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*  their waist-cloth by means of
* small strings of fine coral-beads.
* At the actual feast, the new yam
* must not be touched nor must
* the pots and plates used at the
* feast be used for other purposes.
* The fast is said to have been
* instituted by the Ɔba Ɛsigie
* [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]. Three months later there
* is another fast called agwɛ
* ɔɣɛnɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. awɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
*agba [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Gossweileroden-
* dron balsamiferum; used in
* building doors.
*agbã [ ˩ ˥ ] a long wooden tray with
* cane sides, for carrying loads;
* used by men only.
*agba 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] plain space at village-
* entrance (uɣe [ ˥ ˩ ]), behind the
* outer gate; on it stands the
* egbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ]-fence; it is also called
* agba‿uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] and possibly in
* other cases agbagba [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; cf.
* agba 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] (?), gbaa [ ˩ ].
*agba 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] stool, used by the Ɔba
* and chiefs; a small square,
* carved seat, like a table, with
* four legs, without a backrest;
* mu‿agba gi-ogie n-ɔya tota
* [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] bring a stool for the
* ruler to sit on! cf. agba 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] (?).
*agbada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of knife with
* two-edged blade.
*agbadi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] bridge.
*agbae [ ˩ ˩ ] layer, in building a
* well, each one of a man’s
* height.
*agbaguda [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] (1) women’s cheek
* marks. (2) a knife used for
* cleaning cooked yam, etc.
*Agbaɣe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a title used in ad-
* dressing the Ɔba.
*agbaka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] crocodile; agbaka
* ɣamu‿eʋ̃i, ɛfã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ / \ ] if a
* crocodile catches something, it
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* does not give it up.