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*  two by two; wayay-uvĩ-eveva
* [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] (you pl.) stand in
* double file! etɛ̃ n-eva [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] the
* two brothers. evairɔʋugie [ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ]
* “two are not in twenty”:
* eighteen.
*evav [ ˩ \ ] or evavu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] valve,
* in cars and bicycles; Engl.
*eve [ ˩ ˥ ] weeping; am-eve [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
* tears; idiom.: eve n-aʋ̃-ɔ̃za vi-
* ɔza [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lit. “the weeping
* with Ɔza’s wives wept (for)
* Ɔza”: crocodile’s tears. Ɔza was
* a wicked but powerful man
* whose wives were glad when he
* died. It is used in the following
* way: ɣɛvi-ɔʋ̃-eve n-aʋ̃-ɔ̃za vi-ɔza
* [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] don’t weep croco-
* dile’s tears over me! cf. viɛ [ ˥ ].
*eve [ ˩ ˩ ] elephantiasis; there are
* three kinds of elephantiasis: ev-
* axwaxwaɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (the small
* size), eve n-uko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “calabash-
* e.” (the big size), and eve
* lɛyolɛre [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “elephantiasis-
* run-go-run come”: a fugitive
* variety of the disease, said to be
* the most serious one; it is stated
* to kill the patient gradually; if
* somebody has died from it, the
* swelling is quickly removed, be-
* fore it disappears again, for there
* is a belief that otherwise it may
* follow the man into his next re-
* incarnation. Reincarnated men
* may be recognized by their
* having this disease, and it is
* believed that it does not kill a
* man a second time; v. uxuʋ̃u
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*evɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] wrestling; cf. vɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ]; v.
* ya gbe [ ˩ ˥ ].
*evie [ ˥ ˥ ] anvil consisting of iron
* fixed on wood; also okuta [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].
*evuato [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or possibly [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] an
* animal, perhaps a rodent; pos-