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*ogo [ ˩ ˩ ] overgrown clearing in the

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*    forest indicating site of an old

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*    farm; og-ugbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] is used with

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*    following ukpo [ ˩ ˥ ], e.g. in og-

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*    ugbo n-ukpo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] farm of last

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*    year; og-ugbo n-ɛkpia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ‿ / ]

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*    farm of last year but one (ogo

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*    alone is used as well).

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*ogolo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] mantis; it is said to

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*    bring forth “snakes”, i.e. small

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*    longish worms that come out of

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*    the body of a killed mantis;

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*    therefore it is called ogolo n-ɔbi-

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*    ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “mantis that bears

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*    snakes”.

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*ogoɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] male of a-, or ɔsɛlɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; v. adekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ogɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] long monkey-tail; ogɔl-

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*    emɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] tail of monkey (more

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*    used than the single ogɔlɔ).

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*ogũ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (pl. i-) (1) blacksmith,

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*    also: ogũ ematɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]; but

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*    ogũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] is brass-smith.

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*    (According to more recent infor-

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*    mation from A., only the i- pre-

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*    fix is used in both these expres-

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*    sions.) Both blacksmiths and

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*    brass-smiths are “gangs” of the

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*    Ɔba; the brass-smiths form a

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*    separate sib (v. Igũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]).

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*    (2) the planet Mars. (3) ogũ

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*    n-amɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a sea-animal

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*    (whale, shark?); breaks canoes

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*    with its back, therefore called

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*    n-ɔva‿okɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “that breaks

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*    canoes”; cf. Ogũ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*Ogũ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] the god of iron, smiths,

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*    hunters, and warriors; one of

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*    the highest gods in rank; all the

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*    iron is under Ogũ. His sanctum

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*    in the house (every compound

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*    has an Ogũ) is composed of

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*    pieces of iron, but when a

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*    sacrifice is made all iron imple-

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*    ments must be taken to the

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*    Ogũ. If one does not sacrifice

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