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*akota [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] evening; akota n-ɛɽɛ

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*    ɣade [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ / ] come to-night!

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*    cf. ota [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*akɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] tooth; ak-ɔ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ] a tusk

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*    blown whenever the Ɔba is ap-

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*    pearing at a ceremony or in a

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*    big dance, i.e. whenever he is

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*    in full dress; v. L.R. fig. 65.

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*    ak-ẽsi [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “pig’s tooth”: a

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*    tree, Hylodendron gabunense,

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*    used for beams supporting the

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*    ceiling and for verandah-posts.

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*    Called akẽsi because of its

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*    strong wood. ak-ɛ̃hiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    “tooth of pepper”: a tree,

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*    Albizzia sp.; used for roofing

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*    oxogbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].

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*akɔsa [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Tetrastemma

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*    dioicum.

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*akɔsɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a thorny creeper, a

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*    little thicker than a man’s

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*    thumb, Uvaria macrotricha;

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*    akɔsɔ so ʋ̃-owɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] “akɔsɔ

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*    has stung my foot”: I have

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*    been stung by akɔsɔ thorns.

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*akũerhãkũiri [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of

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*    worm or larva that builds its

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*    house of threads and sticks.

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*akugbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] community, union;

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*    Akugbe N-ɔhuãɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] Holy

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*    Communion; cf. ku [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ].

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*akuiɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a dark-brown bird

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*    with soft feathers; edible.

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*akumɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Pterocarpus

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*    soyauxii; used in building door-

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*    frames (egbaha [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); the tree

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*    contains camwood, but not a

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*    very good one; it is not used

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*    for dyeing purposes; cf. ke 1 [ ˥ ],

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*    umɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*akuobisi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a big tree.

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*akuɔmɔ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] womb; akuɔmɔ ɽ̃uɛ̃

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*    xerhe gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “your womb

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*    is very small” (said to a woman

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*    who has several times borne very

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*    small children).

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