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*    being able to take revenge; egbe

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*    is further used in the following

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*    compound expressions: egb-amɛ

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] = ɔkp-ɛ̃zɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] riverside;

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*    bank (Egh. Hist.); egb-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    house-wall; egb-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] latrine;

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*    the general term; not as out-

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*    spoken and “boyish” a term as

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*    ow-isã [ ˩ \ ˩ ]. (2) one another;

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*    each other; iɽ̃ã gu egbe gbĩna

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] they fought each other.

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*    (3) the same (with ɔni [ ˥ / ]

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*    “that”); egb-ɔn-iw-en-udo

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “that body (which) I

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*    said ( [ / ]) that you might

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*    weave for me”: the same that

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*    I told you to weave for me.

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*    (4) will; egbe n-uyasu ʋ̃ɛ‿iɽ-egbe

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] “body you took to

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*    lead (= accompany) me is not

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*    (sc. your own) body”: it was not

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*    of your own will that you

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*    accompanied me; egbe‿iɽ-egbe

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*    n-uyaha ʋ̃-osa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] it was

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*    not of (your own) will that you

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*    paid me (your) debt (the i may

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*    also be omitted or, at least,

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*    be very faint). (5) though (v.

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*    rhe [ / ]); egbe n-uya ɽu‿ɛe,

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*    t-iɣayegb-uɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˥ ˦ / / ] “body

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*    you took to do it, I shall still

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*    flog you”: though you have

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*    done it (viz. in spite of your

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*    previous refusal), I shall still

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*    flog you! egbe n-imaya hemi-ɔɛ̃,

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*    iyesiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] “though

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*    I had not yet seen him, I still

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*    denied for him”, viz. that he had

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*    done a certain thing.

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*egbemuʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] high spirits; cf.

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*    egbe [ ˩ ˥ ], mu 1 [ ˥ ].

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*egbeɽɔxɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] easylife; leisure,

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*    as e.g. the wife of a “big” man

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*    with many servants has; cf.

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*    egbe [ ˩ ˥ ], ɽɔxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*egbɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] felling trees, when mak-

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