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    as being composed of tɛ [ / ] and
    uʋi [ ˩ ˥ ] and meaning something
    like “deceiving the girls”, be-
    cause the glow of the sunlight
    was said to deceive people so that
    they stay longer on the farm
    and have to return when it is
    dark. But this etymology seems
    doubtful.
    
atete [ ˥ / / ] a cricket.
    
atɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “fixed selling” (in con-
    trast to iɣo [ ˩ \ ]): selling when
    sitting behind one’s merchan-
    dise.
    
atɛrhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a soft mat made from
    the reed ɛbo [ ˥ ˩ ]; easy to roll.
    
atɛtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a round, fiat cane tray
    made out of itoto [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] and
    uxwerh-oha [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], used by wo-
    men when hawking goods (cf.
    iɣo [ ˩ \ ]), e.g., grains in the
    market. The grains are distri-
    buted on it in heaps, e.g. for a
    penny.
    
atiebi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “caller of darkness”:
    a large insect, perhaps a night-
    moth.
    
atita [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] meat; an expression
    used when speaking with chil-
    dren; ifĩ-ãtita nwuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ / ]
    I have cut you meat.
    
ato [ ˩ \ ] grassy plain (as in the
    Hukuruku- or Ɔwɔ-country).
    
atɔrhi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] gonorrhoea; a better
    word than ɔkpatalɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],
    which also refers to a worse
    form of the disease: cf. Yor.
    atɔsi [ ˩ ˩ / ].
    
atɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] whitlow; finger must
    be cut off; severe form of
    isue [ ˥ \ ].
    
atugiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small monkey which
    warns a troop of monkeys of the
    approach of any danger.
    
ava [ ˩ ˥ ] wooden or iron wedge
    used to split wood.