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*ny-unu [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. nya 1 [ ˥ ].



*nyuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to shine (of the



*    sun); ovɛ̃ nyuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] the sun



*    shone. (2) to become glazed, of



*    eyes in death, or in a faint;



*    followed by ɽua which is also



*    shortened to ua, oa; ɔnyuʋ̃-ãɽo-a



*    ʋ-ɔɽawu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “he changed



*    his eye” when he was about



*    to die.



*o [ ˦ ] (or [ ˧ ], according to the pre-



*    ceding tone) an emphatic par-



*    ticle, added e.g. to greetings;



*    koyɔ o [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] hullo! (as reply, or



*    used when at a distance from



*    the addressed).



*oba [ ˩ ˥ ] a pattern similar to a



*    chain; oba n-uɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “two



*    hundred oba”: two chains in-



*    terwoven.



*obele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] paddle.



*obɛko [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] side of abdomen; cf.



*    ɛko [ ˩ \ ].



*obɛlɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] track cut through the



*    bush with a matchet, not



*    cleaned; mostly a casual track



*    not destined to be used as a



*    path. Once a track is cleared, it



*    is an odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*obi [ ˥ ˩ ] poison.



*obiɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a snake; striped and



*    shining like velvet, very beau-



*    tiful; harmless; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*obiɽiki [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] throwing-net (for



*    fish); cf. Jekri obiriki [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*obobo 1 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a timber tree, two



*    kinds: the white Obobo: obobo



*    nɔfua [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]: Guarea Kennedyi;



*    and the black: obobo nexwi



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] G. thompsonii.



*obobo 2 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a food: cooked yam,



*    mashed with oil.



*obobo [ ˥ / ˩ ] flower.



*obodo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] turning rapidly round



*    in dancing, pirouette; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].