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*ogboi [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) an ignorant man;



*    ogboi nɔ ʋ-en-ɛzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he is



*    ignorant in the lawsuit. (2)



*    somebody who is uninitiated



*    into the mysteries of a cult.



*oɣaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Macrolabium



*    macrophyllum; the wood is used



*    as firewood, the bark (or the



*    juice) as a “medicine” to throw



*    intended evil back on the ori-



*    ginator.



*oɣae [ ˩ \ ] (1) share, (2) in a



*    specialized sense: share of any-



*    thing divided given to the



*    divider as payment for his work;



*    oɣae d-ɔʋ̃ad-ɔɣɔ‿ɔna xĩ [ ˩ \ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    this is everyone’s share; cf.



*    ɣae [ / ].



*Oɣeɣe 1 [ ˥ / ˩ ] name of a Bini



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



*    shrine.



*oɣeɣe 2 [ ˥ / ˩ ] (1) fruit of the



*    oxixã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] tree, Spondias mon-



*    bin (?). (2) the tree itself.



*oɣɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] prostitution; cf. ɣɛ [ / ].



*oɣɛɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] flock (of pigs, sheep).



*oɣiã [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) enemy. (2) euphem-



*    ism for “myself” “you”, or



*    “he”, when saying unpleasant



*    things. oɣiã ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]: iw-oɣiã ʋ̃ɛ



*    tede [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “I say (that) my



*    enemy (I) nearly fell”. oɣi-ã



*    [ ˥ ˩ / ]: oɣi-ã‿ima [ ˥ ˩ / ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] you



*    are not good (when speaking to



*    a man of equal rank; uma [ / / ‿ ˩ ]



*    would be impolite); ihɔ̃-ɣ-aw-



*    amu‿oɣi-ã n-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] I



*    heard it said that you were



*    arrested yesterday; v. oya [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    ɛrɛe [ ˩ \ ].



*oɣo [ ˩ \ ] ram.



*oɣodã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] ingratitude.



*oɣodĩ [ ˩ / ˥ ] a “holding-up” charm



*    consisting of the real charm



*    pressed down under an abã [ ˥ ˩ ];



*    it is used to hold up law-suits,