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,
