eight innings in this game which
is also played by adults; if a
man goes through the whole of
it without a mistake, his op-
ponent must start once again;
v. isɛ n-afi [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; omunya [ ˩ ˩ / ]
(7th innings); axĩaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (8th
innings); gi-a do fi-ayo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˩ ]
let’s (come and) play ayo! cf.
Yor. ayo [ ˧ ˩ ].
aza 1 [ ˥ ˩ ] store-room in the house.
aza 2 [ ˥ ˩ ] long bell always found
hanging over the image of a god.
aza 3 [ ˥ ˩ ] a creeper, Mussaenda
elegans; chewed by “doctors”
to enable them to tell the future.
Azama [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a deity (or deities?) of
the Ɔba.
azãna [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] boar (bush and do-
mestic).
azɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] fee, e.g. for a native doc-
tor, or somebody looking after a
woman in childbirth, or even for
somebody to whom one owes a
new position.
azɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) witch (eating the souls
of people); witches are also
called iɽ̃ã n-exwa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the
big ones”, iɽ̃ã n-ixĩ-ãsɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
“they who walk at night”, iɽ̃ã
n-is-ɔʋ̃a (sɛ [ / ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “they
who pass a man” (i.e. in
seniority, rank, power), and iɽ̃ã
n-ir-abutete (re [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ]
“they who are on the edges of
the road”. (2) a man whose magic
kills people. (3) people who are
unforgiving and revengeful; such
as try to poison others; cf. Yor.
ajɛ [ ˩ / ]; v. ɔʋ̃ababe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
azi [ ˥ ˩ ] adze (used for smoothing
wood) (a word used in timber-
camps). Engl.?
azimɔmɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Pachystela
micrantha; its strong, durable
