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*  of 6―12 years; they sweep the
* streets, or, in a village that is
* very populated they carry refuse
* away; eʋ̃i r-unu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] toothache
* (not when cutting teeth); v. (e)d-.
*eʋ̃idaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] stinginess (Akugbe);
* cf. eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ], da 1 [ ˥ ].
*ewa 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] sleeping-mat made out
* of the sticks of ebi‿ɛba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].
*ewa 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] act of giving food to
* witches as done by witch-
* doctors at a witches’ meeting-
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* place; slaughtering included; cf.
* wa 1 [ / ]; v. izobo [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
*ewawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a method of divina-
* tion practised by the Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ]
* priests: small images of human
* beings and animals, cowries,
* chalk, charcoal, and a model of
* a canoe are put on a drum. A
* chewed kolanut is spat on to it,
* whereupon the images are put
* into a cup and thrown on the
* drum again. The resulting ar-
* rangements of images are then
* analysed. If e.g. the image of a
* sick man falls into the “canoe”,
* somebody will die. The image
* of a goat e.g. resting in the
* “canoe” points to the sacrifice
* of a goat required for some pur-
* pose, e.g. for curing an illness.
* v. ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ].
*ewi [ ˥ ˥ ] a fish yielding much meat;
* v. ekpalakpala [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].
*(e)windo, (e)winda [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] window;
* Engl.
*ewisiki, enwisiki [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] whisky.
*ewɔe 1 [ ˥ \ ] whistling (with
* mouth).
*ewɔe 2 [ ˥ \ ] larva of a fly found
* on mud-couches; produces itch-
* ing and craw-craw; it is believed
* to be attracted by the urine of
* children who sleep there; v.
* ahiewɔe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].