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akota [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] evening; akota n-ɛɽɛ
    ɣade [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ / ] come to-night!
    cf. ota [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
akɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] tooth; ak-ɔ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ] a tusk
    blown whenever the Ɔba is ap-
    pearing at a ceremony or in a
    big dance, i.e. whenever he is
    in full dress; v. L.R. fig. 65.
    ak-ẽsi [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “pig’s tooth”: a
    tree, Hylodendron gabunense,
    used for beams supporting the
    ceiling and for verandah-posts.
    Called akẽsi because of its
    strong wood. ak-ɛ̃hiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    “tooth of pepper”: a tree,
    Albizzia sp.; used for roofing
    oxogbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].
    
akɔsa [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Tetrastemma
    dioicum.
    
akɔsɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a thorny creeper, a
    little thicker than a man’s
    thumb, Uvaria macrotricha;
    akɔsɔ so ʋ̃-owɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] “akɔsɔ
    has stung my foot”: I have
    been stung by akɔsɔ thorns.
    
akũerhãkũiri [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of
    worm or larva that builds its
    house of threads and sticks.
    
akugbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] community, union;
    Akugbe N-ɔhuãɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] Holy
    Communion; cf. ku [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ].
    
akuiɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a dark-brown bird
    with soft feathers; edible.
    
akumɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Pterocarpus
    soyauxii; used in building door-
    frames (egbaha [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); the tree
    contains camwood, but not a
    very good one; it is not used
    for dyeing purposes; cf. ke 1 [ ˥ ],
    umɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
akuobisi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a big tree.
    
akuɔmɔ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] womb; akuɔmɔ ɽ̃uɛ̃
    xerhe gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “your womb
    is very small” (said to a woman
    who has several times borne very
    small children).