akpalode [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] leather “medicine” belt, sewn by cobblers, worn as a protection against charms put on the road and destined to cause diseases like elephantiasis or leprosy. It also protects the wearer from gonorrhoea, pains in the waist, and the influences of witchcraft intended to cause impotence. akpãnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Tricalysia; its branches are linked to the stem by joints; cf. kpãnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]. akpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] native harp; akpat- ebo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] guitar; cf. Yor. akpata [ ˩ ˧ ˧ ]. akpaʋ̃ose [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] tinea. akpawɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “if it is said”: if; akpawɛ ɽuɛ, iɣagu‿ɛe gbĩna [ ˩ ˥ ˦ \ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ] if it were not for you, I should have fought him; cf. kpa [ ˥ ], wɛ [ / ]. akpɛkpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) platform built of small sticks as substitute for a mud-bed, e.g. in a hunting or working camp. (2) altar. akpɛlɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a method of divination similar to that known as ewawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; but in akpɛlɛ a flat wooden plate is used instead of a drum, and the images are taken in the hand, not in a cup; v. iha [ ˩ ˩ ], ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ]. akpolu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] beads worn by women round the waist. akpɔkɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] smallest size of pepper; hottest sort; supposed to spring up from the excre- ments of the asɛsɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] bird. alagbodɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “pass cross road”: latest child of a woman who, at her age, might still have other children; also used as a nickname. alalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a skin-disease, rashes (looking like patches of powder); |