but not deeper than two men’s
length; there are three in Benin
City, one of them being ɔɣɔd-
ɛgũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], a pond situated in the
Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ] quarter (v. ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ]);
cf. Yor. ɔgɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
ɔɣɔdɔgbɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a cane found in
the bush; it is similar to sugar-
cane, but not edible; v. uxwerhe
[ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].
ɔɣɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a trap for animals,
consists of a rope with a noose
which is tied to a forked stick;
animals caught in the noose are
strangled when the stick is
caught by obstacles in the way.
ɔha 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] bride; also oʋi‿ɔha
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; cf. irhiɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
ɔha 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga
[ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (c.o.o.o.); of
Yor. origin?
ɔha 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] catarrh; a cold in the
head; ɔha sa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] I have a
cold (v. sa 2 [ ˥ ]).
Ɔha 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] name of a river forming
part of the western boundary of
the Bini-speaking territory (v.
Is-iloko [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ])+.
ɔhae [ ˩ \ ] a grown-up man with-
out a wife: a bachelor or
widower; emu-ɔhae [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “ashes
of a bachelor”: ashes from a
bachelor’s hearth, are used in a
cure for elapurhu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] (fugitive
swellings), but bachelors con-
sider their being taken as a
mockery; cf. ɔha [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).
ɔhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] present; gift; ɔhɛ uɣuho
n-uɣaɽe ugbugbɛhia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]
lit. “present (it is that) you like
to eat (receive) all the time”;
cf. Yor. ɔfɛ [ ˩ / ].
Ɔhɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba who was
crippled in his later days and
has been cast in brass as a
