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    nexwi [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] I want to dye
    the cloth black; cf. Yor. aro
    [ ˧ ˥ ].
    
aɽo 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) eye; aɽo n-ɔfua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    the white of the eye; aɽo n-ɔs-
    oze (sa [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “eye that is
    cast in lead”: cataract; aɽo‿
    ɛɽe ɛɣ-ɛse (ɣe [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ \ ] he
    does not see well; idiom.: aɽo
    ʋ-ɔe gbe (ʋɛ [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ‿ ˦ ] “eye
    is very broad to him”: he is
    very greedy; aɽo ʋ̃ɛ ba [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ]
    “my eye is red”: I am angry;
    idiom.: aɽ-uɛ‿iri‿otɔ [ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
    “your eye does not come down”:
    you are very angry (said when
    trying to pacify somebody who
    is furious), also: you are wor-
    ried; aɽ-uɛ suku [ ˩ / ˩ \ ] “your
    eye looks afraid”: you are shy.
    (2) face; aɽ-uɛ [ ˩ / ] your face!
    (exclamation of surprise when
    meeting an acquaintance after
    a long absence). (3) surface;
    aɽu‿ɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “surface of sore”:
    sore; aɽu‿ɔmaɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “surface
    of old”: scar. (4) kind, sort;
    aɽu‿ɔkpa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] the same sort;
    aɽ-ukpɔ̃ ʋ̃-ɔ̃na xĩ [ ˩ \ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ] “sort
    of my cloth is this”: this is of
    the same kind as my cloth.
    
aɽo 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) hearth; aɽu‿ewu
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] hearth. (2) shrine of a
    god; aɽ-osa [ ˩ \ ˩ ] shrine of Osa
    [ ˩ ˩ ]; aɽu‿ɛfae [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ] shrine of
    Ɛfae [ ˩ \ ]; i.e. a hunters’ Ogũ
    [ ˩ ˥ ] at which all their trophies
    are kept; cf. Yor. aaro [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
aɽoiɽofiexɔeweriɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “one
    thinks thought throws mind
    back (return)”: repentance
    (Akugbe).
    
aɽoʋɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] greed; aɽoʋɛʋ̃ɛ bũ‿ɛ̃
    gbe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ / ˦ ] “greed is much
    for you”; you are very greedy
    cf. aɽo 1 [ ˩ ˩ ], ʋɛ [ / ].