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*    rain-filled hole in tree; birds



*    bathe, and small animals drink



*    water there, and can be caught;



*    cf. amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ohioɽo [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] solitary, used with



*    the verb mu [ ˥ ] only, e.g. of a



*    derelict house; v. iʋie [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ohiɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] a tree, Dialium



*    guineense; used as firewood only.



*Ohiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] Niger; idiom.: ya xwi



*    ɛɽ-ohiʋ̃i (ya long) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “take



*    lock its Niger (i.e. big flood)”:



*    finish the long argument at that,



*    or, with this decision; cf. Ibo



*    osimiri [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ohoɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] empty; ihu‿ɔg-ohoɣa



*    ʋ-azɛkpɛe (ho [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ] I



*    want an empty bottle afterwards.



*ohoɣe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] lie; ohoɣe‿ita [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    what I am telling (you) is a lie;



*    cf. ohoɣoi [ ˩ \ ˩ ], ohoɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].



*ohoɣo 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a dance performed



*    at second burials and at ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]:



*    it is danced in a revolving circle,



*    the dancers wear only an ebu-



*    luku [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] and have bells in



*    their hands.



*ohoɣo 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] dew on the grass.



*ohoɣoi [ ˩ \ ˩ ] lie; cf. ohoɣe [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*ohoho [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] whole; intact.



*Ohoʋe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,



*    seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.



*ohɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] name of a tree (Entandro-



*    phragma?); v. igɛdu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*ohũ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga



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



*    Yor. origin?



*ohũ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Xylopia (?); very



*    straight and smooth; wood used



*    in roofing, as rafters and poles.



*Ohu-ɔba [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] leader of the “gang”



*    ewua [ ˥ \ ], the people who wake



*    the Ɔba.



*ohu [ ˩ ˩ ] anger; ohu mu ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “anger is catching me”: I am



*    getting angry.