OxwQkpa  tie,!  Ido  ;  £nrai  tie,l  Omoza

A    woman     was    called    Ido  ;  her    father    was    Omoza


^vialamoha
she  said  she  did  not  marry  a  husband  ;         the  children  of  animals


38  EDO   TEXTS.
•uzoya  Qwinqngme,  Qrhue,     esi,  ede,

«2o  went,    she  said  she  did  not  marry  ;    eruhe,    bush  pig,     hartebeest,

eni  ;  Qwin^nQme  inana  .  aninye  ;

elephant  ;  she    said    she  did  not  marry  they  begged   her  ;

Tkwi  ;  udi         Qnawgme,      igaiyo,     mQmorhigle  ;

I  don't  agree  ;        palm  tree          said,  I,         I  will  go,       I  take  her  ;

ohogota  ;         qnamwegbe  ;      Qk^dorhukniQii  ;         Qkqzeto  ;
"you  He";  he  got  ready  ;          he  took  cloth  ;          he  did  his  hair  ;

qna  .  axia  ;          qgiseva  qnawido  ;  wedorhie  ;

he  went  ;      when  he  got  there      he  said  to  Ido  ;    you,  I  come  take  ;

waiyamglu  ?  ;galQmo  ;  rnqm^lgmuwe  ?

What  you  take  me  do  ?  "I  marry  you  "  ;  "  You  marry  me  ?  "


"  If  you  don't  marry  me  ;      don't  eat  palm  oil  ;      don't  sweep  house."

Qnaw£         Jgalqmo  ;         ;m§tiwafigmQn  ;      nigaiyowQkpolo  ;
She  said  ;       I  will  marry  ;       I  can't  forbid  oil  ;       let  me  take  broom,

sweep  ;

gnarhiegarie  ;  Qkgdosowa  ;  Qnatota  ;          Qnaw£

she  took  it  and  went  ;       she  went  home  ;       she  sat  down  ;       he  said

Qnagarhiehi  ;  magqrhie  ;  Qnavaiko  ;

he  would  keep  her  ;  let  them  not  take  her  ;         he  cut  his  belly

Qnalalp  ;  umalemedewu.
she  went  inside  ;      my  story  falls  down  dead.
XIII.
