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*    (3) manner of doing something;



*    odɛ n-iɽ̃ã ɽu‿ɛe la ɔna xĩ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “the way they do it



*    (pass) is this”: that is how they



*    do it. (4) (with following geni-



*    tives denoting locality), expands



*    the area referred to by the



*    following genitive, making the



*    precise significance into some-



*    thing more vague. od-aɽo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    in front, ahead; in front of.



*    od-iyeke [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] at the back; be-



*    hind; od-iyek-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] behind



*    the house. od-ob-erha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ]



*    the right side; la ɣ-od-ob-erha‿a



*    (ɣe [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] go to the right



*    (“way of hand of your father”).



*    od-uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] upwards; above;



*    od-uxuʋ̃-ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] above it.



*    od-ɔwaɽa [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] straight on,



*    used metaphorically in od-ɔwaɽa



*    eɽ-ɔguã‿ɛ̃ʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ la [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ]



*    “straight on it is (that) he is



*    talking his word pass”: he is



*    talking in simple, plain words.



*    Expressions of a more specified



*    meaning: od-uw-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (uwu



*    [ ˥ ˥ ]) inner apartments of a house



*    where guests do not usually



*    enter, i.e. the last ikũ [ ˩ \ ] and



*    its uɣuɣa [ ˥ \ ˩ ] and ɔgwa [ ˩ ˥ ]+.



*    od-ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] women’s apartment



*    in a house, harem (ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] alone



*    usually means “Ɔba’s harem”).



*odĩ 1 [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) wall round compound



*    in houses of the old type, (new



*    houses opening directly on the



*    street). (2) room between com-



*    pound wall and buildings. (3)



*    neighbourhood, district: cf. Yor.



*    odĩ [ ˧ ˧ ].



*odĩ 2 [ ˥ ˥ ] a deep spot in a



*    river.



*odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.c.c.o.); of



*    Yor. origin?