forest indicating site of an old
farm; og-ugbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] is used with
following ukpo [ ˩ ˥ ], e.g. in og-
ugbo n-ukpo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] farm of last
year; og-ugbo n-ɛkpia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ‿ / ]
farm of last year but one (ogo
alone is used as well).
ogolo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] mantis; it is said to
bring forth “snakes”, i.e. small
longish worms that come out of
the body of a killed mantis;
therefore it is called ogolo n-ɔbi-
ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “mantis that bears
snakes”.
ogoɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] male of a-, or ɔsɛlɛ
[ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; v. adekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
ogɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] long monkey-tail; ogɔl-
emɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] tail of monkey (more
used than the single ogɔlɔ).
ogũ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (pl. i-) (1) blacksmith,
also: ogũ ematɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]; but
ogũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] is brass-smith.
(According to more recent infor-
mation from A., only the i- pre-
fix is used in both these expres-
sions.) Both blacksmiths and
brass-smiths are “gangs” of the
Ɔba; the brass-smiths form a
separate sib (v. Igũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]).
(2) the planet Mars. (3) ogũ
n-amɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a sea-animal
(whale, shark?); breaks canoes
with its back, therefore called
n-ɔva‿okɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “that breaks
canoes”; cf. Ogũ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ].
Ogũ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] the god of iron, smiths,
hunters, and warriors; one of
the highest gods in rank; all the
iron is under Ogũ. His sanctum
in the house (every compound
has an Ogũ) is composed of
pieces of iron, but when a
sacrifice is made all iron imple-
ments must be taken to the
Ogũ. If one does not sacrifice
