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*a [ ˥ ] a short variant of the verb



*    ɽua [ ˥ ]; also ã [ ˥ ], from ɽ̃uã [ ˥ ].



*a [ ˩ ] an indefinite personal pro-



*    noun: “one”; it can often be



*    translated by the passive: abi-ɔe



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ] he was born.



*a [ / ], [ ˥ ] a short variant of the



*    possessive pronoun of the 2nd



*    pers. sgl. ɽuɛ [ / ].



*aba [ ˩ ˥ ] seeds hung up on a stick



*    that is used in ewawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    divination and when feeding



*    witches; gives knowledge of the



*    secrets of witchcraft.



*aba [ ˥ ˩ ] an old word for the anklet



*    worn by the emada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; now



*    called ɛɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; its noise was



*    given as dyɛyɛŋdyɛyɛŋ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*abã [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) originally: native hand-



*    cuff; prisoners were fastened by



*    means of abã to large blocks of



*    wood. (2) nowadays: a witch-



*    doctor’s implement, used to press



*    a medicine against the ground



*    while a prayer is said which



*    ends: obɔ n-ɔr-abã ɛɽu‿eʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˩ \ ] “a hand that is in



*    abã cannot do anything”. This



*    constitutes a protective spell.



*ababe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] witchcraft, as a prac-



*    tice, used for purposes of de-



*    fence or revenge, or out of



*    jealousy or envy; abab-ɔʋ̃a na



*    w-egbe gbe [ ˩ ˥ \ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “the



*    witchcraft of this man is very



*    strong”.



*abalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] rum; alcohol; v. anyɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ].