uʋi [ ˩ ˥ ] and meaning something
like “deceiving the girls”, be-
cause the glow of the sunlight
was said to deceive people so that
they stay longer on the farm
and have to return when it is
dark. But this etymology seems
doubtful.
atete [ ˥ / / ] a cricket.
atɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “fixed selling” (in con-
trast to iɣo [ ˩ \ ]): selling when
sitting behind one’s merchan-
dise.
atɛrhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a soft mat made from
the reed ɛbo [ ˥ ˩ ]; easy to roll.
atɛtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a round, fiat cane tray
made out of itoto [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] and
uxwerh-oha [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], used by wo-
men when hawking goods (cf.
iɣo [ ˩ \ ]), e.g., grains in the
market. The grains are distri-
buted on it in heaps, e.g. for a
penny.
atiebi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “caller of darkness”:
a large insect, perhaps a night-
moth.
atita [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] meat; an expression
used when speaking with chil-
dren; ifĩ-ãtita nwuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ / ]
I have cut you meat.
ato [ ˩ \ ] grassy plain (as in the
Hukuruku- or Ɔwɔ-country).
atɔrhi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] gonorrhoea; a better
word than ɔkpatalɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],
which also refers to a worse
form of the disease: cf. Yor.
atɔsi [ ˩ ˩ / ].
atɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] whitlow; finger must
be cut off; severe form of
isue [ ˥ \ ].
atugiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small monkey which
warns a troop of monkeys of the
approach of any danger.
ava [ ˩ ˥ ] wooden or iron wedge
used to split wood.
