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*    as being composed of tɛ [ / ] and



*    uʋi [ ˩ ˥ ] and meaning something



*    like “deceiving the girls”, be-



*    cause the glow of the sunlight



*    was said to deceive people so that



*    they stay longer on the farm



*    and have to return when it is



*    dark. But this etymology seems



*    doubtful.



*atete [ ˥ / / ] a cricket.



*atɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “fixed selling” (in con-



*    trast to iɣo [ ˩ \ ]): selling when



*    sitting behind one’s merchan-



*    dise.



*atɛrhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a soft mat made from



*    the reed ɛbo [ ˥ ˩ ]; easy to roll.



*atɛtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a round, flat cane tray



*    made out of itoto [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] and



*    uxwerh-oha [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], used by wo-



*    men when hawking goods (cf.



*    iɣo [ ˩ \ ]), e.g., grains in the



*    market. The grains are distri-



*    buted on it in heaps, e.g. for a



*    penny.



*atiebi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “caller of darkness”:



*    a large insect, perhaps a night-



*    moth.



*atita [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] meat; an expression



*    used when speaking with chil-



*    dren; ifĩ-ãtita nwuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ / ]



*    I have cut you meat.



*ato [ ˩ \ ] grassy plain (as in the



*    Kukuruku- or Ɔwɔ-country).



*atɔrhi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] gonorrhoea; a better



*    word than ɔkpatalɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],



*    which also refers to a worse



*    form of the disease: cf. Yor.



*    atɔsi [ ˩ ˩ / ].



*atɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] whitlow; finger must



*    be cut off; severe form of



*    isue [ ˥ \ ].



*atugiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small monkey which



*    warns a troop of monkeys of the



*    approach of any danger.



*ava [ ˩ ˥ ] wooden or iron wedge



*    used to split wood.