ajá

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• ajaa creeping plant, resembling the wild vine. it is rubbed on the walls of houses newly plastered with mud, to give the walls a polish; also called ajara, ọgbọrọ; a dog
• ajàa fairy, said to carry persons into the wilderness for from three to nine years to instruct them in magic and all kinds of medicines; said also to travel in a whirlwind; attic, uppermost floor, ceiling