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*    diviner is to explain to his client



*    the meaning of the sentences



*    appropriate to the arrangements



*    of seeds. As these represent



*    certain typical situations in life,



*    their corresponding names in



*    the code are often used as



*    idiomatic ( “deep”) expressions



*    for these typical situations, v.



*    eh-ɔɣae [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] and ɔkã n-abe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*    The actual throwing of ogwɛga



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] is done in the following



*    way: “alligator-pepper” (ɛhĩ-



*    ɛ̃do [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]) is chewed and spat on



*    the instrument, then the client



*    holds uk-iha [ ˥ \ ˩ ], “the mes-



*    senger of the oracle”, also called



*    uta [ ˥ ˩ ], in front of his mouth and



*    asks the master of the oracle (ɔka



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]) his question. The ɔbo then



*    touches all the sixteen seed-



*    halves, saying: w-ɔɽ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ n-ɔxaɽe



*    (wɛ [ ˩ ]) [ / / ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “do you



*    know the word he has said?”,



*    puts uk-iha [ ˥ \ ˩ ] between the



*    strings and throws them so that



*    the ɛɽoɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] and the cowries



*    fall at his side.



*ogwi [ ˥ ˥ ] mango tree and fruit,



*    Irvingia gabonensis; another sort



*    is ogwi ebo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].



*ogwo [ ˥ ˩ ] riot, fighting between



*    people of the same town, or the



*    same family; also igbĩn-ogwo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*ogba 1 [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) fence. (2) fenced



*    space, e.g. garden, yard; ogb-



*    oɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “fence of outside”:



*    (a) front part of odĩ [ ˥ ˥ ], the



*    compound wall; (b) front part of



*    the compound yard; ogb-oleɣã



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] prison-yard, prison; cf.



*    Yor. ɔgba [ ˧ ˩ ].



*ogba 2 [ ˥ ˩ ] digging-stick for



*    digging yams; pointed at one



*    end, made of the heavy uxu