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*    r-odɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] they are there; deɣ-



*    odɔ hia ma [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] is everything



*    all right there? (lit. “all the



*    there”).



*odɔ̃ɣɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) froth coming out



*    of children’s or sick people’s



*    mouths. (2) caul.



*odudu [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a children’s disease:



*    spasms; odudu was stated to be



*    a witches’ name because they



*    are as merciless as the disease.



*oduma [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] hyena (probably); not



*    native to Benin, but occasion-



*    ally shown round by northern



*    (Nupe) people. Said to knock a



*    man down with its fist (!), and



*    to restore him to life by a



*    second blow.



*ofɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] rat; mouse; cf. Yor. ɔfɔ̃



*    [ ˩ / ].



*ofi [ ˩ ˥ ] yaws.



*ofigbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] palm-oil; ofigbɔ̃-ɽ-ima



*    dɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] it is palm-oil we are



*    buying.



*ogi- [ ˥ ˩ ] prefix used in the forma-



*    tion of ordinal numerals, with



*    the exception of okao [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “first”, e.g. ogieva [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (a)



*    second; (b) companion; play-



*    mate; colleague; somebody liv-



*    ing at the same house (as a term



*    of address, oko [ ˩ ˥ ] is used);



*    ogieha [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] third; ogigbe [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    tenth, also ukpogieva [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] etc.



*ogi [ ˩ ˩ ] a creeper, Citrullus vul-



*    garis; its fruit; it produces seeds



*    which are used as ingredients of



*    eʋ-ariɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “native butter”.



*Ogiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (1) a chief who pro-



*    bably is the descendant of a



*    dynasty ruling in Benin before



*    the present one. (2) a sib; its



*    senior is the chief bearing the



*    same title; its centre is in Benin



*    City on the left side of Sakpoba



*    Road; the sib is said to be big