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*    to make people fall asleep when



*    the owner of the charm is about



*    to commit a theft, to render



*    motor-cars immovable (said to



*    be practised by Yoruba drivers



*    with an agadagodo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˧ ˧ ], the



*    Yoruba equivalent of oɣodĩ).



*Oɣodua [ ˥ ˩ \ ] a praise-name of



*    Osa; used as translation of the



*    Christian “Almighty” (Akugbe)



*    Of Yoruba origin? cf. Ododua



*    [ ˥ / \ ].



*oɣoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] yam-beetle; v. ekpa-



*    kaɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*oɣohɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Musanga



*    xxxxx



*    smithii.



*oɣohɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] the Vulturine Fish-



*    Eagle; its white feathers are



*    used in ceremonial dress.



*oɣoi [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga



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



*    Yor. origin?



*oɣoɽoko [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] hopping on one



*    foot as practised by boys when



*    playing; used also in a mas-



*    querade (Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]) dance.



*oɣoye [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a crooked tree put in



*    front of gods’ shrines; is con-



*    sidered to be a porter (cripple,



*    uke [ ˩ ˩ ]) to the shrine; it is



*    called oɣoye n-ɛgua-ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ],



*    “crippled wood of the god’s



*    ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]”. Since it has the



*    power to obstruct prayers it is



*    given a slice of kola before a



*    prayer, and a share of a sacrifice.



*    The F.D. list classes it as a



*    separate species: Parinarium



*    glabrum, but this may refer to



*    xxxxx



*    one particular oɣoye only, it



*    being taken to be the Bini name



*    for a tree species.



*oɣuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] prisoner of war.



*oha [ ˩ ˥ ] bush; oh-igɛdu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    timber concession; oh-ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    maize field.