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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-.