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*obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) arm, hand. (2) side;

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*    ob-erha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “father-hand”:

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*    right-hand side; ob-erh-ɔʋ̃a

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*    [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] a man’s right-hand side,

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*    v. odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; ob-iye [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “mother-

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*    hand”: left-hand side; hence

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*    also: ob-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] one way.

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*    (3) from (with eʋ- 1), e.g. ɔd-ɔe

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*    ʋ-obɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “he bought it

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*    in my hand”: from me. (4)

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*    handle, in ob-ikɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] handle

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*    of a bicycle. (5) “the hand”

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*    as a force that is worshipped;

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*    v. ikɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; (6) title of a

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*    chief who represents the Ɔba’s

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*    Obɔ (in the sense described

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*    under 5); one of the “body-

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*    titles” (egi-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]); cf. abɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*obɔkɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] quickness; alert-

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*    ness; obɔkɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-eʋ̃i n-aɽu

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*    ʋ̃ɛ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ (3-1) ˥ ] “his

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*    quickness in doing things pleases

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*    me much in him ( [ \ ])”; cf.

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*    obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], kɛe 2 [ / ].

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*obwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] clay from river bank,

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*    used by potters, and by black-

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*    smiths to build funnels for their

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*    bellows.

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*odã [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ] odã [ ˥ ˥ ], and

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*    idãw-ɛsĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ]. The original

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*    meaning seems to be “heel”.

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*odede [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] senior; grand-, in

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*    names of relationship, v. iye [ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    and erha [ ˥ ˥ ]; oded-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    senior of the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-society;

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*    v. ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], iye [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) general term for way,

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*    road. (2) a cleared bushpath:

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*    od-abɔtɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] a short-cut not

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*    known to the public; od-ɔfiãmu

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ] short way (general term);

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*    cf. fiã [ ˥ ], mu [ ˥ ]; v. okuo [ ˩ \ ];

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*    od-oɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] entrance to the

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*    compound (from the street);

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*    v. obɛlɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], ukpo [ ˥ ˩ ], fiã [ ˥ ].

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