asɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] night; ʋ-ɛɣ-asɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] at night-time. asũ [ ˩ ˥ ] a shrub, Randia coriacea; its leaves when ground give a very durable black dye which is used by boys and girls to imi- tate the tribal marks. The F.D. list gives, besides, an asũ nexwi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]. asua [ ˩ ˥ ] a harmful charm (ɛbo [ ˩ \ ]), a “pushing-medicine” which pushes people into dan- ger, lawsuits, and disasters of every kind; cf. sua [ / ]. asuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] a shrub, Carpolobia lutea; its wood is used to make the akpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], the native harp. asukpɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] forceful swallowing, like that of a man who has got a morsel of food in the windpipe. atã [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Canthium glabri- florum; from it, medicine for ɛda [ ˩ ˩ ] is prepared. ataɣimua [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “what is said and cannot be debated”: soothsay- ing; cf. ta [ ˥ ], mua [ / ]. The ɣ- is probably the relic of an iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ]. ataikpĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “imitation of boa”: a snake, bigger than aka [ ˥ ˩ ], but not so big as ikpĩ. It has a very hard skin; cf. ta [ ˥ ], ikpĩ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]. ataka [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] roll of tobacco; of Port. origin? atalakpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] leopard; atalakp- ixiã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] leopard-man; idio- matic: ɔxɔ s-atalakpa (sɛ [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he is as bad as a leopard. Voracious people, too, are compared with leopards. atat- in atat-abɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] palm of hand; atat-awɛ [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] sole of foot. atauʋi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the time preceding sunset; the word was explained |