waa-piikh hwaa-piikawaa-piisa name for several poisonous snakes (vipers), e.g. Blanding's tree snake (Boiga blandingii), Night adder (Causus rhombeatus) and many (all?) viperswaa-pii-ngesoa [h h h h], pl. waa-pii-ngesoaba or waa-pii-ngesa [h h h m](lit. mother's father of the viper), Burrowing Snake (Calamelaps unicolor)?(Prov.) Ba kan tu waa-piik vorub ale kpaani gelik-ya.They do not dig out (the hole of) a poisonous snake with a short (battle-) axe.
waab (snake)
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