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*    wood; also called ogba n-aya

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*    kp-ĩnya [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “stick that is

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*    taken to dig yams”; v. asɛgiɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], ubi [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ] the quarter of Benin

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*    City in which the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] is

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*    situated; it is there that the

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*    Eɣaɛʋo N-ogbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] are living.

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*ogbe [ ˥ \ ] next year; isɛ l-ogbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] a salutation addressed to

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*    the giver of a present at ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]-

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*    time (cf. isɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], la [ ˥ ]); reply

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*    by the giver: ogbe magba

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*    [ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ (5-4) ] “(in the) new year

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*    we (shall) live together!”

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*Ogbelaka [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a band of people

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*    serving the Ɔba on several

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*    occasions: they dance at the

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*    coronation-day, beat the drum

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*    enwini [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] at ugies [ ˩ ˩ ], and

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*    perform ikiewua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; they have

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*    a special quarter at Benin

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*    City.

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*Ogbesɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ / ] name of a Bini

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*    village, seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ]

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*    shrine.

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*ogbɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] house in which a big

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*    chief in Benin is buried; every

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*    chief living at the Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    quarter must have such a house

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*    in oɽe n-ɔxwa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “the big

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*    town”, i.e. the other part of the

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*    town, as only the Ɔba is buried

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*    at Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ogbi [ ˥ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.o.o.o.); cf.

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*    Yor. ogbe [ ˧ ˩ ].

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*ogbigbi [ ˩ / ˩ ] rapid current of river,

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*    brook; ɛzɛ na lɛ‿ogbigbi [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ]

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*    this river (or brook) flows

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*    rapidly; idiom.: ogbigbi ɛzɛ

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] “rushing flows the

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*    river”: things are coming in

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*    plentifully; cf. gbigbi [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ogbodu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small but noisy

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*    bird, the pin-tailed Whydah.

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