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*ahoɛʋ̃-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] love, kindness



*    (Akugbe); cf. ho [ / ], ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ].



*ahua [ ˥ / ] hawk.



*ahũvɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] general pains in bones



*    and joints (e.g. due to yaws);



*    cf. uvɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*aibãnuafo [ / ˩ ˥ / ] “one is not



*    fully undressed”: undervest.



*    (Perhaps -fo [ / ‿ ˩ ].)



*aikiʋ̃i [ / ˩ \ ] “one cannot strike”:



*    a group of charms protecting



*    against assaults, worn mainly



*    when travelling, or when a fight



*    is ahead; cf. kiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ].



*aiɽeba [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “one does not eat



*    in addition to it”: any acute



*    poison.



*akã [ ˥ ˥ ] pain in the side, probably



*    due to pneumonia or pleurisy.



*aka [ ˥ ˩ ] grass-snake; said to have a



*    crest on both sides of the head;



*    they are rather long, and spit;



*    their bite is said to be not very



*    harmful; there are the follow-



*    ing varieties: aka n-ebebe



*    (ebe [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ] green grass-



*    snake; aka n-ebiebi [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] dark



*    grass-snake; aka n-eʋiɛʋi (ɛʋi



*    [ ˩ \ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] yellow grass-snake;



*    aka n-ugbemɛ (gbe [ ˥ ]; emɛ



*    [ ˩ \ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “monkey-killer”-



*    aka: a long tree-snake that kills



*    monkeys by squeezing them;



*    said not to be harmful to



*    man. Idiom.: y-ɔ ʋ-aka [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “to



*    dress like a grass-snake”: to



*    be fully armed. v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*aka [ ˩ ˥ ] rack for drying meat, with



*    a fire underneath; cf. Yor.



*    aka [ ˩ / ].



*akaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a bell used in the



*    cult of the god Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ], tied



*    round the waist during festival;



*    also worn by hunting-dogs,



*    round the neck. (2) a dance.