corn pudding, usually dispensed in molds wrapped in special leaves known as ebiẹba [èbíɛ̀bá].

a variety of native pepper that’s very small and hot.

orange; alimoinegiere-lime.

onion; (Yoruba: àlùbọ́sà).

coconut milk.

a variety of white yam.

a wild fruit that’s very sweet, borne by a local plant known as ebiẹba.

childish term for “meat”.

(< ebe + evbarie) a kind of fish (usually smoked) used in soups and stews.

beer (cf. Engl.).

(< ebe + ihieghe) the fresh leaves of a tree (Myrianthus arboreus) used as vegetable in a variety of soup.

the leaves of a small plant used as vegetables in afọ soup.

another name for ebitẹtẹ.

(< ebe + oriwo) “bitter leaf”, the leaves of a shrub, bitter in taste, often used with ikpogi (melon seeds) to make a common Edo soup.

thin slices of boiled cassava, soaked in cold water, usually eaten as a snack, rather than as a meal.

“water leaf”; the leaves of a small plant (Talinum triangulare) used as vegetable in preparing a variety of soups.

a variety of local vegetable used in preparing soup.

“pumpkin leaf” a creeper whose fresh leaves are used as vegetable in soup. The seeds of the fruit are also edible when boiled.

a snack prepared from unsifted cassava, eaten mainly in the delta area of Bendel State.

boneless meat; flesh of animals or human beings; muscle. (also ifun).

a tiny drinking glass used for serving liqueur.

grape-fruit (cf. Engl.).

(of food) staleness, resulting from lack of preservatives, especially over-night; 2. (of persons) the bad breath before mouth is cleaned in the morning.

a variety of fried traditional cake made from maize or beans, and eaten mainly as snack. .

(< eka + ebo): “Whiteman’s cake”: biscuits.

traditionally brewed gin.

stunted round yam, used mainly for planting.

egg.

ceremonial name for coconut.

cocoa (cf. Engl.).

(< eka + ororo) bean cakes fried in groundnut oil, rather than palm oil.

(< eka + ọka) “maize cake” traditional cake made from ground corn, and fried in palm oil.

the dried out cob of corn to which the grains are attached in an ear of maize.

(< ekẹ́n + ọkhọkhọ) chicken egg.

palm-wine tapped from fallen palm tree (also udegbotọ).

a dish prepared from cassava.

native pudding made from yam; it is steamed in wraps of ebiẹba leaves.

a variety of red yam.

meat (also aranmwẹn).

(< ema-orhọ) “yam of rainy season”: new yam.

(< ema + ota) “pounded yam of the evening”, evening meal; supper.

a variety of white yam, generally not used for pounding.

bean pottage made with palm oil.

beans.

a variety of melon, used for soup.

a variety of yam that has a slightly bitter taste when boiled.

food.

an ingredient prepared from melon, used in native soups.

(< ewẹn ― emila) “cow’s milk”: dairy milk.

whisky (cf. Engl.).

a meal made from processed cassava and eaten with soup.

a general name for different varieties of native pepper.

(< ehiẹn ― Ẹdo) “Benin pepper”: a variety of spice known as “alligator pepper”.

(< ẹhien ― Uhobo) “Urhobo pepper”; pepper soup ― a variety of soup prepared with much pepper and without oil, usually for convalescing people, or for women after childbirth. It is also prepared as an appetizer with choice meat or fish.

hot cereal made from corn.

an edible fruit with velvety brown skin of the tree Chrysophyllum africanum.

yam or plantain flour used for preparing the meal by the same name.

yam-stack.

well, properly: .

kola-nut, presented to guests as a sign of hospitality and good will; also used in several traditional ceremonies.

the variety of Kola that typically has only two cotyledons and is found mainly in Hausaland. It leaves an orange stain in the mouth. It is also known as evbigabari ― “Gambari-Kola”. It is not used in any ceremonial function in Edo land.

water-yam (a variety of white yam).

the variety of kola nuts introduced by the Hausa; (also evbigabari).

a variety of beans, black in colour.

brown lima beans.

a snack made from unripe plantains (peeled, sliced thinly, salted and fried crisp in palm oil.)

a variety of white beans.

an edible kind of mushroom found on decaying tree trunks.

(< i-kpẹn-ema) yam-harvesting.

palm nuts.

yellow yam.

a tall yam-pole.

melon-seed used for preparing soup. (Yor: egusi).

the fruit of ọgọ used as fish-poison by fishermen.

a snack prepared from unsifted cassava. (also efẹnrhinyẹn).

the small berries of a wild plant used by some in a sauce for eating boiled yam or plantain; it is said to have a sour taste.

yam.

coco-yam.

a variety of vegetable used in native soups. (also known as ebe nesiẹnsiẹn “narrow leaves”).

rice.

“Benin rice”: the native variety of rice, which is a tree: Treculia africana, with big and round fruits, the seeds of which constitute the rice. It is processed and made into rice pudding which is sold in little cakes as snack, rather than a full meal.

being hard to please with food; refusing to eat what one does not like, and finding little to like.

a kind of potash used for thickening certain native soups.

the melon creeper; its fruit and the seeds which are used for making a variety of native soup, also known as egusi (cf. Yoruba egusi).

(of soups) the variety cooked without palm oil:

a variety of okra.

(< okhuae ― ọlema) “the cook’s basket.” ― a little basket with a cover, in which the ingredients for cooking are stored; it is usually hung above the fire-place.

fruit: walnut. It is boiled to be eaten.

calabash, esp. the round variety cut and used as dishes in the home.

wine-tapper (usually palm wine).

a variety of yellow yam.

an edible lava found in the stem of fallen palm trees.

a palm oil sauce used for eating boiled yam and plantain.

palm-wine tapped from the top of the raffia palm. (also ọgọrọ).

same as ọgọ.

plantain.

corn; maize.

“small chop”; snacks bought and consumed compulsively (usually due to lack of selfdiscipline)

(< ọmọ ― erhan) fruit.

yam pottage.

dried okra (sliced and dried in the sun, to last longer).

a variety of beans.

a very sweet drink made from fermented ripe plantains.

a variety of creeper with large edible fruit.

a liquid preparation made from palm kernels and used as body-oil.

a variety of yam which may be pounded even though it is white.

shea butter.

calabash (usually used as containers for various household items)^: ukamẹ (< uko ― amẹ): “calabash of water”; ukedọlọ ― (< uko ― edọlọ) “calabash used for holding the muddy solution used for rubbing the walls and floors of the house; a calabash dish used for holding various liquids; etc.”

chewing stick.

a kind of corn-cake eaten as a snack.

salt.

a kind of hot spice, used in medicinal sauces.

native soup, used for eating meals like ema, ẹbae, akasan, etc.