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*    Akɛ̃zua I, and the present Ɔba;

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*    v. iso [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*aki- [ ˥ ˩ ] months; only used in

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*    connection with the numerals

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*    from two to twelve, as in akiava

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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*    a year).

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

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*    its fruit is hot like pepper.

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*ako 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] place encircled by

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*    hunters; cf. ibako [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ako 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a shrine moved through

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*    the streets at second burials

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*    of Ɔba’s, Ihama’s [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] and

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*    Ezɔmɔ’s [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] family; corre-

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

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*    commoners.

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*ako 3 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the og-

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

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*    of Yor. origin?

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

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*    nowadays mostly of European

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*    make.

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*Akobiɛ [ ˥ / \ ] an idol in human

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*    shape built of mud for the

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*    children in the women’s apart-

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*    ment, who also offer sacrifice to

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*    Akobiɛ and dance. Though not

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*    a “real” god, veneration of it

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*    may have a favourable effect on

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*    the increase of children in the

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*    house. This was explained by

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*    the fact that the existence of an

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*    Akobiɛ attracts many children

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*    into the house, and that “some

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*    spirit” may follow the children,

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*    and see that children like the

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*    house; v. Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*akoribiɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a clay figure.

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