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    two by two; wayay-uvĩ-eveva
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] (you pl.) stand in
    double file! etɛ̃ n-eva [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] the
    two brothers. evairɔʋugie [ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ]
    “two are not in twenty”:
    eighteen.
    
evav [ ˩ \ ] or evavu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] valve,
    in cars and bicycles; Engl.
    
eve [ ˩ ˥ ] weeping; am-eve [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    tears; idiom.: eve n-aʋ̃-ɔ̃za vi-
    ɔza [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lit. “the weeping
    with Ɔza’s wives wept (for)
    Ɔza”: crocodile’s tears. Ɔza was
    a wicked but powerful man
    whose wives were glad when he
    died. It is used in the following
    way: ɣɛvi-ɔʋ̃-eve n-aʋ̃-ɔ̃za vi-ɔza
    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] don’t weep croco-
    dile’s tears over me! cf. viɛ [ ˥ ].
    
eve [ ˩ ˩ ] elephantiasis; there are
    three kinds of elephantiasis: ev-
    axwaxwaɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (the small
    size), eve n-uko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “calabash-
    e.” (the big size), and eve
    lɛyolɛre [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “elephantiasis-
    run-go-run come”: a fugitive
    variety of the disease, said to be
    the most serious one; it is stated
    to kill the patient gradually; if
    somebody has died from it, the
    swelling is quickly removed, be-
    fore it disappears again, for there
    is a belief that otherwise it may
    follow the man into his next re-
    incarnation. Reincarnated men
    may be recognized by their
    having this disease, and it is
    believed that it does not kill a
    man a second time; v. uxuʋ̃u
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
evɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] wrestling; cf. vɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ]; v.
    ya gbe [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
evie [ ˥ ˥ ] anvil consisting of iron
    fixed on wood; also okuta [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].
    
evuato [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or possibly [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] an
    animal, perhaps a rodent; pos-