Note 94 — Chapter XVI
Reading edition
Be (joy; others say, live thou!), du (eat), ’gbe (to-day, the Happy Day, because it ends the deadly part of Addo-kpon’s Customs). It is also known as Bekpa-men ’gbe; meaning, Bekpa (mat-fence), men (in), ’gbe (to-day: subaudi, we will go). Commander Forbes, whose names and “customs” are equally unintelligible, writes (vol. ii. p. 33) “Ekbah-tong-ek-beh,” and translates, “Display of the King’s wealth.”