See ewe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
[
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"ebe#Edo"
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"ẹbe#Urhobo"
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"english": "The subjects of the King (of the town of Ẹ̀fọ̀n) must never eat the ewe mushroom",
"text": "Ọmọ Ọbalùú kò gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ ewè",
"translation": "The subjects of the King (of the town of Ẹ̀fọ̀n) must never eat the ewe mushroom",
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},
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"english": "Mucuna sloanei shrub, known for irritant hairs",
"translation": "Mucuna sloanei shrub, known for irritant hairs",
"word": "ewé-iná"
},
{
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"translation": "herbs",
"word": "ewébẹ̀"
},
{
"english": "water plant, moss",
"translation": "water plant, moss",
"word": "ewédò"
},
{
"english": "Corchorus olitorius shrub, also soup made from same plant",
"translation": "Corchorus olitorius shrub, also soup made from same plant",
"word": "ewédú"
},
{
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"word": "ewékewé"
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"text": "Ọmọ Ọbalùú kò gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ ewè",
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