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*amɛnyanya [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] distant flashing



*    of lightning. This is possibly a



*    sentence: “water is yawning”.



*amiɔʋ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] adultery; cf.



*    miɛ [ ˥ ], ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ], aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*amoko [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] hammock; used be-



*    fore the arrival of the English



*    for carrying chiefs who were



*    travelling in the Ɔba’s service;



*    amok-en-ɔf-orhiɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ] “ham-



*    mock of the fainted”: stretcher.



*    Probably through the Port.



*amuegberiotɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] “going to the



*    ground with oneself”: humble-



*    ness (Akugbe).



*    xxxxx



*amufi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a band of villagers



*    performing a certain ceremony



*    at the ugie [ ˩ ˩ ] called isiokuo



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]: they climb a high tree at



*    Benin City (the ɔxa [ ˥ ˥ ] tree



*    beside the present Education



*    Office) with the help of ropes; on



*    top they fasten themselves to



*    the stem but so as to be able to



*    swing freely round it with spread



*    arms and legs; wearing rattles



*    and bells, they thus swing



*    round, making fluttering move-



*    ments with their arms. In this



*    way they imitate bats or birds,



*    and their performance is meant



*    to represent a war against the



*    sky (v. isiokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]). The



*    dancers have the avamu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] as



*    their taboo, and they use a



*    charm believed to enable them



*    to fly if the rope breaks;



*    avamu is used in this charm.



*anwa [ ˩ ˥ ] tongs.



*anyaerhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “owner of trees,



*    or, wood”; a tree, Distemonan-



*    thus benthamianus. The reason



*    for this name is not clear; cf.



*    nya 1 [ / ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*anyehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a deaf man; cf.



*    ny-ehɔ [ ˥ ].