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*    wood; also called ogba n-aya



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



*    taken to dig yams”; v. asɛgiɛ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], ubi [ ˩ ˥ ].



*Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ] the quarter of Benin



*    City in which the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] is



*    situated; it is there that the



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



*ogbe [ ˥ \ ] next year; isɛ l-ogbe



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



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



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



*    by the giver: ogbe magba rɔ



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



*    we (shall) live together!”



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



*    serving the Ɔba on several



*    occasions: they dance at the



*    coronation-day, beat the drum



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



*    perform ikiewua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; they have



*    a special quarter at Benin



*    City.



*Ogbesɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ / ] name of a Bini



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



*    shrine.



*ogbɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] house in which a big



*    chief in Benin is buried; every



*    chief living at the Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    quarter must have such a house



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



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



*    town, as only the Ɔba is buried



*    at Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ogbi [ ˥ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga



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



*    Yor. ogbe [ ˧ ˩ ].



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



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



*    this river (or brook) flows



*    rapidly; idiom.: ogbigbi ɛzɛ lɛ



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



*    river”: things are coming in



*    plentifully; cf. gbigbi [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ogbodu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small but noisy



*    bird, the pin-tailed Whydah.