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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] (Yor. akara [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); the Bini



*    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 [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ]