwe, wall round king’s house.
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E͉kohihie͉me͉, I have diarrhœa.
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E͉kovo͉me, I am content; e͉komavome, I am not content.
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E͉kpahpeyi, loaf of fufu.
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E͉kpo, bag (see ekbo).
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Ekú, semen. §EDO DICTIONARY. 201
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E͉kũ, hip, waist (see eko).
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E͉kwe͉, cross belt (of beads).
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E͉kwiye, spoon (from Portuguese ?).
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E͉kwoxwo, woman’s waist.
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Elagbode, last child (of man or woman).
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E͉limidu, king’s ancestors.
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Ęloͅ, it is not finished.
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E͉lo͉mo, brass; bracelet.
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E͉lohogeta, I don’t lie.
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Elu, sand heap on threshold.
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E͉luwe͉ e͉lume͉, neither you nor me.
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Ematitai, I tell the truth.
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E͉mẹdo, man’s drum. §202 EDO DICTIONARY.
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Eme͉ku, waist ornament.
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E͉me͉sakpa̯ide, woman’s drum.
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E͉milo̲giso̲, caterpillar (?)
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E͉milo͉via, bullroarer.
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E͉miri, animal that is tied with rope.
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Emivame, I wound (? I am wounded, thing hits me).
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E͉mowe, white yam ; morning fufu.
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Eṅwe, breast (woman’s) ; milk.
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E͉niame, hippopotamus.
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Enyai, Enyai, market on Jeduma road.
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E͉nixuxu, house pigeon.
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Enyeno͉xiunu, snakebite.
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E͉rere, crown of the head. §EDO DICTIONARY. 203
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Ęrha̯i, his, her father.
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Erhamenagmo͉ñ, lover (woman speaking) ; (lit. father in this
world).
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E͉rhamodede, my father’s father.
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E͉rhiye, mother’s father.
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E͉rho͉gmoͅ, live wood.
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E͉rho͉moͅ, hermaphrodite (?).
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E͉rhumoyi, crow pheasant.
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E͉rhumuḍiaḍia, butterfly.
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Erialue, once upon a time (lit. so they did).
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Eri̽aria, sandfly (?).
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Erowabiriowa, you were not at home, when I came.
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Erú, yam stack (foundation).
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E͉ruhan, king’s cloth skirt.
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E͉sa͉lebo, plant from which seeds are taken to make a rattle.
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Esi, pig; e͉si͉n, horse.
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E͉ṣuṣu̽, owl. §204 EDO DICTIONARY.
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E͉tekia, pubic hair (male).
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E͉tasoñ, hair standing straight up.
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E͉tó͉, fire for cooking food.
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E͉toni͉moͅ, straight hair.
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E͉tonoki͉ri, frizzly hair.
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E͉tu, hair ; beard ; moustache.
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E͉tuhe, pubic hair (female).
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Evase, finis ! that’s the end.
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E͉ve̲, elephantiasis of scrotum.
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Eve͉, what; evilu, what I do; evomalu, what a man does.
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E͉vi, cooked palm oil.
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Ewadiselo, chest mark.
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E͉wé͉, chest; breasts.
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E͉wo, place ; town ; district. §EDO DICTIONARY. 205
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Ewogiewo͉loͅ, twentieth.
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Ewowu, bush crocodile.
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E͉wú, he is not dying.
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E͉wugbe͉fe, side mark.
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E͉zike͉, calabash flute.
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E͉zirha, trunk of tree.
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E͉zoͅ, case (law) ; palaver.
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