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*aɽowa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] superior; master;
* cf. ɽe [ ˥ ] (?), owa [ ˩ ˥ ].
*aɽɔe [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a fish “with a
* moustache”; its meat is good.
* (2) idiom.: same as eb-eʋariɛ
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. Yor. arɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].
*aɽɔe [ ˩ ˩ ] cripple; with legs bent
* outward; cf. Yor. arɔ [ ˧ ˧ ].
*aɽugbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “farm-doer”: far-
* mer (idiomatic); cf. ɽu [ ˥ ],
* ugbo [ ˥ ˥ ].
*aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] tongue; idiom.: aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ
* ɽ̃uɛ̃ tã gbe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ] “your
* tongue is very long”: you twist
* a man’s words in his mouth.
*aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) animal; aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ bũ
* (or kpɔ) gbe ʋ-oha na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
* there are many animals in this
* bush; aɽ̃aʋ̃-oha [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] bush-
* animal; aɽ̃aʋ̃-ɛ̃zɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] river-
* animal; aɽ̃aʋ̃-ãto [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] animal
* of the grassy plains. (2) meat;
* aɽ̃aʋ̃-ũzo rhiɛ̃rhiɛ̃ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
* antelope-meat is very tasty.
*aɽ̃ɛ̃kɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a snake similar to
* oʋiʋiɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; it has a liking for
* eggs; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
*aɽ̃ĩnya [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Afzelia (afri-
* cana, bella, and bipidensis).
*asã [ ˥ ˥ ] whip; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].
*asa [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) shield; nowadays a
* small shield carried in front of
* the Ɔba, Iyasɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] and some
* chiefs (also called esa [ ˩ ˥ ]); v.
* L.R., fig. 108. (2) wing-covert of
* beetle or cricket; cf. Yor. asa [ ˧ ˩ ].
*asaka [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a black road-ant which
* smells bad and stings; going in
* groups of 10―12; asaka n-oxĩ-
* ɔ̃kpa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “single-going ant”:
* another sort of road-ant that
* stings badly.
*asakã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] soup without meat.
*asaʋ̃otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] black driver ants
* moving in large numbers;
* smaller than asaka [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ].