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



*    night-time.



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



*    its leaves when ground give a



*    very durable black dye which is



*    used by boys and girls to imi-



*    tate the tribal marks. The F.D.



*    list gives, besides, an asũ nexwi



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ].



*asua [ ˩ ˥ ] a harmful charm (ɛbo



*    [ ˩ \ ]), a “pushing-medicine”



*    which pushes people into dan-



*    ger, lawsuits, and disasters of



*    every kind; cf. sua [ / ].



*asuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] a shrub, Carpolobia



*    lutea; its wood is used to make the



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



*asukpɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] forceful swallowing,



*    like that of a man who has got



*    a morsel of food in the windpipe.



*atã [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Canthium glabri-



*    florum; from it, medicine for



*    ɛda [ ˩ ˩ ] is prepared.



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



*    cannot be debated”: soothsay-



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



*    is probably the relic of an



*    iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ].



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



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



*    but not so big as ikpĩ. It has



*    a very hard skin; cf. ta [ ˥ ],



*    ikpĩ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ataka [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] roll of tobacco; of



*    Port. origin?



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



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



*    matic: ɔxɔ s-atalakpa (sɛ [ ˥ ])



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



*    leopard. Voracious people, too,



*    are compared with leopards.



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



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



*    foot.



*atauʋi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the time preceding



*    sunset; the word was explained