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asɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] night; ʋ-ɛɣ-asɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] at
    night-time.
    
asũ [ ˩ ˥ ] a shrub, Randia coriacea;
    its leaves when ground give a
    very durable black dye which is
    used by boys and girls to imi-
    tate the tribal marks. The F.D.
    list gives, besides, an asũ nexwi
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ].
    
asua [ ˩ ˥ ] a harmful charm (ɛbo
    [ ˩ \ ]), a “pushing-medicine”
    which pushes people into dan-
    ger, lawsuits, and disasters of
    every kind; cf. sua [ / ].
    
asuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] a shrub, Carpolobia
    lutea; its wood is used to make the
    akpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], the native harp.
    
asukpɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] forceful swallowing,
    like that of a man who has got
    a morsel of food in the windpipe.
    
atã [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Canthium glabri-
    florum; from it, medicine for
    ɛda [ ˩ ˩ ] is prepared.
    
ataɣimua [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “what is said and
    cannot be debated”: soothsay-
    ing; cf. ta [ ˥ ], mua [ / ]. The ɣ-
    is probably the relic of an
    iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
ataikpĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “imitation of boa”:
    a snake, bigger than aka [ ˥ ˩ ],
    but not so big as ikpĩ. It has
    a very hard skin; cf. ta [ ˥ ],
    ikpĩ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ataka [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] roll of tobacco; of
    Port. origin?
    
atalakpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] leopard; atalakp-
    ixiã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] leopard-man; idio-
    matic: ɔxɔ s-atalakpa (sɛ [ ˥ ])
    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he is as bad as a
    leopard. Voracious people, too,
    are compared with leopards.
    
atat- in atat-abɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] palm of
    hand; atat-awɛ [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] sole of
    foot.
    
atauʋi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the time preceding
    sunset; the word was explained