“his fear is gripping me”: I am
afraid of him; ɔʋ̃a n-ohã mũ nɔ
[ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “a man whom fear has
gripped he is”: he is a coward.
oha [ ˥ ˩ ] a very intoxicating drink
obtained from the oyo [ ˥ ˥ ]
raffia.
ohãgbã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] native doctor’s pupil
(serving and learning at the
same time); v. ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ].
ohaha [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] a tree, Macaranga
barteri; used for firewood only.
ohaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] hunger, also ohaʋ̃-unu
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; ohaʋ̃ɛ gbe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “hun-
ger is killing me”: I am hungry;
ɔy-ohaʋ̃ɛ gbe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “it took
hunger killed me”: it made me
hungry.
ohɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] (1) priest (who worships
for a community); oh-ɔ̃sa [ ˩ \ ˩ ]
priest of Osa; oh-ɔ̃kpo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
priest of the year (at Ɔza [ ˥ ˩ ]),
who tells the Ɔba in which year
the death-rate wlll be normal,
and in which especially high.
(2) Christian minister, also ohɛ̃-
gbagbɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], oh-ĩyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ].
ohiã [ ˩ ˥ ] leather.
ohia 1 [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Celtis; two kinds:
C. soyauxii and C. zenkeri; felled
by the Binis during harmattan-
time by setting fire to its base
(erh-ẽrhɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]).
ohia 2 [ ˥ ˩ ] pod; ohi-ɛʋɛe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ]
kola pod; ohi-ekoko [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ]
cocoa pod.
ohĩdĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] rope used for climbing
palm trees; cf. hĩ [ / ], udĩ [ ˩ ˥ ].
ohie [ ˩ ˥ ] intermediate season, i.e.
(1) small dry season, and (2)
cooler interval in dry season.
ohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] decision in a lawsuit; v.
bu [ / ].
ohio [ ˩ ˥ ] hole, occurs only with
gbe [ ˥ ], and in ohi-amɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]
