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agbakpã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] bald man; a nick-
    name: agbakpã n-iloɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a
    bald man who has a shining
    head.
    
agbaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] chin, lower jaw;
    agbaʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ye gɔ̃gɔ̃ɔgɔ̃ (or gɔ̃ɔɽ̃ɔ̃
    [ ˦ ˦ ]) [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] his chin is
    pointed; cf. Yor. agbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
agbe [ ˥ ˩ ] water-bottle, of Euro-
    pean make, as worn by soldiers.
    
agbegĩnotɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] vulva (idio-
    matic, indecent); cf. gbe gĩn-
    otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
    
agbekãmezi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] elderly people
    (with plural meaning); people
    from ca. 60 years (Egh. Hist.;
    Egh. says ɔ- or e-gbakãmezi,
    the e- stressing the plurality).
    exaɛʋ̃ɛ n-ɔgbekãmezi hia v-ɛ̃ʋa
    (vɔ̃ [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] elderly
    chiefs were there in full strength.
    (Here the word is used as a
    verb gb-ekãmezi.) Probably of
    Yoruba origin; cf. Yor. meji
    [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
agberhie [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] shooting contest,
    like ɛte [ ˥ ˥ ]; in agberhie, an
    arrow is lost to the opponent
    every time one misses the mark.
    
agbeva [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] double; cf. gba [ ˥ ],
    eva [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. osisi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
    
agbɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) ripples on house-
    walls; only chiefs are allowed to
    have them. (2) a pattern. (3) a
    kind of chisel for carving patterns
    in coco-nuts or planks; it has a
    narrower blade than aɣa [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
agbɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a man suffering from
    a sore; cf. gbe [ ˥ ], ɛtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
agbo [ ˩ ˥ ] a Yoruba herb-tea, used
    as purgative medicine; cf. Yor.
    agbo [ ˩ ˧ ].
    
agbo [ ˩ ˩ ] ram; agbo n-iyɔyɔ
    [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] “bearded ram”, a praise-
    name for the ram; cf. Yor.
    agbo [ ˩ ˩ ].