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• gúnpierce; to beat; pound; pierce; thrust; thrill; to harbour; anchor; land; poke
• kégrowl; to cut with a sharp instrument; to exclaim, howl; cry out; to cut; chop; hew
• kiaux. shall; should; may; before a certain time; previously; not. see kò
• púprecipitately; headlong; without due thought; the sound of a gun
• ajẹa trial by ordeal; oar, paddle, propeller; red earth used as paint, pigment for the wall; tinder (for loading a gun)
• òkíflattery; complimentary; title; the act of missing fire (as a gun)
• òkóname; the penis; the foreskin; lock of a gun; twenty cowries
• yinto move; shake slightly; lay eggs; to praise; admire; esteem; fire a gun
• agbáa great gun, cannon; barrel, cask; a smooth, hard, flat fruit used for medicine
• àgbábarrel; gun
• ibọngun, musket, fire-arms, pistol