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*    lip like that of a snail; a^



*    xwarhaʋ̃-uhe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] labia majora.



*axwaxuisã [ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˩ ] scarab; idiom.:



*    oxuo na yeʋ-axwaxuisã [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ (3-1) ˩ ]



*    “this woman is like a scarab”,



*    i.e. ugly; cf. isã [ ˩ ˩ ].



*axwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to-morrow: axwɛ uɣure



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] to-morrow you shall come!



*axwɛe [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a creeper, the fruit



*    of which is used in playing



*    marbles; 2 sorts: axu-ebo (ebo



*    [ ˥ ˦ ]) [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] Klainedoxia gradi-



*    folia (brown fruit); axu-ekpu



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] Mucuna flagellipes (black



*    fruit). It is not certain whether



*    the Latin terms are here rightly



*    distributed. (2) game of marbles



*    (also played by adults); gi-a fi



*    axwɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] let’s play marbles!



*axwɛxae [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of heron



*    which likes to bask in the sand;



*    cries piãpiã [ ˥ ˥ ]; caught by



*    means of an uho [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. xuɛ



*    [ / ], exae [ ˥ ˩ ].



*axwɛxwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, the fruits of



*    which are used in the ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]-divination; cf. Yor. a-



*    kpɛkpɛ [ ˧ ˩ ˧ ].



*Axwĩaʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ˩ ] name of a Bini



*    deity (an ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]).



*axwoxwa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] Double-spurred



*    Francolin.



*aya [ ˩ ˥ ] a leaf, used to prepare



*    afɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (for the purpose of



*    purification).



*aye [ ˥ ˥ ] world; occurs e.g. in a



*    woman’s name Uwaraye, i.e.



*    uwa r-aye [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “pleasure is in



*    the world”; cf. Yor. aye [ ˧ ˥ ].



*ayere [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] memory; cf. ye 1 [ / ]



*    re [ ˥ ].



*ayo [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a seed. (2) a game



*    played with seven of the above



*    seeds which are thrown up into



*    the air in increasing numbers



*    and must be caught under in-