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    cripple, v. L.R. 51 (on 52
    uncrippled) and R.D. xvii, 1,
    2, 4.
    
ɔhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] red ant; builds its nest
    by threading leaves together in
    the shape of a ball, and lives
    inside; they live mostly on kola
    and unwɔnwɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ] trees; they
    are said to tremble ( “shake”)
    always and are therefore used
    by doctors, when making “medi-
    cines” for frightening people
    (and other purposes).
    
Ɔhɛ̃nika [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a chief who per-
    forms the purification rites in
    cases of suicide in Benin City
    (at Ogbe and at the quarter
    where the suicide occurred). He
    is not the “land-owner”.
    
ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) headman (always fol-
    lowed by a genitive); ɔka‿ɛgbɛe
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] headman of a sib; ɔka‿
    ɛrhia [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] ringleader (in a bad
    sense); ɔka-kuo [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] war-chief;
    ɔka‿olotu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] a title appear-
    ing in the history of Benin,
    “headman of headmen” (Egh.
    Hist.), also “senior headman”.
    (2) when used alone: master of
    ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    
ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ] corn (maize); cf. Yor. ɔka
    [ ˧ ˩ ] and Ibo ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
ɔkã [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (c.c.c.o.); (a) ɔkã
    n-abe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] the same position
    occurring on both strings of
    seeds; it foretells quarrel, hence
    (b) idiom.: quarrel; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ];
    (c) in erhã n-ɔgb-ɔkã n-abe
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a creaking tree; of Yor.
    origin? A combination of ɔkã
    with odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] is ɔkãdĩ [ ˩ / ˥ ]
    which is used as an idiomatic
    word for “heart” (v. ɛkokodu
    [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ]) by old men and masters
    of the ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination.