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*akota [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] evening; akota n-ɛɽɛ



*    ɣade [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ / ] come to-night!



*    cf. ota [ ˩ ˩ ].



*akɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] tooth; ak-ɔ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ] a tusk



*    blown whenever the Ɔba is ap-



*    pearing at a ceremony or in a



*    big dance, i.e. whenever he is



*    in full dress; v. L.R. fig. 65.



*    ak-ẽsi [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “pig’s tooth”: a



*    tree, Hylodendron gabunense,



*    used for beams supporting the



*    ceiling and for verandah-posts.



*    Called akẽsi because of its



*    strong wood. ak-ɛ̃hiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “tooth of pepper”: a tree,



*    Albizzia sp.; used for roofing



*    oxogbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].



*akɔsa [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Tetrastemma



*    dioicum.



*akɔsɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a thorny creeper, a



*    little thicker than a man’s



*    thumb, Uvaria macrotricha;



*    akɔsɔ so ʋ̃-owɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] “akɔsɔ



*    has stung my foot”: I have



*    been stung by akɔsɔ thorns.



*akũerhãkũiri [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of



*    worm or larva that builds its



*    house of threads and sticks.



*akugbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] community, union;



*    Akugbe N-ɔhuãɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] Holy



*    Communion; cf. ku [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ].



*akuiɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a dark-brown bird



*    with soft feathers; edible.



*akumɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Pterocarpus



*    soyauxii; used in building door-



*    frames (egbaha [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); the tree



*    contains camwood, but not a



*    very good one; it is not used



*    for dyeing purposes; cf. ke 1 [ ˥ ],



*    umɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*akuobisi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a big tree.



*akuɔmɔ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] womb; akuɔmɔ ɽ̃uɛ̃



*    xerhe gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “your womb



*    is very small” (said to a woman



*    who has several times borne very



*    small children).