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*ebo [ ˥ ˦ ] European; white man;

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*    ebo n-ɔxwa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the great

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*    white man”: the Governor; eb-

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*    igɛdu [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] manager of a timber-

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*    camp; cf. Yor. oyĩbo [ ˩ ˩ / ].

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*ebɔbɔzi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (ɔ- seems also to be

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*    used as a prefix) a dish prepared

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*    from cassava: unground cassava

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*    is cooked, then cut in slices, and

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*    kept in water until daybreak.

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*    It is eaten during farmwork

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*    because it is easy to prepare and

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*    can be kept; it is considered to

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*    be rather inferior, and it is

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*    mostly eaten by poor people;

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*    ebɔbɔzi is said to have been the

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*    original way of preparing cas-

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*    sava (together with efɛ̃rhinyɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) before ekpukpu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], usi

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ], and igaɽi [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] were intro-

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*    duced, which are the most usual

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*    cassava dishes now.

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*ebubɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] dust; fine sand; v.

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*    exae [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ebubule [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a herb used as an

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*    ingredient for soups by the

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*    Akure people (Yorubas); it is

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*    said to be able to cure elapurhu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ], fugitive swellings.

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*eda [ ˩ ˥ ] rain-water; cf. da [ / ].

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*edae [ ˩ / ] a “tying”-charm used

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*    to ward off death, in cases of

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*    fainting, unconsciousness, or

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*    approaching death; agb-edae y-

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*    ɔɽ-uhuʋ̃u ʋ-ɔkuɔɽe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]

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*    edae was tied to his head when

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*    he had fainted.

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*Edaikɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˥ ] title of the heir to

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*    the throne in Benin; he has a

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*    court of his own at Uselu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    and is a member of the Uzama

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*edaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] examination; cf.

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*    daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ede 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] buffalo; bush-cow; cf.

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*    Yor. ede [ ˩ / ].

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