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*avã [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) thunder and lightning;



*    avã n-uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] thunder and



*    lightning (lit. “of above”); avã



*    de y-erhã na [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lightning



*    struck this tree. (2) thunder-



*    bolt.



*avã [ ˩ ˩ ] daytime; ɣade avã n-ɛɽɛ



*    [ ˥ / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] come in the course of



*    the day!



*avam(u) [ ˩ \ ] or [ ˩ \ ˩ ] an animal



*    of the bat family (the biggest



*    one); it climbs up trees, clasping



*    their trunks; supposed to visit



*    201 trees during every night;



*    cf. Yor. awamɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ / ] (?).



*aviɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] clitoris.



*aʋaʋegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] necessity, want;



*    cf. ʋa [ / ], ʋe [ ˩ ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*aʋe [ ˥ ˥ ] (aʋa) a particle: (1) pre-



*    ceding the demonstrative pro-



*    nouns when used as nouns: aʋe



*    na [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] these people; aʋe ni



*    [ ˥ ˥ / ] those people. (2) oc-



*    casionally preceding nouns in



*    the plural, probably conveying



*    a demonstrative idea: aʋ-ixuo ni



*    hia [ ˥ ˥ / / ˦ ] all those women;



*    aʋ-etɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ ir-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ (3-1) ] my



*    brothers are not at home.



*    (3) preceding an interrogative



*    -a, thereby adding a demon-



*    strative and nominal meaning:



*    aʋ-a nɔ [ ˥ \ ˥ ], aʋ-aani xĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    who are those? v. iho [ ˩ ˩ ].



*aʋeto [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “hair-puller”: a kind



*    of burr that sticks to one’s



*    clothes and hairs on the legs;



*    cf. ʋɔ [ ˥ ], eto [ ˩ ˥ ].



*aʋiɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] coward; probably



*    also lazy person; cf. ʋiɛ [ / ].



*aʋiogbɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] an otu [ ˩ ˩ ] at the



*    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; they announce the



*    Ɔba’s orders in the town, ringing



*    bells (ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]).



*aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) female, woman, e.g.



*    in ɔm-aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “female child”: