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TRANSLITERATION.
A. VOWELS.
a =a in father.
@=a intermediate between
a in father and ent.
e =a in take.
e¢ — ein there.
=e in let.
ee in see.
j=iiné.
o = 0 in stone.
Q = 0 in ought.
Q = 0 in not.
u=uwin rule.
y = uin bull.
yu = vin German giite.
n German gliich.
o in German kénig
ai = in Line.
au = in how.
ot = in boy.
B. Consonants.
b = b in bed.
= ch in church.
X = approximately equiva-
lent to Scottish ch in
loch.
d =din dark.
d=cerebral d.
f£ =f in field.
g = hard g in gold.
h = h in have.
j in jewel.
k in hey.
1 = Lin long.
1 = cerebral 1.
m =m in man.
n =n in no.
n = cerebral n.
n = ng in ringer.
= p in pay.
r=rin red.
r = trilled r.
th=r slightly trilled and
aspirated.
s =s in sea.
sh in she.
t = t in ten.
t = cerebral t.
v = v in vivid.
w = win win.
"y =y in yellow.
z in razor.
n azure.
= soft g in N. German tag.
f, y, = bilabial f and v, Span-
ish pronunciation of b.
b, p= band p sounded nearly
like w, with
glottis.
closed
Dynamic accent (stress) *
High tone
Low tone
Sign of nasalization
~ (over the letter). SECTION V.
EDO DICTIONARY.
A, indefinite personal pronoun. Agbirabiyue, may some
one kill your father and mother. Awedo, greeting!
Amegwi, catch the tortoise.
Aba, anklets of beans.
Aba, iron staple for making medicine.
Abekwe, small knife for killing cattle.
Abenwali, herring bone pattern.
Abere, stomach marks,
Aberha, branch of tree.
Abiba, eaves.
Abode, an Ebo; keep watch on the road,
Abgkpaji, they are both the same.
Abglokpo, loom sword.
Abgmogte, loin cloth (man’s); triangular.
Axa, weaver bird.
Axara, fork (of legs).
Axoxwa, bush fowl.
Axowa, house slave (cannot be sold).
Axwaxwa, crow; promise.
Ax wagax waga, dassia, dendro hylax.
Axwaramunu, lip.
Axwe, a climbing plant ; joint; wash !
Axwe, to-morrow. 190 EDO DICTIONARY.
Axwobg, joint (upper limb).
Axworamohe, labia majora.
Ada, [hogbwe who attended burials as representative of Ihama.
Ada, fork of road ; sword.
Adaneha, where three roads meet.
Adanine, four cross roads.
Adgse, middle ; adesowa, middle of house.
Adgsgneva, middle.
Adesgnevirha, between two trees.
Adgsukpafofi, uncovered open space in middle of room.
Adiye, fowl.
Afe, albino.
Afia, chisel.
Affama, nervous, afraid.
Afiame, pulse.
Afiuhe, syphilis.
Afofgmi, I sweat.
Aga, stool, chair.
Aga. woman.
Agada, sword.
Agba, four-legged seat.
Agba, chin.
Agba, together.
Agbaguda, woman’s cheek mark.
Agbaka, crocodile.
Agbakma, bald.
Agbgna, battle.
Agho, ram.
Agboxgxq, hornet.
Agboxu, ant.
Agboxumu, day for pregnant woman.
Agbodovii, shade.
Agbwa, basket in which food is put when Olokum is
worshipped.
Agia, man’s basket.
Agme, bamboo, or cord to make patterns on pots; decorative
marks. EDO DICTIONARY. 192
Agmgi, world.
Ago, strong.
Agobg, left hand.
Agogo, shadow.
Agogo, bell; Hyades.
Agukisemogye, evening star ; star that tries to take king-
ship from the moon.
Ahé, strainer.
Ahiame, bird.
Ahiamglo, bird on Osungmatgn.
Ahiamosa, wagtail; bird of Osa.
Ahove, armpit.
Ahugnawgna, no moon.
aigyeke, corner of the house.
aihe, gonorrhea or gleet.
aihig, urine.
aile, I don’t know.
ainyehg, deaf.
ainyo, rubber ; latex ; palm wine.
ainygka, corn wine.
aisse, a form of salutation.
aiubojilalua, early morning (=take hand rub eyes).
aivona, no one.
aiyaluomanukho, sacrifice to the year.
aiyawomame, sacrifice to rain.
aiye, still; yet.
aiyomanovii, sacrifice to sun.
Akaba, dog bell.
Akaihe, fish spear.
Akasa, agidi.
Akbiasiko, musical sticks.
Akbolu, black girdle.
Ake, burning ashes of wood.
Akia, three months.
Akiase, five months.
Akiane, four months.
Akingle, there. 192 EDO DICTIONARY.
Ako, a fruit.
Ako, a figurine used in Thama’s family for Oton
Akgi, tooth.
Akoneto, toothache.
Akota, dog.
Akpa, if.
Akpakpa, butterfly, spider.
Akpakpwava, street where dead were exposed.
Akpakugumaga, scorpion.
Akpalakpala, kind of fish.
Akpalode, medicine girdle.
Akpanowiwi, a fool.
Akpata, inusical instrument (of any sort).
Akpionpion, hornbill.
Akwe, feathers (for arrow).
Akwe, akwgmg, uterus.
Alaito, shrub used in medicine.
\laime, tongue; animal; meat.
Alameze, river animal.
Alamezi, kind of bird.
Aldmoha, bush animal.
Ale, rum!
Ale, cooked.
Algbu, a white yam.
Alele, rope.
Alemolegwa, orange.
Alimoi, orange or lime.
Alo, blue.
Alvi, cripple unable to walk.
Aloi, kind of fish.
Alongsozi, eyes open; not blind.
Alowa, master or mistress.
Alu, face ; eye; shrine of an Ebo.
Aluebg, shrine.
Aluefai, idion of hunter.
Aluewu, hearth.
Alunogfwa, cornea (white eye). EDO DICTIONARY. 193
Aluomai, scar (?).
Ama, wound ; bronze plaque.
Amaihgkbolohekbolego, early morning (never sweep in
morning yet).
Amavaliwowa, virgin.
Ame, water; amemake, there is no water left; ameke,
water remains ; there is some water left.
Amg, wife.
Amebi, dark cloud.
Amegbg, mistress; lover.
Amebosa, wife of Osa; woman with atresia vagine.
Amegbalo, cap (rain does not beat face).
Amenwe, milk (of a woman).
Amengrho, rain (water which falls).
Amerha, stepmother (wife of father).
Amerhiehie, drizzle (rain eats pepper).
Ameti, water boils.
Amenafofele, the water is all finished.
Amewewe, drizzle.
Amevi, tears.
Amgba, king’s mother’s “ wife.”
Amogewaise, chief of the Ewaise.
Amogye, prince’s wife.
Ane, passing faeces.
Anwa, tongs.
Animiglo, salamander.
Apgle, chessboard pattern.
Ara, tinsel.
Arexwe, don’t drive (it) away.
Arhie, man. Arhieva, two men. Arhigkpa, one man.
Arhualo, blind.
Arhug, circuncision.
As4, shield, whip of elephant’s tail.
Asa, wand of dluerie.
Asii, take water.
Asaka, stink ant, road ant.
Asamotg, driver ant.
i. 9 194 «EDO DICTIONARY.
Asg, saliva.
Asgkme, a white yam.
Asoko, a white yam.
Asolo, throwing spear ; small cuts made to cure a boil.
Asgii, night.
Asi, black paint (for body).
Atalakpa, leopard.
Atatabg, palm of the hand.
Atatawe, sole of the foot ; footprint.
Atehe, caterpillar.
Atele, (2) one said.
Atetugwe, basket for hair.
Ato, grass land.
Atorhi, gonorrhea.
Awa, dog.
Awa, prohibition ; ban ; prohibited food.
Awaigbe, family prohibition, totem.
Awailimi, prohibition imposed by priest.
Awalgkpa, as soon as.
Awase, medicine.
Awavanoxumtu, stone axe (lit. thunder dog).
Awg, plantain eater, African pheasant.
Awehame, instep (?).
Awekia, impotent man.
Awese, thank you.
Awowo, hot.
Awoxa, boy.
Awoxoxu, girl.
Avalaka, a pattern (No. 10 in WV. and Q.), (lit. hammer).
Avaij, flying squirrel.
Avanoxumu, thunder.
Avie, pus.
Avig, clitoris.
Avigli, idle, asleep.
Avihue, vein near anus.
Aza, store room.
Aze, witch. a
EDO DICTIONARY. 19.
Azua, man who asks (? sponges).
Azuwa, hair pin.
Azuzu, fan.
Ba, now ; with.
BA, suffix meaning upright ; onarhieba, he stood it up.
B§, call for dog.
Baba, father.
Baba, just now.
Bame, with me.
Be, we, as.
Be, who, what, where; batjruwe, what is your name? Boxi,
what is it? Bgdesehe, how far? Boghe, who killed
(him)? Bajailu, what is it for? Bozenunalwona,
why do you do this? Bgzonglunye, why do you do
thus? Bwalu, what do youdo? Bwayeyi, where do
you live ?
Be, in, of ; begbema, in our family.
Bemata, true.
Bizo, big.
Botg, down.
Bugbehia, all the time.
De, ever.
Deg, what.
Dedgneglgxi, what is to-day ?
Dedengxia, when is he going ?
Dedenoxia, when are you going ?
Degkbo, when.
Dekbonuki, how long?
Dgke, where.
Dgngxi, which.
Dewenohé, which goat do you want ?
Dewonuyi, where do you live ?
Dewonyrie, where are you going ?
Dia, wait. 196 EDO DICTIONARY.
Diobgbirha, go to the right.
Diobaggbo, go to the left.
Do, a salutation.
Dgmanoxi, whose man are you ?
Dosgnia, till now.
Dosi, come and ask.
Dosowame, come, reach my house.
E, negative prefia; gxiame, it hurts me; ¢xiame, it does
not hurt me.
Ebaxwe, parrots’ feathers.
Ebale, sides of forecourt.
Ebaluglimi, Ebaluerha, raised platform at side of father’s
room.
Ebaluiye, raised platform in mother’s room.
Ebate, round bundle of fern in ome.
Ebg, ceremonial sword.
Ebe, leaf ; book.
Ebeli, agidi leaf.
Ebewana, palm leaf pattern.
Ebi, prevention (?).
Ebigbig, darkness.
Ebisugu, leaf used to make black pigment.
Ebo, bag.
Ebg, minor “ power,” demi-god.
Ebo, white man ; doctors.
Ebgbgzi, cassava.
Ebogun, red.
Ebome, bag of salt.
Ebowa, woman's latrine.
Exai, sand.
Exgxg, trap (small).
ixere, small.
Exzu, door.
Exwai, Ebg for taking oath.
Exwe, tomato. .
Exwi, black. EDO DICTIONARY. 197
Exwemume, I am ashamed; exwemue, thou art ashamed;
exwemwé, he is ashamed.
Exwia, bull.
Exukxu, sweatfly.
Eda, hail.
Edagbe, every day.
Ede, white hairs.
Ede, crown (?) of head.
Ede, day.
Ede, manatee (?).
Ede, duiker.
Edexiota, evening, twilight.
Edegbedggbe, every day.
Edegigbe, at dawn.
Edegimu, at nightfall.
Edéhaele, in five days.
Edehinoele, in six days.
Edgki, week ; market day.
Edelgnimirie, Ehg, the day when the dead go away.
Edeluyiyi, early morning.
Edenwamoto, early morning.
Edgni, then.
Edgnokele, next day.
Ediebo, pineapple.
Edi, civet cat (2).
Edi, uncooked palm oil.
Edggbota, afternoon.
Edoyi, do you live in Edo?
Edoikede, I come from Edo.
Edgma, various, different.
Edgmadggoi, each man.
Efa, priest of Ehinoha.
Efe, rib, front.
Efé, property.
Efiewo, whistle (sound made by mouth).
Eft, flesh.
Efu, buckshot. 198 EDO DICTIONARY.
Egi = oiega, there.
Egabigna, son’s son’s son’s son’s son,
Egaiwo, council of notables.
Egba. bangle ; iron coiled round arm.
Egbaxia, widow “friend,” mistress.
Egbanaka, ladder.
Egbé, family.
Egbe, bright; gdegigbe, at dawn.
Egbé, ready.
Egbé, the same ; egbomana, the same person.
Egbe = back (of place).
Egbé, body (human).
Egbé, widow.
Egbe (2); silent.
Egbegwelu, miscarriage.
Egbeke, wall of a house.
Egbema, house of wattles and mud.
Egbemawemi, we are fresh, not tired.
Egbo, forest.
Egbu, roller.
Eg buwuga, part of house between door and corner.
Egiasegbgli, hereditary post.
Egiawoxo, rigid.
Egirg, it’s finished all gone, not there.
Egmo, fence.
Eg6, dinner, feast.
Egoderie, long court of the Oderie.
Egodi, hawk.
Egwa, I make heaps (for yams).
Egwai, king’s house.
Egwe, bat.
Egwe, hoe.
Egwis, tortoise.
Egwobg, bead armlets.
Egwowe, bead anklets.
Eguii, bath room.
Egute, a kind of dance. £DO DICTIONARY. 199
Eha, six; bush cow.
Eha, three.
Ehadawugye, seventeen.
Ehai, forehead.
Ehairgwugie, seventeen (lit. three is not in twenty).
Ehak9, gums.
Ehasa, day.
Ehe, fish.
Ehé, away.
Ehé, yes, all right.
Ehexwi, green pigeon (Vinago calwus).
Ehenanowa, market stall for silent trade.
Ehengkai, dried fish.
Ehi, soul.
Enia, all.
Ehie, nail; claw.
Ehie, pepper.
Ehihi, soldier ant.
Ehinaxwoi, back of head.
Ehinehi, good genius (chi which is efi).
Eh4, he breathes.
Ehogai, spirit of childless person.
Ehoho, wind.
Ehojziza, whirlwind,
Eholi, end.
Eye, son’s son.
Eyeye, person with many children.
Eygme, I hate ; don’t love.
Ejko, reply to salutation ; “I hear.”
Eka, four-cornered beads.
Ek4, Agbor language.
Ekahiame, egg.
Ekbaihioli, bladder.
Ekbeho, loud.
Ekbekia, pubes (male).
Ekbelgxwe, glossy starling.
Ekbikglo, uncircumcised boy. 200 EDO DICTIONARY.
Ekbiknu, dry leaves.
Ekbo. time. s
Ekbo, bag; 10 ropes of yams (uga).
Ekbo, Ekbo (boy’s society).
Ekbg, few.
Ekbofi, sufferer from yaws.
Ekbohe, pubes (female).
Ekboki, round box.
Eke, mud, clay for making houses; wall.
Eke, place.
Ekeliye, place where I live.
Ekete, king’s throne.
Eki, market.
Ekia, penis.
Ekianokwame, penis from which no semen issues.
Ekigbesia, fifty.
Ekig besiene, seventy.
Ekigbesise, ninety.
Exkita, dog.
Eko, abdomen above navel (see Eku).
Eko, soon.
Ekoxome, I am vexed.
Ekogbwe, wall round king’s house.
Ekohihieme, I have diarrhea.
Ekohiyoi, dysentery.
Ekokodu, heart.
Ekokohie, spoon.
Ekovgme, I am content; gkomavome, I am not content.
Ekpafe, courtyard.
Ekpahpeyi, loaf of fufu.
Ekpeku, small.
Ekpo, bag (see ek bo).
Ekpékuru, stomach.
Ekpona, while.
Ekpuru, windpipe.
Ekre, toad.
Ekt, semen, EDO DICTIONARY. 201
Eki, hip, waist (see eko).
Ekwabg, upper arm.
Ekwawe, thigh.
Ekwe, cross belt (of beads).
Ekwé, bellows.
Ekwexami, door.
Ekwiye, spoon (from Portuguese ?).
Ekwoxwo, woman’s waist.
Ekwoli, feathers.
Elagbode, last child (of man or woman).
Ele, to-day.
Elele, flute.
Elele, eight.
Elimi, heaven.
Elimfa, I beg.
Elimidu, king’s ancestors.
Elo, knife, bell.
Elg, it is not finished.
oxi, chameleon.
Elogisi, cruel.
Elgmebo, bronze.
Elgmo, brass; bracelet.
Elohogeta, I don’t lie.
Elgze, lawful.
Elu, sand heap on threshold.
Ely, nor.
Elulima, knife.
Eluwe glume, neither you nor me.
Ema, brain (?).
Ema, fufu.
Emata, true.
Ematitai, I tell the truth.
Ematoi, iron.
Emawa, stepfather.
Emé, monkey.
Emé, word.
Emedo, man’s drum. 202 EDO DICTIONARY.
Emeku, waist ornament.
Emesakpaide, woman’s drum.
Emi, something.
miuga, dowry.
Emiame, easy.
Emiameda, disease.
Emila, cow; cattle.
Emilogiso, caterpillar (?)
Emilgvia, bullroarer.
Emilgkpa, nothing.
Emiowo, meat.
Emiri, animal that is tied with rope.
Emivame, I wound (?I am wounded, thing hits}me).
Emg, son.
Emogo, man’s drum.
Emowe, white yam ; morning fufu.
Emu, dark (day).
Emwe, ashes.
Emunamune, firefly.
Ene, four.
Enelawugie, sixteen.
Enwe, breast (woman’s) ; milk.
Eni, elephant.
Eni, name.
Enia, now.
Eniame, hippopotamus.
Eniele, his name.
EnyAi, neck.
Enyai, Enyai, market on Jeduma road.
Enixuxu, house pigeon.
Enye, albino.
Enye, snake.
Enye, marrow.
Enyengxiunu, snakebite.
Epapunwa, wax.
Era, hartebeest.
Erere, crown of the head. EDO DICTIONARY. 203
Erha, wood ; tree.
Erhia, father.
Erhai, his, her father.
Erhame, ant.
Erhamenagingii, lover (woman speaking) ; (lit. father in this
world).
Erhamodede, my father’s father.
Erhanowu, dead wood.
Erhe, fire.
Erhe, abdomen.
Erhiye, mother’s father.
Erhirha, cramp.
Erhggmg, live wood.
Erhgmg, hermaphrodite (?).
Erhu, hat.
Erhue, bush buck.
Erhuivie, neckbeads.
Erhumoyi, crow pheasant.
Erhumudiadia, butterfly.
Erhumunie, stranger.
Erhirhumu, tail.
Erialue, once upon a time (lit. so they did).
Erfaria, sandfly (2).
Erie, house.
Ergxe, yellow.
Erowabiriowa, you were not at home, when I came.
Eru, yam stack (foundation).
Eruhan, king’s cloth skirt.
Erurunowa, roof.
Esagye, blood.
Esalebo, plant from which seeds are taken to make a rattle.
Ese, property.
Esi, pig; ¢sin, horse.
Esioha, bush pig.
Eso, some.
Esoii, poor, poverty.
Esu si, owl, 204 EDO DICTIONARY.
Etekia, pubic hair (male).
Etasoi, hair standing straight up.
Eti, strong.
Etifome, I tire.
Etig, brother.
Et, breath.
Et4, fire for cooking food.
Etonjmg, straight hair.
Etonokiri, frizzly hair.
Etu, hair; beard; moustache.
Etualu, eyebrows.
Etuhe, pubic hair (female).
Eva, these.
Evaxwe, soap.
Evase, finis! that’s the end.
Eve, elephantiasis of scrotum.
Evé, tears.
Eve, what; evilu, what I do; evomalu, what a man does.
Evi, cooked palm oil.
Evie, anvil.
Evisoka, dog.
Evwato, badger.
Evwe, badger.
Evwon, scarcity.
Ew4, sleeping mat.
Ewadiselo, chest mark.
Ewai, a tree.
Ewai, family.
Ewale, food.
Ewame, she-goat.
Ewe, kola.
Ewé4, chest; breasts.
Ewé, goat.
Ewis, kind of fish.
Ewifi, small pox.
Ewivie, bead coat.
Ewo, place; town; district. EDO DICTIONARY. 205
Ewogiewglo, twentieth.
Ewero, swamp.
Ewowu, bush crocodile.
Ewu, funnel.
Ewi, he is not dying.
Ewugbefe, side mark.
Eze, river.
Ezendwale, bridge.
Ezikeg, calabash flute.
Ezirha, trunk of tree.
Eze, case (law) ; palaver.
Feko, careful.
Fele fele, thin.
Fi, and.
Fi, inside; fioha, inside the bush.
Fiaxwe, game of marbles (?)
Fialametg, roast meat.
Fiirha, into the tree.
Fumuda, but.
Fwa, sufi meaning away; mufwa, throw (it) away.
Gaxia, go; go on.
Gafekoxia, walk slowly.
Galue, go on.
Garhag, salutation for a chief.
Gade, who is coming?
Gainyale, whose is it ?
Gano, who.
Gba, correct ; iko dogba, the assembly was complete.
Gbe, very.
Ge, neg. prefix; gege, don’t look; geyo, don’t go; gere,
don’t come ; giahaime, silence! (don’t let me hear word.)
Gi, if; wagixia, if you go.
Give, full.
Giaheme, speak, 206 EDO DICTIONARY.
Gu, for; gume, for me.
Gume, let me.
Gwedia, wait (with him, her).
Hé, no.
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Iba, I put, I loose.
Iba, mud seat.
Ibafi, I go hunting.
Ibaiku, I miss (something).
Ibairie, seat under eaves in oderie.
Ibekbe, middle, bekwiyeke, in the middle of the back.
Ibi, charcoal.
Ibiaxe, soot.
Ibj bi, dark (of day).
Tbie, I bear (a child).
Tbig, intestines.
Ibiedo, son of a slave (may be sold).
Ibiegbe, I shut (a door).
Ibieka, boy; ibiekeha, ibiekaneha, three boys. Ibigkada
enaxi, these are bad boys.
Ibiluha, I lose myself.
Ibiroga, an Ibiwe, Iwegwa or Iwebo, who attended the
palace daily.
Ibiro, I guess.
Ibo, I divine.
Ibobehe, scale (fish).
Ibohie, I settle a case.
Ibowa, I build a house.
Ibigle, I prick, pierce.
Tbi, I break.
Tbue, I put.
Tbuluku, small cloth reaching to the knees.
Ibwé, I cut.
lbwe, I go.
Ibwe, I break. EDO DICTIONARY. 207
Ibwefe, I break a bone.
Ixa, I say.
Ixaime, I curse, abuse.
Ixaimi, I help (in a caso).
Ixale, I say it.
Lxalo, man’s forehead marks.
Ixamale, I tell; lyaxamale, I [go] tell.
Ixgriesoyema, I am waiting for some one here.
Ixg, I wait.
Ixi, I am.
Ixia, I go.
Ixialele, I go with him, her.
Ixié, I wash ; rub.
Ixie, I sell.
Ixiegbe, I dry myself.
Ixiele, I twist.
Ixienowale, I am a big man.
Iximi, Ichimi tree.
Txiomi, half.
Ixo, forehead marks, man’s.
Ixgde, I lie in ambush.
Ixgle, I wait for.
Ixgiy, I fight.
Ixu, farmer’s knife.
Ixwe, I wash; I swim.
Ixwé, I drive.
Ixwexwe, palm wine (from tree cut down).
Ixwefwa, I drive away.
Ixweime, I answer.
Ixwerie, king’s women’s house.
Ixwewowa, I bath; wash at home.
Ixwigle, I lock.
Ixwoi, I pick.
Ixworo, mud.
Ida, bad.
Ida, hour glass drum with strings.
Id4i, I drink (wine) ; Idainyg, I drink palm wine. 208 EDO DICTIONARY.
Idaihg, I listen; give ear.
Idamihg, I understand.
Idamg, I taste.
Idatie, I shout for ; call.
Ide, I tie; Imade, I don’t tie.
Idé, I fall; Imadg, I don’t fall.
Id@, I buy; Imadé, I don’t buy.
Idé, I come ; ide, I am not coming.
Idegele, I see.
Idgnwe, I come for you; I buy for you.
Tdi, grave (for corpse).
Tdia, I stay.
Idia, I menstruate.
Idyogbo, idion of the farm.
Idigie, I squat.
Idinai, I reach.
Ido, riddle.
Ido, flying ant.
Idobaii, I rest ; I hold my hand.
Idoxwai, I make baskets.
Idogwa, I whisper.
Id6i, I get a dry skin.
Idoii, I buy (it).
Idoleyi, I make better; I mend.
Idolegbelue, I do it again.
Idélog, I sew; I rub.
Idglg, I sacrifice (to Otg).
Idoloi, I look after.
Idu, brown dove.
Iduak pakpa, spider’s web.
Idugbo, ringdove.
Idumo, quarter.
Idumog, | make.
Idzo, I send.
Igrio, I turn (yams on the fire).
Ifamagbe, ribs.
Ife, J am safe. EDO DICTIONARY. 209
Ifé, I reach.
Ifgme, arrow.
Tfi, trap (big).
Ifiai, I cut.
Ifiaile, I bite.
Ifiamoi, I knock.
Ifie, I flog.
Ifigdo, I mistake.
Ifiglimi, I flog, I strike.
Ifieto, hair in thrums.
Ifiezera, I cross a river.
Ifiha, I foretell, I throw ifa.
Ifiiguhumu, I shake my head.
Ifiyo, I swear.
Ifigka, I reap (cut) corn.
Tfigkoko, I hop.
Tfwalu, eyelashes.
Tiwe, wing.
Tfwihe, fin.
Iga, prison.
T ga, feather.
Tga, I divide; Igale, I divide it.
Igagyefuri, I cool.
Igadio, I bite.
Igayi, I send (my daughter to her husband).
Igaiyo, I am going.
Igale, I am going to eat.
Igangme, I marry; inome, I don’t marry.
Igariemi, I want food; iriemi, I don’t want food.
Igawe, I shall say.
Igba, authority to speak to king’s wives.
Igbd, I bandage, tie.
Ighaimwe, I attach.
Igbaha, thrice.
Igbane, four times.
Igbava, twice.
Ighbé, I kill, I beat, I dance.
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Igbe, ten.
Igbehe, fish spine.
Igbehigli, I take and rub it.
Igbelozelo, sickness.
Igbelua, I kill.
Igbera, I pass.
Igberha, I tie wood.
Igbiminglimi, I sacrifice.
Ighbina, I fight.
Igbo, top (toy).
Igbo, igbukmgiy, cover cloth (man’s).
Igbg, I cut.
Igbu, piece of cloth.
Igé, igie, I laugh.
Igé, I look.
Igé, I send.
Igede, doctor’s drum.
Igeda, mahogany.
Ig¢ga, bell worn by pregnant woman.
Igegosun, branches of Osun.
Igefe, property.
poche molar tooth.
gele, grown men; second of the three divisions of men.
Igéle, young ones.
Igewale, chop money.
Igenowa, I devastate.
Igeyareodalu, I send on (a person).
Igia, I cut.
Igidg, Lam dry.
Igié, I send. Igigiowe, heel. Igilaso, I am near.
Igimigkg, bell worn by pregnant woman. Igigma-
buele, I sent a man to him.
Igivigko, cord worn round the neck,in pregnancy.
Igizelue, I keep on doing.
Igma, small bone, fish bone.
Igmg, parts round the knee.
Igmo, I mark. EDO DICTIONARY. 211
Igmoi, I clean, I carve, I write.
Igo, horn, cowries, money.
Igo,I give food.
Igogo, smoke.
Igogo, I am pleased.
Igogoii, white feathers.
Igiie, I permit.
Igwa, I plant.
Igwabo, elbow.
Tgwaxa, I don’t know how to say.
Igw§laxa, I know how to give a message.
Igwaloi, I find.
Igwame, I ferry across.
Igwe, I shut.
Igwé, I help.
Igwe, I follow.
Igwe, village.
Igwe, I sing.
Igwe, month for sacrifice.
Igwé, I sacrifice (to my head).
Igwede, I buy from you.
Igwegbina, I fight.
Igwehd, I help find.
Igwewe, long leaf used in making pots.
Igwi, I make palaver, quarrel.
Igwom gri, king’s servants.
Igwovgi, I break.
Igye, corner; igy owa, corner of the house; igyeme, posterior
border of armpit.
Igyé, I laugh.
Igyé, ankle.
Igyokg, king’s trader with Europeans.
Igyclowa, water yam.
Igyuhumu, I send a message.
Igyumuyerigbe, I send back.
Tha, divination.
Tha, pit for criminal. 212 EDO DICTIONARY.
Thage, dried meat in mats.
Thai, I bore.
Thame, I become pregnant.
Thasa, I pay; ihale, I pay for it.
The, load.
Thé, road “ juju.”
Th@ I refuse.
The, I carry.
Thegilue, I have done it, (gone on) till I am tired.
Theyg, I put.
Thele, a bean.
Thelini, I give name.
Ihgmeku, kidney (?).
Ihewe, I inhale.
Theweriotg, I exhale.
Thi, forbidden thing.
Thi, from.
Thie, I climb.
Thie, I cover.
Ihiehie, son’s son’s son.
Thiehie, black bean.
Thigzi, I ride.
Thini, nine.
Thino, seven.
Thid, I come.
Thig, loofah.
Thioke, I climb a hill.
Thiulu, worm.
Thiuhumirha, I climb a tree.
Tho, I find.
Ihg, I hear.
Thé, [ want.
Iho, company ; people of same ager
Choi, [ hear it ; I understand.
Thonimigi, I don’t want to die.
Ihrame, I touch.
Lhw4, song. to
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Thue, nose.
Thumé, I wake.
Ihumu, millipede, centipede.
Ihunwea, I am silent.
Ihwale, I clean.
Ihwe, I take you, I copulate.
Ikunogole, father’s room.
jile, I don’t eat.
Tio, I am not going.
lise, one hundred.
Ika, tie-tie, bush rope.
1k4, I fill.
Ika, I feel.
Ikai, I count.
Ikalo, lower part of forehead.
Ikba, I come out, rise, go.
Ikbaihiagbede, I leave Agbede; Ikbaihiedo, I leave
Benin city.
Ikba, I vomit.
Ikbaigbe, I get up.
Ikbame, hail.
Ikbe, I stay (in a house).
Ikbé, I wash.
Ikbesi, stick for training yams.
Ikboge, I shake water (in a vessel).
Ikbokbo, I trouble.
Ikboleki, I sweep the market.
Ikbotg, I sweep the ground.
Ikbuko, calabash seed.
Ikg, I remain.
Ikgbe, buttocks.
Ikede, day reckoner.
Ikedode, I come from Edo.
Ikedore, I come from Edo ; I come out from there.
Ikesggma, twenty-five (not used in counting).
Ikesugye, fifteen.
Ikenawie, sleeping place (on mareh). 214 EDO DICTIONARY.
Ikgni, elephant hairs for stringing beads.
Ikewu, pot rest.
Ikevare, I come from there.
Ikie, I open, unlock.
Ikiere, I bring (otu).
Ikimualuhumu, master’s room (room of shrine of head).
Ikire, I lean my head on his hands.
Ikmalefu, I cause abortion.
Iko, brass armlet.
Iko, I plant.
Ik6, meeting.
1ké, head band.
Ikgbo, copper.
Ikodalo, I precede.
Ikodgre, I come out from there.
Ikoko, pipe (tobacco).
Ikole, I aim.
Ikole, I wait.
Ikolo, I gather fruit.
Ikoye, I hop.
Kpogi, or isegegwe, a bean.
Ikpako, obstacle.
Ikpakpa, skin.
Ikpakpalo, a bean.
Ikpakpweghe, skin (human). -
Ikpalakala, a beetle.
Ikpale, I help (with a load).
Ikparemudia, I stand up.
Ikpdruru, wasp.
Ikpawa, I come out from there.
Ikpawe, floor.
Ikpé, seed. .
Ikp@, red yam.
Ikp4, I stay.
Ikpevene, four unbroken kola.
Ikpe, boa.
Ikpiame, rainbow (lit. water suake). EDO DICTIONARY. 215
Ikpixie, a bean.
Ikpihabo, finger.
Ikpihabo logyeloka or nowaloka, first finger.
Ikpihabg logye, thumb.
Ikpihabg nokadige, second finger.
Ikpihabgnexere, little finger.
Ikpihabg nodiake nexere, third finger.
Ikpihe, gravel.
Ikpo, lizard (red headed).
Ikpglu, cotton seed.
Ikpomgi, I thank.
Ikpowa, gecko.
Iki, room in house.
{ku, peelings (of yams, etc.).
Iku, I dance, I play; I copulate.
Iku, Ekbo (secret society for boys) ; small dirt.
Ikugbe, I mix.
Ikulu, I dance.
Ikunaluiye, mother’s room.
Ikunu, I take.
Ikwale, I kneel.
Ikwé, I permit, agree ; I can.
Ikwe, I can't, I don’t agree.
Ikwé, I make.
Tkwe, body, corpse.
Ikwekwe, palm wine; wrinkles..
Ikwele, ominous bird.
Ikwele, I set a bone, reduce a joint.
Ikwenie, I answer.
Ikweti, halt, rest.
Ikwixai, I play a game.
Ikwifi, I make a trap.
Ikwihi, I pack, make up loads.
Ikwobgyo, I begin.
Ila, I pass, I enter.
114, I want.
Ilaxwe, day after to-morrow. 216 EDO DICTIONARY.
Tlaf, I go.
Tlai, I pass him.
Tlaiyanovie, I go to sleep.
Tlakbo, I go to bed.
Tlaloi, I lick.
Ilame, black ant (with nest in tree),
Ilamebo, house ant.
Tlawa, I go home.
Ilawele, I stay alive.
Ilawowa, I go inside the house.
Tle I bwy.
fg, I know.
Tle, I run.
1g, I eat.
118, I cook.
Ilé, I salute.
Tlegi, run.
Ilegwa,Ido . . . inspite of all.
Tlele, armpit.
Tlelg, I follow.
Tlemi, I cook something,
Tlexe, L trade.
Tlexui, I look.
Tleye, I stay.
Uo, Tlie.
flo, I think.
116, I go.
Tole, I go round the town,
Tlolo, I remember,
Hig luye, I copulate,
Llomgdg, ilomoxwo, I marry (husband or wife).
Igrio, I think so.
Tlovie, I lie down (to sleep).
Lloviesoto, I lie down,
Tue, I make.
llue, dirty.
llugfo, I finish. EDO DICTIONARY, 217
Iluele, I think.
Iluglimi, I sacrifice (to my ancestors).
Tluese, I dash you.
Iluhe, I copulate.
Iluigo, I count money
Tluiguhumu, I nod my-head (backwards).
Ilukoisa, I am not Oisa’s messenger.
Ilumiesi, kind (adj.).
{lumu, grass.
Tlugli, I learn it.
Imagie, I order.
Imale, I measure ; I don’t know,
Imanole, I don’t know; it.
Imaiyaiyi, I disbelieve.
Imamai, I arrange.
Imasabg, I cannot.
Imavale, I do not meet, I miss.
Ime, I have (it).
Imié, I guess.
Imig, I take.
Imigze, I have money.
Imigo, I save money.
Imihenaxia, in order to go.
Imina, I dreain.
Imigi, I find it; I see it.
Imoha, tribute to king.
Imohu, I am vexed.
Imolosa, I owe money.
Imomogberaize, I ferry across.
Imudia, I stand; I stay; I stop.
Imue, I carry (in one hand).
Imufwa, I throw away.
Imuhi, I put away.
Imike, I cook.
Imumale, I show.
Imumwege, I show.
Imune, I (take and) give. 218 EDO DICTIONARY.
Imwale, I deny.
Imwé, I seize.
Imwexaife, I carry on my hip.
Imwefwa, I throw away; I lose.
Imwegbele, imwegbe, I am ready, I prepare. -
Imwegbeng, I am ready.
Imwekpa, I take away.
Imweniuhumu, I carry on my head.
Imwemobo, I carry in my hands.
Imwewowg, I carry on my back.
Imwere, I bring.
Imwevelo, idle.
Imwegbina, I make peace between people.
Imwek pa, I put off a cloth.
Imwé, I drink.
Ina, they, their, them.
Ini, I get ready.
Inafiai, I am ready to cut.
Inaga, I begin.
Inali, I pass.
Iname, eaves.
Inatobina, themselves.
Inaneva, both, they two.
Inasie, I pull.
Inawé, they say.
Iniwe, I say.
Inaweva, both ; they two.
Inawole, they two.
Inbera, over.
Ingle, I understand ; I know it.
Inena, I ask.
In é, I don’t know.
Ine, I know.
Ine, I am constipated.
Ing, I pass feces.
Ing, four.
Inwa, I grow up. Inwale, I grow. ENO DICTIONARY. 219
Inwg, I drink.
inia, ‘vein.
Inia, hymen.
Inia, I open.
Iniele, I make profits.
Inimiai, I beg.
Tnii, fashion, custom.
Inirha, root.
Ininye, I deliver a message.
Iniunuyigbe, I am silent.
Ing, fur.
Ing, I ask.
Inglota, I ask a question.
Inolemi, I ask for a thing.
Indxwome, how many wives have you ?
Inofiha, prophet.
Inokare, I came first.
Ingi, I ask it.
Inoinyale, master.
Inéle, I know it.
Inukinuki, how long ?
Inwe, I catch; I suckle.
Inwagnixi, how much is that ?
Inya, I get it.
Iny4, yam.
Inya, with.
Inya, I knock.
Inyakogmohu, yam used as “ pillow.”
Inyamie, I forgot.
Inyatg, roast yam.
Inyebo, potato.
Inyigbe, I strain (in passing faeces).
Tnyogma, raw yams,
Iredo, I go to Edo.
Irene wekere, I came before you.
Irenewo, I come back.
Irhale, I am a thief. 220 EDO DICTIONARY,
Irhalehi, I detach.
Irhalewowa, I pillage a house.
Irhiale, I spoil.
Irhialua, I destroy ; I spoil.
Irhiare, I come.
Irhie, I take; I carry (in two hands).
Irhie, proper.
Irhieghoto, I put on the ground.
Irhiey ote, I take down.
Irhiglele, I hide.
Trhieli, I pick it up.
Irhielgfi, I throw.
Irhielele, I hide.
Irhiene, I give; irhiniyane, I give yams..
Irhiene, I am surprised.
Irhierhg, I put up.
Irhigle, irhioi, I wake up (trans.).
Irho, cheek marks,
Irholi, I pick it up.
irhue, I circumcise a boy; I cut a girl; I put on cloth
Irhiie, I light.
Irhie, I bend; set a trap.
Irhue, I shut.
Irhukmgii, I put on a cloth.
Irhgle, I run.
Irhurekua, I throw out water,
Irhurhuele, voice.
Tri, bush rope.
Triaigwa, I spend.
Irie, I eat; irinya, I eat yams,
Irinelimiri, part of Osun ; rope in which Elimi is tied..
Trig, I take (several things).
Triukbo, I go to bed.
Iriono, it’s so,
Iriuxumu, I take medicine.
Iro, cheek marks,
Iro, I live. w
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Trigbede, I live in Agbede ; irgdo, I live in Edo.
Irua, I knock.
Irualefwa, I push away ; I upset.
Isa, feeces.
Isa, I jump.
Isada, I give to drink.
Tsahe, key and lock.
Tsai, I shoot ; hit.
Isaiyo, I put (liquid).
Tsaiwe, ground nut.
Isakg, I file teeth.
Isale, I jump.
Isapame]ogodi, son’s son’s son’s son.
Isaga, I am well.
Isavaii, long stone axe.
Isé, flat musical stick.
Ise, mancala, a game.
Isé, rattle (calabash).
Isé, five.
Isé, amen.
Isé, Iam; I get; I reach.
Isegegwe, see Ikpogi.
Iselai, I permit, allow.
Isemie, I save.
Isenyogie, twenty-five (in counting).
Iserig, I bless ; take off curse.
Iseti, I can’t.
Tseti, I can.
Tsi, I ask.
Isie, I pull.
Isie, I put down.
Isid, I dry.
Isiekotg, I extinguish.
Isigkwe, I lend.
Isielaiodyeke, I leave behind.
Isiemi, things collected one by one.
Isili, silver. 229 EDO DICTIONARY.
Isimi, I quarrel.
Isimi, I save.
Isiolulu, I spin cotton.
Isiwa, I sing; dosiwame, come and sing for me-
Isd, I sing.
Iso, I reach.
Is6, L break.
Iso, sky.
Isoboio, I begin ;$I catch him.
Isohumu, I butt.
Isolai, I leave.
Isoli, I split.
Isome, I pierce (with wood).
Isongro, ? cloud; sky in thetwet season.
Isu, I work bronze.
Isuali, I push.
Iswasefe, sides,
Istie, I lead.
Tsue, I begin.
Isue, I sing,
Isuoi, I prick, I pierce (with a spear).
isusu, evil thing, ? spirit.
T8alo, syphilis,
Ita, I look.
It4, I guess ; riddle.
Ita, feather ordeal.
Itaba, tobacco.
Itai, I speak, I say it.
Itegamwe, I try to catch.
Itepe, a kind of snake.
Iterhagboto, I fell a tree.
Iti, I fly.
Itie, I call.
Itiele, I read.
Itihe, I curse, I abuse.
Itiko, I call a meeting.
Itoge, I lie. EDO DICTIONARY, 223
Ita, I roast; gnorigto, she gives to roast; gnorigtgi, she
takes and roasts.
Itoi, I am alive.
Itglg, I scratch.
Itgno, I dig.
Itonoaii, I dig it.
Itota, I sit.
Itotaia, buttocks.
Itotasotg, I sit down.
Itotg, I dig the ground.
Itu, I dress my hair.
Itue, I salute.
Ituggbote, I fell.
Ituesagie, I bleed.
Itwi, smoother for inside of pot.
Itulgmu, I run.
Itume, I have connection with.
Itu gma, I salute a man.
Ityre, I descend.
Iturewoke, I go down the hill.
Iva, I hit.
Ivai, I please.
Ivaila, I turn off the road.
Ivale, I catch up; I break.
Ivale, I cut up.
Ivale, food.
Ivarawugie, eighteen.
Iv, I wrestle.
Ive, I can.
I vi, iviebo, cocopalm ; palin kernel.
Ivi, scrotum,
Iviawaneha, belt of Orion.
Iviawe, part of foot above heel.
Ivié, I sleep.
Ivié, beads.
Ivie, I draw.
Tvi ekbo, snake. 224 EDO DICTIONARY.
Iviekwe, testicle.
Ivierha, shrub.
Iviewigi, I warm.
Ivig, I keep.
Ivigkwa, I scatter ; throw away (things).
Ivioi, I put it.
Ivioludo, short marks on cheek.
Iviove, butterfly.
Ivirha, I cut wood.
Ivirunu, toothache.
Ivwé, I dig up.
Iw§, I don’t eat ; I forbid.
Iwale, I meet.
Iwaimi, I divide.
Twele, fish poison.
Iwéle, I answer (a shout).
Iwé, I open.
Iwé, I order.
Iwe, I plant.
Iwé, I say.
Iwe, I stay.
Iwedo, I summon; Iwedorierinia, I call to turn
yams.
Iwela, thirteen.
Iwele, I roll,
Twene, fourteen.
Iweregbe, I turn back,
Iwetie, I shout.
Iweva, twins.
Iwie, I take.
Twili, baboon.
Iwili, I am lost.
Iwina, I work.
Iwofiagbe, woman’s mark above navel.
Twoj, I take sticks from the ground.
Iwoi, I jump.
Iwoloi, I pluck. EDO DICTIONARY. 225°
Iwgmado, I compliment, say “do” to a man.
Iwu, loins, abdomen (of man).
Iwu, chest marks.
Iwu, I die.
Tya, ditch.
Iy4, I take; maiya, we take.
Tya, I go.
Tyad@, I go to buy.
Iyaiyi, I believe.
Tyai gmo, I adopt a child.
Iyaka, I touch.
Tyalema, I (go) cook fufu.
Iy&lema, go and cook fufu.
Iyaluegbe, the servant of Ovia.
Iyamale, I forgive.
Iyamwere, I fetch.
Iyang, I go to stool.
Iyane, I give.
Iyanexweli, I forgive.
Iyatua, I salute.
Tyé, he lives, he is.
Iye, mother.
ly, I make ; I go to it.
Lyé, I remember.
Lygdo, I live in Edo.
Tygdo, in Edo.
Iyeha, sixty.
Iyeha, one hundred and twenty.
Tygke, back, beyond.
Iygkikpoba, beyond the Ikpoba.
Ly¢kobg, back of the hand.
Lyekogbe, young men’s quarter of house.
Ty ekowa, back of the house.
Iygkowe, top of the foot.
Iyele, I remember (it),
Iyemo dede, mother’s mother,
Iyenagmofi, mother for this world;
