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*akahe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] forked spear; nowa-

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*    days a fishing spear (pointed

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*    rod); v. L.R. fig. 68 (attendant

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*    on the right); cf. Yor. akasi

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*akaĩ [ ˥ \ ] strictures (of urethra);

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*    or possibly also symptoms of

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*    dysentery; impossibility to uri-

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*    nate and defaecate; also de-

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*    scribed as a more serious stage

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*    of odo [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*akala [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] grey heron; cf. Yor.

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*    akala [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “corn(maize)-pudding”;

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*    cf. Yor. ɛkɔ [ ˩ ˧ ]; the corn-husks

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*    are taken off, then the grains

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*    are beaten to powder, which is

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*    baked and wrapped in leaves.

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*akata [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Rauwolfia

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*    vomitoria; provides firewood.

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*akaʋ̃udu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tiny thing; the odd

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*    one; oʋi‿akaʋ̃udu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] one

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*    over, one surpassing a guessed

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*    number; term of abuse for small

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*    people: uye ʋ-oʋi‿akaʋ̃udu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “you are like the odd

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*    one”; v. isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ake [ ˥ ˥ ] a growth (on the thigh-

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*    bone); ake obɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a ganglion

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*    on the hand; same as era [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*akegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a man who pretends,

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*    by dress or behaviour, to be of

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*    a different age or rank.

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*akegbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a bad style of the

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*    hair-dressing osusu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*akeɽekeɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a kind of water-

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*    snail; at times it retires entirely

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*    into its shell, closing the entrance

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*    with a cover, called ekokohiɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ].

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*Akɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] a deity; the god of

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*    archery.

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*Akɛ̃gbuda [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba.

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*akɛ̃rhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] charcoal (idiomatic)

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*    = ogiɔʋ̃ibi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. erhã [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).

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*Akɛ̃zua [ ˥ ˥ \ ] name of two Ɔba’s,

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