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*ogo [ ˩ ˩ ] overgrown clearing in the



*    forest indicating site of an old



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



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



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



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



*    farm of last year but one (ogo



*    alone is used as well).



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



*    bring forth “snakes”, i.e. small



*    longish worms that come out of



*    the body of a killed mantis;



*    therefore it is called ogolo n-ɔbi-



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



*    snakes”.



*ogoɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] male of a-, or ɔsɛlɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; v. adekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



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



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



*    used than the single ogɔlɔ).



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



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



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



*    (According to more recent infor-



*    mation from A., only the i- pre-



*    fix is used in both these expres-



*    sions.) Both blacksmiths and



*    brass-smiths are “gangs” of the



*    Ɔba; the brass-smiths form a



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



*    (2) the planet Mars. (3) ogũ



*    n-amɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a sea-animal



*    (whale, shark?); breaks canoes



*    with its back, therefore called



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



*    canoes”; cf. Ogũ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ].



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



*    hunters, and warriors; one of



*    the highest gods in rank; all the



*    iron is under Ogũ. His sanctum



*    in the house (every compound



*    has an Ogũ) is composed of



*    pieces of iron, but when a



*    sacrifice is made all iron imple-



*    ments must be taken to the



*    Ogũ. If one does not sacrifice