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*avã [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) thunder and lightning;
* avã n-uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] thunder and
* lightning (lit. “of above”); avã
* de y-erhã na [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lightning
* struck this tree. (2) thunder-
* bolt.
*avã [ ˩ ˩ ] daytime; ɣade avã n-ɛɽɛ
* [ ˥ / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] come in the course of
* the day!
*avam(u) [ ˩ \ ] or [ ˩ \ ˩ ] an animal
* of the bat family (the biggest
* one); it climbs up trees, clasping
* their trunks; supposed to visit
* 201 trees during every night;
* cf. Yor. awamɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ / ] (?).
*aviɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] clitoris.
*aʋaʋegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] necessity, want;
* cf. ʋa [ / ], ʋe [ ˩ ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].
*aʋe [ ˥ ˥ ] (aʋa) a particle: (1) pre-
* ceding the demonstrative pro-
* nouns when used as nouns: aʋe
* na [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] these people; aʋe ni
* [ ˥ ˥ / ] those people. (2) oc-
* casionally preceding nouns in
* the plural, probably conveying
* a demonstrative idea: aʋ-ixuo ni
* hia [ ˥ ˥ / / ˦ ] all those women;
* aʋ-etɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ ir-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ (3-1) ] my
* brothers ane not at home.
* (3) preceding an interrogative
* -a, thereby adding a demon-
* strative and nominal meaning:
* aʋ-a nɔ [ ˥ \ ˥ ], aʋ-aani xĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
* who are those? v. iho [ ˩ ˩ ].
*aʋeto [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “hair-puller”: a kind
* of burr that sticks to one’s
* clothes and hairs on the legs;
* cf. ʋɔ [ ˥ ], eto [ ˩ ˥ ].
*aʋiɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] coward; probably
* also lazy person; cf. ʋiɛ [ / ].
*aʋiogbɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] an otu [ ˩ ˩ ] at the
* Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; they announce the
* Ɔba’s orders in the town, ringing
* bells (ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]).
*aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) female, woman, e.g.
* in ɔm-aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “female child”: