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*obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) arm, hand. (2) side;



*    ob-erha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “father-hand”:



*    right-hand side; ob-erh-ɔʋ̃a



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



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



*    hand”: left-hand side; hence



*    also: ob-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] one way.



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



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



*    in my hand”: from me. (4)



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



*    of a bicycle. (5) “the hand”



*    as a force that is worshipped;



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



*    chief who represents the Ɔba’s



*    Obɔ (in the sense described



*    under 5); one of the “body-



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



*    [ ˩ ˥ ].



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



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



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



*    quickness in doing things pleases



*    me much in him (nɛ [ \ ])”; cf.



*    obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], kɛe 2 [ / ].



*obwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] clay from river bank,



*    used by potters, and by black-



*    smiths to build funnels for their



*    bellows.



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



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



*    meaning seems to be “heel”.



*odede [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] senior; grand-, in



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



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



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



*    v. ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], iye [ ˥ ˥ ].



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



*    road. (2) a cleared bushpath;



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



*    known to the public; od-ɔfiãmu



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



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



*    od-oɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] entrance to the



*    compound (from the street);



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