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);
