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*agã [ ˩ ˩ ] barren woman; cf. Yor.



*    agã [ ˩ ˩ ].



*agadaga [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a bandy-legged



*    person.



*agalezi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] young lizard (idio-



*    matic).



*agaʋ̃isoso [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] whitlow; said to



*    be brought about by isue [ ˥ \ ].



*agiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] corrosive acid; an old



*    medicine to cure leprosy; a



*    curse: agĩ-ɔ̃giɛ̃ ɽ̃uɛ̃ mudia



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ \ ] may acid burn you



*    standing! (i.e. alive; used by big



*    chiefs); cf. giɛ̃ [ / ].



*agiɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] small change; oko,



*    agiɛɣɛ gu-ɛ ɽa, imami-en-ɔfĩ-



*    dɔla na mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ]



*    “friend, have you any small



*    change, there is (I have) nobody



*    who (can) change (fiã [ ˥ ]) a



*    florin for me”.



*agobɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] left hand, left side,



*    mostly used with the latter



*    meaning.



*agukisiʋ̃iogie [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the star



*    claiming rule from (with) the



*    moon”: a very bright star, pro



*    bably the morning or evening



*    star; cf. gu [ ˥ ], uki [ ˩ ˩ ], siʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], ogie [ ˩ ˩ ].



*agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] a fast kept at the



*    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] and by some big



*    chiefs outside it: the participants



*    must not eat new yam for seven



*    days; on the seventh day nobody



*    is allowed to see the Ɔba, and



*    gun-firing as well as drumming



*    is forbidden. After the seventh



*    day the new yam feast is held.



*    Before the fast begins, each of



*    the participants (apparently men



*    only) has to obtain a badge in



*    cross-form (uma n-agwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ])



*    from the priest of Osa [ ˩ ˩ ]; this



*    is worn round the neck, but



*    “big” chiefs tie it to the edge of