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*    Akɛ̃zua I, and the present Ɔba;



*    v. iso [ ˩ ˥ ].



*aki- [ ˥ ˩ ] months; only used in



*    connection with the numerals



*    from two to twelve, as in akiava



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] 2 m.; akia [ ˥ / ] 3 m.; akianɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] 4 m.; akiasɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] 5 m.;



*    akiahã [ ˥ / ˩ ] 6 m.; akiahĩɽ̃ɔ̃



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] 7 m.; akiaɽ̃ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] 8 m.;



*    akiahĩɽ̃ĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] 9 m.; akiagbe



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] 10 m.; akiawɔɽɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    11 m.; akiaweva [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] 12 m.;



*    (13 months (native) = ukpo [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    a year).



*ako [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Dennettia tripetala;



*    its fruit is hot like pepper.



*ako 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] place encircled by



*    hunters; cf. ibako [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ako 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a shrine moved through



*    the streets at second burials



*    of Ɔba’s, Ihama’s [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] and



*    Ezɔmɔ’s [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] family; corre-



*    sponds to otɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] in the case of



*    commoners.



*ako 3 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the og-



*    wɛga [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]-divination (c.c.c.c.);



*    of Yor. origin?



*akobɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] iron trap for animals,



*    nowadays mostly of European



*    make.



*Akobiɛ [ ˥ / \ ] an idol in human



*    shape built of mud for the



*    children in the women’s apart-



*    ment, who also offer sacrifice to



*    Akobiɛ and dance. Though not



*    a “real” god, veneration of it



*    may have a favourable effect on



*    the increase of children in the



*    house. This was explained by



*    the fact that the existence of an



*    Akobiɛ attracts many children



*    into the house, and that “some



*    spirit” may follow the children,



*    and see that children like the



*    house; v. Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ].



*akoribiɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a clay figure.