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*akpalode [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] leather “medicine”



*    belt, sewn by cobblers, worn as



*    a protection against charms put



*    on the road and destined to



*    cause diseases like elephantiasis



*    or leprosy. It also protects the



*    wearer from gonorrhoea, pains



*    in the waist, and the influences



*    of witchcraft intended to cause



*    impotence.



*akpãnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Tricalysia; its



*    branches are linked to the stem



*    by joints; cf. kpãnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*akpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] native harp; akpat-



*    ebo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] guitar; cf. Yor.



*    akpata [ ˩ ˧ ˧ ].



*akpaʋ̃ose [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] tinea.



*akpawɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “if it is said”: if;



*    akpawɛ ɽuɛ, iɣagu‿ɛe gbĩna



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ] if it were not for



*    you, I should have fought him;



*    cf. kpa [ ˥ ], wɛ [ / ].



*akpɛkpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) platform built of



*    small sticks as substitute for a



*    mud-bed, e.g. in a hunting or



*    working camp. (2) altar.



*akpɛlɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a method of divination



*    similar to that known as ewawa



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; but in akpɛlɛ a flat wooden



*    plate is used instead of a drum,



*    and the images are taken in the



*    hand, not in a cup; v. iha [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ].



*akpolu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] beads worn by women



*    round the waist.



*akpɔkɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] smallest size of



*    pepper; hottest sort; supposed



*    to spring up from the excre-



*    ments of the asɛsɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] bird.



*alagbodɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “pass cross road”:



*    latest child of a woman who,



*    at her age, might still have



*    other children; also used as a



*    nickname.



*alalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a skin-disease, rashes



*    (looking like patches of powder);