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*abaʋ̃ute [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] triangular under-
* cloth; spec. denoting women’s
* cloth, but also of general use;
* cf. Yor. ibantɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ].
*abe [ ˩ ˥ ] state of being guilty in a
* lawsuit; ɔde y-abe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “he fell
* into guilt”: he has been found
* guilty at last (seems to imply
* “wrongfully”); v. ɽe [ ˥ ].
*abɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] razor; cf. Yor. abɛ [ ˧ ˧ ].
*abɛkpɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a knife used to kill
* animals.
*abiba [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] edge of mud-couch;
* ɔtota y-abiba [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he sat on
* the edge of the couch; cf. iba
* [ ˥ ˩ ].
*Abigɛ̃gɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a praise-name of the
* war-chief Edogũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]; also Ɛbi
* n-uɽoɣo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].
*abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) branch, in ab-erhã
* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] branch (of tree). (2) rank,
* social position, in ab-ɔkpa ɔye
* [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he is equal in rank (to
* somebody else); ab-ɔkpa iɽ̃ã
* ye [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] they are of the same
* rank. (3) straightforward deal-
* ing, unaided by hidden sup-
* port; “ordinary hand”, in abɔ-
* kã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; n-uɽu na iɣiɽ-abɔkã
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] what you are doing now
* is not “straightforward”, i.e.
* you are acting under the in-
* fluence of alcohol, or with the
* help of charms or witchcraft, or
* of some other hidden support;
* ɔɽu(ɛe) abɔkã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he did it
* unaided by money, or free
* from any magic support.