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*agbori [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] razor; a little bigger



*    than abɛ [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. Yor. agbori



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], [ ˩ ˩ / ].



*agbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) in: agb-ɛ̃ʋo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    district (an old word); ilu‿agb-



*    ɛ̃ʋo wɛ gbaɽo ɣe? [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ]



*    how many districts are you



*    looking after? (2) world, esp.



*    in contrast to ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; ɛɽ-



*    agbɔ̃ na [ / ˩ / ˩ ] not in this



*    world! (for something that cer-



*    tainly will not happen).



*agbuxoxo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] hornet; a curse:



*    agbuxoxo ɔɽagb-uɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ]



*    may a hornet sting you!



*aɣa [ ˩ ˥ ] a native chisel fixed on a



*    hooked stick, used by wood-



*    carvers.



*aɣã n-okpe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Mimusops



*    djave; cf. okpe [ ˩ ˩ ] (?).



*aɣako [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Xylopia villosa;



*    its hard wood is used for cross-



*    planks in ceiling; aɣako‿ɛzɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] Isolona campanulata, not



*    known to be a separate kind by



*    the informant.



*Aɣehi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a title used in ad-



*    dressing the Ɔba.



*aɣik-ɔdiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] elders’ extra share



*    of a payment made to the



*    village, or of a killed animal.



*aɣɔ̃ɣɔ̃ [ ˥ / ˩ ] shadow.



*aha [ ˩ ˥ ] a worm, possibly a leech.



*ahaʋ̃anakpa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “conception by



*    foetus”, i.e. without cause: in-



*    flammation of breasts; cf. haʋ̃a



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], akpa [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ahɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] sieve; cf. Yor. asɛ [ ˧ ˥ ].



*ahɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] a disease: either convul-



*    sions, or dysentery, or else



*    gonorrhoea (or other affections



*    of the penis); used with the



*    verb ɽu [ ˥ ].



*ahɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] chrysops-fly.



*ahɛkpĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] another name for



*    ataikpĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].