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*    their waist-cloth by means of



*    small strings of fine coral-beads.



*    At the actual feast, the new yam



*    must not be touched nor must



*    the pots and plates used at the



*    feast be used for other purposes.



*    The fast is said to have been



*    instituted by the Ɔba Ɛsigie



*    [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]. Three months later there



*    is another fast called agwɛ



*    ɔɣɛnɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. awɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*agba [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Gossweileroden-



*    dron balsamiferum; used in



*    building doors.



*agbã [ ˩ ˥ ] a long wooden tray with



*    cane sides, for carrying loads;



*    used by men only.



*agba 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] plain space at village-



*    entrance (uɣe [ ˥ ˩ ]), behind the



*    outer gate; on it stands the



*    egbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ]-fence; it is also called



*    agba‿uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] and possibly in



*    other cases agbagba [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; cf.



*    agba 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] (?), gbaa [ ˩ ].



*agba 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] stool, used by the Ɔba



*    and chiefs; a small square,



*    carved seat, like a table, with



*    four legs, without a backrest;



*    mu‿agba gi-ogie n-ɔya tota



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] bring a stool for the



*    ruler to sit on! cf. agba 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] (?).



*agbada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of knife with



*    two-edged blade.



*agbadi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] bridge.



*agbae [ ˩ ˩ ] layer, in building a



*    well, each one of a man’s



*    height.



*agbaguda [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] (1) women’s cheek



*    marks. (2) a knife used for



*    cleaning cooked yam, etc.



*Agbaɣe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a title used in ad-



*    dressing the Ɔba.



*agbaka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] crocodile; agbaka



*    ɣamu‿eʋ̃i, ɛfã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ / \ ] if a



*    crocodile catches something, it



*    xxxxx



*    does not give it up.