people use maize and water-yam;
cf. Yor. eree [ ˧ / ].
eɽe [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) gain; profit; eɽe ɽuɛ
kpɔlɔ ʋ-eʋ̃i n-uxiɛ̃ na [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
xxxxx
“your profit is great in this
thing that you are selling”.
(2) reward; eɽe n-ɔrhie mɛ
ʋ-ekpa eʋ̃i n-iɽu nɛ, eɽ-ɔr-eʋa
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] lit. “the reward
he gave me for the thing I
did for him is what is there”,
i.e. is over there; cf. Yor. ere [ ˩ ˩ ].
Eɽesɔnyɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba.
eɽɛɽɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] deception (by some-
body); cf. ɽɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
eɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] cunning; deceiving; cheat-
ing; cf. ɽo [ / ] (?); v. ɽu [ ˥ ],
ɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
eɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] knife; for kitchen and
eating; eɽ-ulema [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] cobbler’s
knife (cf. le [ ˥ ], ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ]).
eɽu [ ˩ ˩ ] placenta.
eɽ̃ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] eight.
eɽ̃uã [ ˩ ˥ ] any harmful ɛbo [ ˩ \ ]
(charm) destined to cause sick-
ness and possibly containing
poison as well; it is put into
food, thrown at people when
they are present, blown into the
air when they are absent, put on
one’s path, etc; cf. ɽ̃uã [ / ]; v.
gbe [ / ] xɛ [ / ].
esa [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) side taken by some-
body who is not concerned in a
quarrel, palaver, etc.; d-esa
n-uye ʋ-ɔ yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] “which side
(is it that) your are in (it)?” on
which side are you? (2) share in
some enterprise, plot of ground,
etc.; esa‿ɔɣ-uɛ ʋo ʋ-ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ]
“your (own) share is what in
it”: what is your share in it?
idiom.: ɛʋ̃ɛ‿esa [ / ˩ ˩ \ ] it is of
no account; it does not matter;
n-uɽu na hia‿iʋ̃ɛ‿esa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ]
