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* and scattered everwhere; its

* greeting is la‿ɛrɛe [ ˥ ˩ \ ]; v. ɛgbɛe

* [ ˩ \ ], Ubi [ ˥ ˥ ].

*Ogida [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) name of a village

* situated on the Siluko Road.

* (2) help in childbirth; often given

* by inhabitants of the above-

* mentioned village, though now-

* adays it is no longer their special

* task.

*ogidigbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a drum (similar to

* oxa [ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. Yor. ogidigbo [ ˩ ˩ ˧ ˥ ].

*ogie [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a ruling chief, or,

* hereditary village-head; in

* some praise-names the word

* also applies to the Ɔba, e.g.

* in ogie n-ɔny-agbɔ̃ nya‿ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i

* [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the rule who pos-

* sesses world and (possesses)

* world of the dead”; ogie n-ɔgbɔ-

* ʋ̃a ɛdɛ n-uwu‿ix-ɔ̃ʋ̃a (xɔ̃ [ / ])

* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] “the ruler who

* kills a man on the day when he

* is not in need of death”. The

* following expressions containing

* ogie have a special meaning:

* ogie‿iʋi-otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a ruler

* cannot sleep on the ground”:

* a platform for sleeping, made of

* sticks and planks; also, a Euro-

* pean bed; v. akpɛkpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; ogie

* n-ɛʋ̃ɔ‿ũɽoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “a ruler

* who has no servants”: act of

* making an ihoi [ ˩ ˩ ] in the

* game called isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

* (2) senior, headman; ogi-ewaisɛ

* [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] senior of the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]

* who attend to the Ɔba’s Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ];

* he represents the Ɔba at that

* shrine and acts for him. (3) main;

* chief; principal, of animals,

* plants, objects; ogi-avã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

* midday; ogi-ɛkpɔɣɔe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] a

* tree bigger than ɛkpɔɣɔe [ ˩ ˩ \ ];

* perhaps identical with uʋi n-

* Esã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; og-ihuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] a
