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*ahoɛʋ̃-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] love, kindness
* (Akugbe); cf. ho [ / ], ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ],
* ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ].
*ahua [ ˥ / ] hawk.
*ahũvɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] general pains in bones
* and joints (e.g. due to yaws);
* cf. uvɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
*aibãnuafo [ / ˩ ˥ / ] “one is not
* fully undressed”: undervest.
* (Perhaps -fo [ / ‿ ˩ ].)
*aikiʋ̃i [ / ˩ \ ] “one cannot strike”:
* a group of charms protecting
* against assaults, worn mainly
* when travelling, or when a fight
* is ahead; cf. kiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ].
*aiɽeba [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “one does not eat
* in addition to it”: any acute
* poison.
*akã [ ˥ ˥ ] pain in the side, probably
* due to pneumonia or pleurisy.
*aka [ ˥ ˩ ] grass-snake; said to have a
* crest on both sides of the head;
* they are rather long, and spit;
* their bite is said to be not very
* harmful; there are the follow-
* ing varieties: aka n-ebebe
* (ebe [ ˩ ˩ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ] green grass-
* snake; aka n-ebiebi [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] dark
* grass-snake; aka-n-eʋiɛʋi (ɛʋi
* [ ˩ \ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] yellow grass-snake;
* aka n-ugbemɛ (gbe [ ˥ ]; emɛ
* [ ˩ \ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “monkey-killer”-
* aka: a long tree-snake that kills
* monkeys by squeezing them;
* said not to be harmful to
* man. Idiom.: y-ɔ ʋ-aka [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “to
* dress like a grass-snake”: to
* be fully armed. v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
*aka [ ˩ ˥ ] rack for drying meat, with
* a fire underneath; cf. Yor.
* aka [ ˩ / ].
*akaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a bell used in the
* cult of the god Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ], tied
* round the waist during festival;
* also worn by hunting-dogs,
* round the neck. (2) a dance.