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*    creasing difficulties. There are



*    eight innings in this game which



*    is also played by adults; if a



*    man goes through the whole of



*    it without a mistake, his op-



*    ponent must start once again;



*    v. isɛ n-afi [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; omunya [ ˩ ˩ / ]



*    (7th innings); axĩaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (8th



*    innings); gi-a do fi-ayo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˩ ]



*    let’s (come and) play ayo! cf.



*    Yor. ayo [ ˧ ˩ ].



*aza 1 [ ˥ ˩ ] store-room in the house.



*aza 2 [ ˥ ˩ ] long bell always found



*    hanging over the image of a god.



*aza 3 [ ˥ ˩ ] a creeper, Mussaenda



*    elegans; chewed by “doctors”



*    to enable them to tell the future.



*Azama [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a deity (or deities?) of



*    the Ɔba.



*azãna [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] boar (bush and do-



*    mestic).



*azɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] fee, e.g. for a native doc-



*    tor, or somebody looking after a



*    woman in childbirth, or even for



*    somebody to whom one owes a



*    new position.



*azɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) witch (eating the souls



*    of people); witches are also



*    called iɽ̃ã n-exwa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the



*    big ones”, iɽ̃ã n-ixĩ-ãsɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “they who walk at night”, iɽ̃ã



*    n-is-ɔʋ̃a (sɛ [ / ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “they



*    who pass a man” (i.e. in



*    seniority, rank, power), and iɽ̃ã



*    n-ir-abutete (re [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “they who are on the edges of



*    the road”. (2) a man whose magic



*    kills people. (3) people who are



*    unforgiving and revengeful; such



*    as try to poison others; cf. Yor.



*    ajɛ [ ˩ / ]; v. ɔʋ̃ababe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*azi [ ˥ ˩ ] adze (used for smoothing



*    wood) (a word used in timber-



*    camps). Engl.?



*azimɔmɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Pachystela



*    micrantha; its strong, durable