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*asɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] night; ʋ-ɛɣ-asɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] at

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*    night-time.

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*asũ [ ˩ ˥ ] a shrub, Randia coriacea;

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*    its leaves when ground give a

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*    very durable black dye which is

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*    used by boys and girls to imi-

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*    tate the tribal marks. The F.D.

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*    list gives, besides, an asũ nexwi

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ].

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*asua [ ˩ ˥ ] a harmful charm (ɛbo

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*    [ ˩ \ ]), a “pushing-medicine”

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*    which pushes people into dan-

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*    ger, lawsuits, and disasters of

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*    every kind; cf. sua [ / ].

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*asuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] a shrub, Carpolobia

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*    lutea; its wood is used to make the

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*    akpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], the native harp.

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*asukpɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] forceful swallowing,

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*    like that of a man who has got

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*    a morsel of food in the windpipe.

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*atã [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Canthium glabri-

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*    florum; from it, medicine for

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*    ɛda [ ˩ ˩ ] is prepared.

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*ataɣimua [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “what is said and

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*    cannot be debated”: soothsay-

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*    ing; cf. ta [ ˥ ], mua [ / ]. The ɣ-

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*    is probably the relic of an

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*    iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ataikpĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “imitation of boa”:

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*    a snake, bigger than aka [ ˥ ˩ ],

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*    but not so big as ikpĩ. It has

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*    a very hard skin; cf. ta [ ˥ ],

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*    ikpĩ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ataka [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] roll of tobacco; of

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*    Port. origin?

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*atalakpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] leopard; atalakp-

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*    ixiã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] leopard-man; idio-

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*    matic: ɔxɔ s-atalakpa ( [ ˥ ])

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he is as bad as a

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*    leopard. Voracious people, too,

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*    are compared with leopards.

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*atat- in atat-abɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] palm of

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*    hand; atat-awɛ [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] sole of

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*    foot.

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*atauʋi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the time preceding

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*    sunset; the word was explained

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