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*akahe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] forked spear; nowa-



*    days a fishing spear (pointed



*    rod); v. L.R. fig. 68 (attendant



*    on the right); cf. Yor. akasi



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



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



*    or possibly also symptoms of



*    dysentery; impossibility to uri-



*    nate and defaecate; also de-



*    scribed as a more serious stage



*    of odo [ ˥ ˩ ].



*akala [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] grey heron; cf. Yor.



*    akala [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



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



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



*    are taken off, then the grains



*    are beaten to powder, which is



*    baked and wrapped in leaves.



*akata [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Rauwolfia



*    vomitoria; provides firewood.



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



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



*    over, one surpassing a guessed



*    number; term of abuse for small



*    people: uye ʋ-oʋi‿akaʋ̃udu



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



*    one”; v. isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ake [ ˥ ˥ ] a growth (on the thigh-



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



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



*akegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a man who pretends,



*    by dress or behaviour, to be of



*    a different age or rank.



*akegbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a bad style of the



*    hair-dressing osusu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



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



*    snail; at times it retires entirely



*    into its shell, closing the entrance



*    with a cover, called ekokohiɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ].



*Akɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] a deity; the god of



*    archery.



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



*akɛ̃rhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] charcoal (idiomatic)



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



*Akɛ̃zua [ ˥ ˥ \ ] name of two Ɔba’s,