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*ahia [ ˩ ˥ ] scraper; cf. hia [ / ].



*ahĩaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] bird; ahĩaʋ̃ɛ n-ukioya



*    [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (or n-utioya [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]) a red



*    bird the cry of which is said to



*    be prophetic; if it cries oya o,



*    oya o [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], danger or disaster



*    is ahead, if oliguɛguɛ, oliguɛguɛ



*    [ ˥ ˥ / / ˥ ˥ / / ], one’s errand will



*    be lucky. If it cries persistently



*    oya o in front of a man, he will



*    return rather than continue his



*    way. It is believed to be a



*    messenger of the god Ɔxwahɛ



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ] to his worshippers. ahĩaʋ̃-



*    ɔɽɔ [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] small brass figure



*    of the above carried by chiefs



*    when dancing at ugi-ɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    (v. ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]) and continuously



*    beaten on the beak; this is done



*    in commemoration of an oc-



*    currence during the reign of the



*    Ɔba Ɛsigie [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]: when he went



*    to war with his brother Aruãɽ̃ã



*    [ ˥ \ ˩ ], the ahĩaʋ̃ɛ n-ukioya cried



*    oya o on the road, but the Ɔba



*    killed the bird and did not give



*    heed to its cry. After his



*    victorious return he instituted



*    the custom of the ahĩaʋ̃-ɔɽɔ.



*    ahĩaʋ̃-osa [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “bird of Osa”,



*    the African Pied Wagtail (and



*    perhaps the Blue-headed Wag-



*    tail). Appears during the dry



*    season only.



*ahiewɔe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a fly; its larva (?) is



*    called ewɔe [ ˥ \ ]; cf. hiɔ [ / ].



*ahiɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] urine; ahiɔ-ɽe ba ʋ-ɔʋ̃a



*    n-eʋ̃iraɽo ɽu [ ˩ / ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] his



*    urine is dark like (that of) a man



*    who has blackwater fever; cf.



*    hiɔ [ / ].



*aho [ ˩ ˥ ] a hoe for collecting mud,



*    broader than ɛgwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. Engl.



*    hoe.



*ahobɛkũ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] want of some-



*    thing; cf. ho [ / ].