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akahe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] forked spear; nowa-
    days a fishing spear (pointed
    rod); v. L.R. fig. 68 (attendant
    on the right); cf. Yor. akasi
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
    
akaĩ [ ˥ \ ] strictures (of urethra);
    or possibly also symptoms of
    dysentery; impossibility to uri-
    nate and defaecate; also de-
    scribed as a more serious stage
    of odo [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
akala [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] grey heron; cf. Yor.
    akala [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “corn(maize)-pudding”;
    cf. Yor. ɛkɔ [ ˩ ˧ ]; the corn-husks
    are taken off, then the grains
    are beaten to powder, which is
    baked and wrapped in leaves.
    
akata [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Rauwolfia
    vomitoria; provides firewood.
    
akaʋ̃udu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tiny thing; the odd
    one; oʋi‿akaʋ̃udu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] one
    over, one surpassing a guessed
    number; term of abuse for small
    people: uye ʋ-oʋi‿akaʋ̃udu
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “you are like the odd
    one”; v. isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
ake [ ˥ ˥ ] a growth (on the thigh-
    bone); ake obɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a ganglion
    on the hand; same as era [ ˥ ˥ ].
    
akegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a man who pretends,
    by dress or behaviour, to be of
    a different age or rank.
    
akegbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a bad style of the
    hair-dressing osusu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
akeɽekeɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a kind of water-
    snail; at times it retires entirely
    into its shell, closing the entrance
    with a cover, called ekokohiɛ̃
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ].
    
Akɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] a deity; the god of
    archery.
    
Akɛ̃gbuda [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba.
    
akɛ̃rhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] charcoal (idiomatic)
    = ogiɔʋ̃ibi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. erhã [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).
    
Akɛ̃zua [ ˥ ˥ \ ] name of two Ɔba’s,