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*ɛtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] sore (of long duration).
*ɛtɛbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] heap of mud collected
* for building purposes.
*ɛti [ ˥ ˩ ] place in forest where
* passage is barred by creepers.
*ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] strength; power (physical
* as well as magical); ɛtĩ fo ʋ̃ɛ
* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “strength has finished
* me”: I am tired.
*ɛtu 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] beard (chin beard and
* moustache).
*ɛtu 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) cellulitis. (2) sore
* gums; ɛtu xia ɽuɛ ɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ˩ ]
* are you suffering from sore
* gums? (xia [ / ] to pain).
*ɛʋɛe [ ˩ \ ] kola; Cola acuminata +
* verticilata; ɛʋ-oha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “bush-
* kola”, a wild kola, Cola hetero-
* phylla; children suck the juice
* out of the husk; ɛʋ-oh-ɔb-itã
* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] “kola of the ordeal
* doctor’s bush”: a wild kola,
* Cola caricifolia, used in an
* ordeal, and as a medicine for
* the bladder; ɛʋɛe-gabaɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
* “Hausa kola”, the kola intro-
* duced by the Hausa people.
* Kola is given to guests as a sign
* of courtesy and friendship; v.
* ikpɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
*ɛʋi [ ˩ \ ] palm-oil; ɛʋi‿egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
* fat, lard.
*Ɛʋiɛkoi [ ˩ ˥ / ] name of a Bini
* village; seat of an Ɔxwahɛ
* [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.
*ɛʋirhi [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a trap for animals; cf.
* Yor. ɛbiti [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*ɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) country; village (in-
* cluding, possibly, several quar-
* ters). (2) people; ɛʋo hia [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
* everybody. (3) language (fol-
* lowed by name of country);
* ɛʋu‿ɛdo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] Bini language;
* ɛʋ-uhobo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] Sobo language;
* ɛʋu‿igabaɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] Hausa lan-
* guage; v. urhu [ ˩ ˩ ], (e)d-.