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*    okpa na la gbe [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this



*    game-track is well frequented



*    (“passed”). (2) of wind; okp-



*    ɛhoho [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] a windy spot; ab-



*    owa na y-okp-ɛhoho [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] this



*    house is built (bɔ [ ˥ ]) on a windy



*    spot (different from okp-ɛhoho



*    [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ], v. okpe [ ˩ ˥ ]).



*okpaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Pentaclethra



*    macrophylla; mortars are made



*    out of the wood. The F.D. list



*    has, besides, okpaɣ-ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “river-okpaɣa”, Calpocalyx bre-



*    vibracteatus.



*okpe [ ˩ ˥ ] big, large, great; okp-



*    erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a big tree; okp-ɛhoho



*    [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “great wind”: storm,



*    tornado; okp-ɛse [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] a big



*    present; okp-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] an im-



*    portant lawsuit matter; okp-ɛzɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a big law-suit; okp-iɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]



*    a large amount of money, a



*    heavy fine; okp-owɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “big



*    foot”: walking with legs wide



*    apart; swagger; okp-oxuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    a “big”, i.e. rich, woman; okp-



*    ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “big talk”: boasting,



*    hence: okp-ɔtagb-unu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ] a



*    “big talk kills mouth”: a



*    boaster who does not consider



*    his words; okp-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] a



*    “big”, i.e. rich, important, man;



*    okp-unu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “big mouth” (?);



*    usually translated by “word of



*    mouth”: an utterance that is



*    not meant seriously, not out of



*    one’s own heart; also, boasting.



*okpe [ ˥ ˩ ] a flute made from a



*    calabash played by villagers at



*    home and when working at the



*    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ].



*okpe [ ˩ ˩ ] wine-tapper.



*okpetuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a secret ceremony



*    performed every morning and



*    evening at the Ɛgwae [ ˩ ˩ ], about



*    the time of ugi-erh-ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ];