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*    ɛde-ɽ̃ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] for the more fre-

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*    quent ɛdɛ-ɽ̃ũʋ̃aɽ̃ɛ̃. ɛd-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    market-day. The days of the

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*    Bini market week are: 1st, ɛd-

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*    ɛki‿ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] “day of Benin

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*    central market”; 2nd, ɛd-ɛk-

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*    igo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] “day of Igo-mar-

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*    ket (?)” ― this day is also called

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*    ɛd-ekɛ̃ n-aka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], lit. “small (?)

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*    rest-day”, i.e. the day between

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*    two rest-days; 3rd, ɛd-ɛki‿adɔlɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “day of the Adɔlɔ-

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*    market”; 4th, ɛd-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] rest-

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*    day; originally the rest-day of

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*    the Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ]-priests (only?),

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*    now all over the country. On

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*    ɛd-ekɛ̃, the witches are supposed

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*    to have their meetings. The day

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*    is also called ɛd-ɛki‿Enyaɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ]

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*    “day of the Enyaɛ-market”.

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*    Some expressions for days of the

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*    European week that are used by

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*    old people only: Monday, ɛdɛ

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*    n-asuɛ̃ nwina ʋ-uzɔla [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “the day one starts to work in

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*    the week”, or ad-uzɔl-ɛdɛgbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] “week is finished at

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*    daybreak” (the verb is do);

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*    Tuesday, kpɛd-eva ʋ-uzɔla [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “two days in the week”; cf.

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*    ikpɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; Wednesday, ɛdɛ n-

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*    awa‿inwin-eva [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “the

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*    day which divides work into

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*    two” (wa [ / ]). For the other

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*    days v. iɽaxwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], axwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ],

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*    uzɔla [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]. Idiom.: ɛdɛ n-aw-

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*    eri-ɛdɛ ye [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “the day

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*    when it is said: so the day is”:

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*    the day when an Ɔba’s death is

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*    announced by the Iyasɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    i.e. three years after his death.

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*    ɛdɛ is used as subject in several

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*    cases where in English the im-

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*    personal pronoun “it” is used,

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*    e.g. ɛdɛ mũ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “it is dark”;

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*    v. also ota [ ˩ ˩ ], hiihii [ ˩ ˩ ], and

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