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*    “an omen is biting me”: an



*    omen shows itself to me (e.g.



*    buzzing ears for good or bad



*    news; a headache for bad news).



*    (3) symptom; am-uhuʋ̃ova fiã



*    ʋ̃ɛ ɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “a symptom of



*    sickness is biting me”. (4) brass-



*    figure or plaque as a souvenir



*    of somebody; ɔsa-e y-ama



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˩ ] he cast him in brass as



*    a souvenir. (5) an oracle used



*    to discover a name for a new



*    Ɔba (at Use [ ˩ ˩ ]). (6) an oracle



*    used to discover hidden things



*    and secret murder: a special



*    charm called uxuʋ̃u n-aya-mu‿



*    ama [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] is carried by its



*    owner on the palm of his hand;



*    it leads him to the spot where



*    the corpse is hidden, or to the



*    criminal. (7) wound, in yi ama



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] yi [ ˥ ].



*amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] water; amɛ bi [ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    “water is dark”: clouds have



*    gathered, rain is coming; amɛ



*    n-ɔrhɔ (rhɔ [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] rain;



*    amɛ wɛwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] drizzling rain;



*    amɛ ri‿ɛhĩɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “water eats



*    pepper”: it drizzles a little



*    (still lesser degree than in the



*    preceding case); am-eve [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “water of weeping”: tears;



*    am-enwɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “water of breast”:



*    mother’s milk; also denoting



*    a disease of the eye; amɛigbaɽo



*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] “water does not beat



*    face”: face-cap; cf. gbe 1 [ ˥ ],



*    aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ].



*amɛmɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Ficus asperi-



*    folia; leaves are used as sand-



*    paper, hence the idiom: y-eb-



*    amɛmɛ kp-ɛho-a (ya [ ˥ ]; kpe [ ˥ ];



*    ɽua, a [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “wash your



*    throat with amɛmɛ-leaves”: I



*    am not willing to give you what



*    you want.