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*    eɽ̃ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] eight men; arhuʋ̃-



*    ĩhĩɽ̃ĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], arh-ĩhĩɽ̃ĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] nine



*    men; arhuʋ̃-ĩgbe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], arh-ĩgbe



*    [ ˥ \ ˥ ] ten men; arhuʋ̃-eso, arhĩ-



*    eso [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] some people; ilu-



*    arhuʋ̃-eʋ̃a nɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ] how many



*    people are they?



*arhuʋ̃otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a viper, bigger than



*    iʋiɛkpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*aɽaba [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the rubber-tree, Fun-



*    tumia elastica; aɽaba n-exwi



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] = anyɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] “black rub-



*    ber”; aɽaba n-ɔfua [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “white rubber” (plantation rub-



*    ber); cf. Engl. rubber.



*Aɽagwa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a chief: he has a



*    quarter on the Siluko Road and



*    keeps account of the time by



*    counting the market-days and



*    observing the farming seasons;



*    he also knows the date of the



*    last fall of rain in any year. He



*    keeps some of the rain water in



*    a bottle until the following rainy



*    season begins.



*aɽahã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] favourite wife; now-



*    adays aʋ̃-ebɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] is more used;



*    a. originally meant the favourite



*    wife in the Ɔba’s harem.



*aɽe [ ˩ ˥ ] “eating”. (1) in aɽe



*    m-egbe (ma [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “may



*    eating be good for the body!”;



*    answer to a junior’s thanks for



*    his food. (2) a wasting sickness.



*aɽebũ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a kind of white yam;



*    cf. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ], bũ [ ˥ ]; v. ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].



*aɽekpa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] an emetic; cf. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ],



*    kpa [ ˥ ].



*aɽeta [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a charm used to make



*    someone reveal a secret, e.g. in



*    the case of wives who do not



*    confess adultery; cf. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ],



*    ta [ ˥ ].



*aɽiɣɛ̃ɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] swelling in the



*    groin; cf. iɣɛ̃ɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*aɽo [ ˥ ˥ ] dye; iɽam-ukpɔ̃ y-aɽo