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*ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) word; ɛʋ̃-ãre [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] ad-

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*    monition given to disobedient

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*    boys; ɛʋ̃-ãta [ ˩ \ ˩ ] truth; ʋ-

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*    ɛʋ̃ata [ ˩ \ ˩ ] truly; ɛʋ̃-otɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    whisper; ɔh-ɛ̃ʋ̃-otɔ gbe (hɔ̃ [ ˥ ])

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he has a keen ear. (2)

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*    matter; affair; ɛʋ̃ɛ na ima

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] this affair is not good;

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*    ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃mɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “matter of child”:

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*    child-bearing. (According to A.,

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*    ɛʋ̃ɛ “word” has a long vowel in

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*    the stem, while ɛʋ̃ɛ “matter”

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*    has not. It is not certain whether

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*    this distinction is generally made

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*    by Bini speakers.)

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*ɛwae [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Polyalthia sua-

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*    veoleus; used as firewood and

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*    for roofing houses.

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*ɛwae [ ˩ ˩ ] sib, same as ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ]

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*    or uniɛ [ ˥ ˥ ]; no longer used as

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*    much as ɛgbɛe.

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*ɛwe [ ˩ ˥ ] goat; ɛw-aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] female

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*    goat; ɛw-ɔwa [ ˩ \ ˩ ] castrated

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*    goat.

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*Ɛweɽɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] the daughter of one

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*    of the Ogi-efas [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; she was

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*    the wife of Ubi [ ˥ ˥ ], and a

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*    very kind woman. Hence, her

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*    name has become a symbol

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*    of goodness. Thus, there is a

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*    greeting ɔxĩ-ɛweɽɛ o [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] god-

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*    speed! a lucky journey!

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*ɛwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] a certain quantity of

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*    yams: the yams stored between

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*    2 uhoho [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] on eru [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*Ɛwɛdo [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba.

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*ɛwɛdɔ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] prison.

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*ɛwɛe [ ˩ \ ] chest (part of body);

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*    ɣɛfi ʋ̃-eʋ̃i ʋ-ɛwɛe (ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ] “me”,

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*    eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ] “thing”) [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] don’t

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*    strike a blow at my chest!

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*Ɛwɛka [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] name of the first Ɔba

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*    of Benin; it was taken up by the

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*    father of the present Ɔba, who

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*    reigned as Ɛwɛka II.

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*ɛwia [ ˥ ˩ ] smell; ɛwia-ɽe ima

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