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*akwaɣaɣa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] tree-bear (so



*    called from its cry: kwaɣaɣaɣaɣa



*    nwanwanwanwanwa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]).



*akwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] the feather (of an arrow).



*akpã [ ˥ ˥ ] bald head; cf. gbe 1



*    [ ˥ ], agbakpã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*akpa [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) child in the womb,



*    foetus. (2) idiomatically used to



*    indicate that there seems to be



*    no reason for a man’s action, or



*    for anything happening, e.g. in



*    ugu‿akpa giɛ ɽa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] “do



*    you laugh with an unborn



*    child?”: what are you laughing



*    at? (when seeing a man laughing,



*    without visible cause); cf. ahaʋ̃a



*    n-akpa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*akpa [ ˩ ˩ ] fool; not as strong an



*    expression as ɔzuɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]; akpa uxĩ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] you are a fool; akpa n-



*    oʋiʋi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] a fool who does



*    things without deliberation.



*akpakomiza [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] an animal not



*    found in Benin nowadays; it



*    has the surname: akpakomiza



*    n-ɔgb-ixwɛxwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “a. who



*    destroys exwɛxwɛ” because ac-



*    cording to tradition it drank



*    palm-wine from felled palm-



*    trees whenever it could find any,



*    and tore the trees with its claws



*    in order to obtain more wine.



*    In the Ɔra-language akpakomizɛ



*    means “lion”.



*akpakpa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] spider.



*akpakpava [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] street in Benin



*    City leading from the Old Fort



*    to Ikpoba, also “Ikpoba-Road”.



*    This street was not inhabited in



*    former times, and up to the



*    time of the Ɔba Adɔlɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] the



*    bodies of the deceased (with the



*    exception of the chiefs) were



*    exposed there.



*akpalakp-erhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] West African



*    Grey Woodpecker.