is further used in the following
compound expressions: egb-amɛ
[ ˩ \ ˩ ] = ɔkp-ɛ̃zɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] riverside;
bank (Egh. Hist.); egb-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
house-wall; egb-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] latrine;
the general term; not as out-
spoken and “boyish” a term as
ow-isã [ ˩ \ ˩ ]. (2) one another;
each other; iɽ̃ã gu egbe gbĩna
[ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] they fought each other.
(3) the same (with ɔni [ ˥ / ]
“that”); egb-ɔn-iw-en-udo mɛ
[ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “that body (which) I
said (wɛ [ / ]) that you might
weave for me”: the same that
I told you to weave for me.
(4) will; egbe n-uyasu ʋ̃ɛ‿iɽ-egbe
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] “body you took to
lead (= accompany) me is not
(sc. your own) body”: it was not
of your own will that you
accompanied me; egbe‿iɽ-egbe
n-uyaha ʋ̃-osa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] it was
not of (your own) will that you
paid me (your) debt (the i may
also be omitted or, at least,
be very faint). (5) though (v.
rhe [ / ]); egbe n-uya ɽu‿ɛe,
t-iɣayegb-uɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˥ ˦ / / ] “body
you took to do it, I shall still
flog you”: though you have
done it (viz. in spite of your
previous refusal), I shall still
flog you! egbe n-imaya hemi-ɔɛ̃,
iyesiɛ̃ nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] “though
I had not yet seen him, I still
denied for him”, viz. that he had
done a certain thing.
egbemuʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] high spirits; cf.
egbe [ ˩ ˥ ], mu 1 [ ˥ ].
egbeɽɔxɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] easylife; leisure,
as e.g. the wife of a “big” man
with many servants has; cf.
egbe [ ˩ ˥ ], ɽɔxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
egbɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] felling trees, when mak-
