days iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] is more in use;
cf. Yor. gba gbɔ [ ˩ / ].
egbaha [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] beam supporting the
wall above a door.
egbalaka [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] ladder.
egbaɽozaɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] an illness similar
to esalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; it attacks the
hands or feet in the form of
pimples which are very painful;
there is no swelling, but a dis-
charge of mucus; if treated, it
breaks out at another spot; cf.
gbe [ ˥ ], zɛ 2 (?) [ ˥ ], aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ].
egbaxiã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lover, used of women
but also of men; the word does,
however, not necessarily imply
sexual relations.
egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) body; egbe n-ɔkp-ɔʋ̃a
(kpe [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / (4-1) ] “body that
is beating a man”: a kind
of jerking pain in the bones,
perhaps due to rheumatism;
also called egbe n-ɔfi‿ɔʋ̃a‿eʋ̃i
[ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “body that is striking
a man a blow”; idiom.: egbe ʋ̃ɛ
da ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “my body is precious
to me”: I am careful not to
hurt myself; imu‿egbe gb-okuta
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “I took body struck
stone”: I hit myself against a
stone; egbe gu‿ɛe ɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ]
“body is doing with her”: she
is having a miscarriage (there
is said to be no wilful abortion
nor abortive medicine; but
others, e.g. repudiated lovers,
are occasionally, though not
frequently, held to be the cause
of miscarriages); egbe mu‿ɛ̃
[ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he is fooling about, or
intruding, out of high spirits;
iɽu‿ɛɽe y-egbe n-ɔhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
“I did (it) to him to (his) body
as (lit. ‘give’(?)) a present”:
I did this to him without his
