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egbagbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] faith; belief; nowa-
    days iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] is more in use;
    cf. Yor. gba gbɔ [ ˩ / ].
    
egbaha [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] beam supporting the
    wall above a door.
    
egbalaka [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] ladder.
    
egbaɽozaɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] an illness similar
    to esalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; it attacks the
    hands or feet in the form of
    pimples which are very painful;
    there is no swelling, but a dis-
    charge of mucus; if treated, it
    breaks out at another spot; cf.
    gbe [ ˥ ], zɛ 2 (?) [ ˥ ], aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
egbaxiã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lover, used of women
    but also of men; the word does,
    however, not necessarily imply
    sexual relations.
    
egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) body; egbe n-ɔkp-ɔʋ̃a
    (kpe [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / (4-1) ] “body that
    is beating a man”: a kind
    of jerking pain in the bones,
    perhaps due to rheumatism;
    also called egbe n-ɔfi‿ɔʋ̃a‿eʋ̃i
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “body that is striking
    a man a blow”; idiom.: egbe ʋ̃ɛ
    da ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “my body is precious
    to me”: I am careful not to
    hurt myself; imu‿egbe gb-okuta
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “I took body struck
    stone”: I hit myself against a
    stone; egbe gu‿ɛe ɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ]
    “body is doing with her”: she
    is having a miscarriage (there
    is said to be no wilful abortion
    nor abortive medicine; but
    others, e.g. repudiated lovers,
    are occasionally, though not
    frequently, held to be the cause
    of miscarriages); egbe mu‿ɛ̃
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he is fooling about, or
    intruding, out of high spirits;
    iɽu‿ɛɽe y-egbe n-ɔhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    “I did (it) to him to (his) body
    as (lit. ‘give’(?)) a present”:
    I did this to him without his