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*ohuã [ ˥ ˥ ] sheep.



*ohuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] cough; ohuɛ̃ si ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “cough is drawing me”: I must



*    cough; wamu‿ohuɛ̃ hĩ‿ɛ̃ɽ-ɛko re,



*    n-ɔɣɛya‿e ta re [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “you (pl.) take the cough out of



*    his belly so that he may not take



*    it to repeat it”; this is said when



*    a man has died from a disease



*    of which coughing was a symp-



*    tom; he is then operated on, and



*    a “bag containing a white milky



*    substance” is removed from his



*    body (from near the liver) lest



*    he may suffer from a “cough”



*    during his next reincarnation;



*    v. eve [ ˩ ˩ ], tɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ohuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) hunter. (2) a sort of



*    wasp which builds on mud-walls



*    (mud-cells); does not sting.



*ohũhũ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tall grass, found



*    e.g. along the Benin roads; cf.



*    ihũhũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].



*okã [ ˥ ˥ ] a big tree, Cylicodiscus



*    gabunensis; bark used as medi-



*    cine against abscess.



*ohukpɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a kind of ocro; re-



*    sembles gum. When cooked it



*    produces a sticky paste.



*oka 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] turn, esp. in standing



*    as sentry; oka ʋ̃ɛ ɔna xĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    this is my turn; v. sɛ 1 [ ˥ ], ɣae [ / ].



*Oka 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] name of a village on the



*    Sakpoba Road.



*okã [ ˩ ˥ ] blame; blessing and



*    greeting to somebody serving a



*    master: uɣuga mi‿okã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    may you not serve and be



*    blamed! (scil. undeservedly); as



*    opposed to the curse: t-uɽaga



*    mi‿okã [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] may you serve



*    and (always) be blamed!



*okaɽo, okao [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], [ ˩ ˩ ] first; pl.



*    ikaɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “the first people”,



*    the ones who came first; oka‿ɔna



*    xĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the first (thing) is this;