Word or Phrase of the Day:
(Guosa) mî mà: I do not know
(Edo) Ihiri: 9 (Nine)
(Edo) Ugie: 20 (Twenty)
(Guosa) fòjí: break
(Edo) Ọmwan izọhẹ / Ọmwizọhẹ: Kindness
(Edo) Ekesugie: 15 (Fifteen)
(Guosa) Kázá: hen
(Guosa) ìmà: knowing, knowingly
(Edo) Ogba: 30 (Thirty)
(Guosa) ó tí shìhé kófà?: Have you opened the door?
(Edo) Iwera: 13 (Thirteen)
(Edo) Aria isen aria isen aria isen: 1,000,000,000 (One Billion) (1000 x 1000 x 1000)
(Guosa) jìndé lá: arisen
(Edo) Eva: 2 (Two)
(Edo) Aria Isen: 1,000 (One Thousand)(5 x 200)
(Edo) Ọmwan ẹmwanta / Ọmwenmwanta: Honesty
(Edo) Ise: 5 (Five)
(Guosa) kùndé: awake
(Edo) Eha: 3 (Three)
(Edo) Owo / Okpa: 1 (One)
1 | Owo / Okpa | 16 | Ener-ovbu-ugie (4 out of 20)
2 | Eva | 17 | Eha-irovb-ugie (3 out of 20)
3 | Eha | 18 | Eva-irovb-ugie (2 out of 20)
4 | Ene | 19 | Okpa-irovb-ugie (1 out of 20)
5 | Ise | 20 | Ugie
6 | Ehan | 30 | Ogba
7 | Ihiro | 40 | Iy-eva (20 x 2)
8 | Erere | 50 | (E)k-igbe s-iy-eha {(20 x 3) - 10}
9 | Ihiri | 60 | Iy-eha
10 | Igbe | 70 | (E)k-igbe s-iy-ena {(20 x 3) - 10}
11 | Oworo | 100 | Iy-ise (20 x 5)
12 | Iweva (10 + 2) | 190 | Igbe-irovb-uri (10 out of 200)
13 | Iwera | 200 | Uri or Aria okpa
14 | Iwene | 300 | Uri okpa vb-iy-ise orIyisen yan uri (100+200)
15 | Ekesugie | 400 | Uri eva or Aria eva (200x2)
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1000 = Aria Isen (5 x 200)
2000 = Aria isen eva (2 x 1000)
10,000 = Aria isen igbe (10 x 1000)
1,000,000 = Aria isen aria isen (1000 x 1000)
1,000,000,000 = Aria isen aria isen aria isen (1000 x 1000 x 1000)
EDO WEEK DAYS.
EDO WEEKDAYS | Four cardinal town chiefs whose ceremonial days fall on the week days | Four Cardinal Point directions represented by the week days | Major Edo Market days coinciding with the week days
EKEN | IYASE | EAST | FREE DAY - for rest
ORIE | ESOGBAN | WEST | EKIOBA (Oba Market)
OKUO (EKENAKA) | ESON | NORTH | OKHA and IGO
AHO | OSUMA | SOUTH | AGBADO
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