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This version: 05 August 2015
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a [L ] pn I, my (domain: 9.2.3 - Pronouns.) cf: amo, -ne. [ amo ]
á [H ] pn you (pl.), your (domain: 9.2.3 - Pronouns.) [ abam , idiom dálei ]
aawo [HR ] exc no (domain: 9.4.6.1 - No, not, 3.5 - Communication.)
abam [HL ] (from á) pn you (pl.), your (domain: 9.2.3 - Pronouns.)
abɛ DE/YA n Oil Palm /elaeis guineensis / (domain: 1.5.1 - Tree.)
Agɛboŋa (from ga₁ 1 fail, boŋe) n stupid person (domain: 3.2.1.4 - Stupid.)
Ajaŋwe [LMR ] n Mr. So-and-so, somebody
aleefu KO/TE n green leaf vegetable (domain: 1.5.3 - Grass, herb, vine, 5.2.3.1.4 - Food from leaves.)
amaa [LH ] conj but (domain: 9.2.5.3 - Sentence conjunctions.)
amo [L ] (from a) pn I, me, my (domain: 9.2.3 - Pronouns.) cf: a, -ne.
anabania n guinea-corn sp. (domain: 5.2.3.1.1 - Food from seeds, 1.5.3 - Grass, herb, vine.)
anakɔbayi DE/YA (dialect: anakɔyebayi) n Viper snake sp. /causus maculatus / (domain: 1.6.1.3.1 - Snake.)
anegewɔ [LLL ] KO/TE n Daisy-like spreading plant /tridax procumbens / (domain: 1.5 - Plant.)
aŋkete DE/YA n handkerchief (domain: 5.4 - Adornment.)
aŋkwara [HR ] KA/SE n drum, barrel (domain: 6.7.7 - Container.)
apaasa [LH ] n forgiveness (domain: 4.8.4.7 - Forgive.)
asenchane [HMM ] DE/YA n beetle sp. (domain: 1.6.1.7 - Insect.)
asibiti n hospital (domain: 2.5.7.4 - Hospital.)
awa n hour (domain: 8.4.4 - Telling time, 8.4.1.2.3 - Time of the day.)
Awonaa [LMM ] 1exc "What I said was ..."; used when repeating something already said (domain: 3.5.1.4 - Speak with others.) 2n Kasena people [name used by some outsiders, based on distinctive phrase used by Kasena] (domain: 4.1.2 - Types of people.)
Ayigwei n Ewe (person) (domain: 4.1.9.8 - Family, clan.)


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