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*adɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] a pointed stick for picking



*    fruit off trees.



*adɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] buyer; cf. dɛ [ ˥ ].



*adɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] placenta.



*adiyɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] fowl; a Yoruba word



*    more used than ɔxɔxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] at



*    present; cf. Yor. adiɛ [ ˧ ˩ ˧ ].



*adowɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a man who walks on



*    tip-toe on account of sore feet.



*Adɔlɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] name of an Ɔba, father



*    of Ɔba Ovɔ̃ɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; his altar



*    is shown on L.R. fig. 84.



*adɔlɔbiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] rebirth, being born



*    again (Akugbe); cf. dɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], biɛ



*    [ ˥ ].



*adɔlɔkɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] sword; sabre; cf. Jekri



*    udɔlɔkɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*afiã [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) chisel; ɣɛgi-afiã fiã



*    ʋ̃-obɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] don’t let the chisel



*    cut my hand! (2) an insect



*    affecting the yam-creepers; cf.



*    fiã [ ˥ ].



*afiãgbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (Christian) blessing



*    (Akugbe); cf. fiã [ ˥ ].



*afiala [ ˩ \ ˩ ] flag.



*afiãma [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] pulse; afiãma fiã ʋ̃ɛ



*    teitei [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] my heart is



*    beating (with fear); cf. fiã [ ˥ ].



*afiãnɔʋ̃a [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] imitation coral



*    beads; original meaning is “one



*    does not cut for somebody”,



*    but the reason for this name is



*    not clear.



*afĩerhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “wood-cutting”:



*    headache.



*aforhɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a game in which some-



*    thing, preferably something ed-



*    ible, is thrown on the ground,



*    whereupon everybody tries to



*    seize as much of it as he can.



*afɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] a purification medicine



*    and soup said to be composed



*    of 43 different herbs; cf. fɔ [ / ];



*    v. ebe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*aga [ ˥ ˥ ] a chair (with rest); ag-ikã



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] cane-chair; cf. Yor. aga [ ˩ ˧ ].