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*    in former times every un-



*    authorised witness of it was



*    killed, later heavily fined (v.



*    ulɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]).



*okpia [ ˩ / ] (1) man; okpi-oxuo



*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “woman’s man”: hen-



*    pecked husband. (2) male;



*    ɔʋox-õkpia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] boy.



*okpoto [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] toad.



*okpo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] dog (male).



*okpo 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] ridge-beam of roof.



*okpoʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] something like



*    “drumming while others are



*    sleeping”, “troubled sleep on



*    account of dances going on



*    during the night” (occurs in a



*    proverb); cf. kpe [ / ], ʋiɛ [ / ].



*ola [ ˩ ˩ ] menorrhoea.



*oladɔ̃dɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] uncircumcised man.



*oleɣã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] prisoner; cf. la [ ˥ ] (?),



*    eɣã [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. Yor. ɛlɛnwɔ [ ˧ ˥ ˩ ].



*Oliha [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a chief, first in rank



*    at the Uzama [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) a chief



*    of the Ogiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], living in his



*    quarter. Of Yoruba origin.



*olika [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) a tree (olika n-erhã



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]); its bark and roots,



*    when ground and applied to



*    the skin cure era [ ˥ ˥ ] “gan-



*    glion”. (2) a creeper (olika n-iri



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]); its roots are used in



*    curing a disease called “black-



*    tongue”. (3) condensed, es-



*    sential, e.g. in olik-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] a



*    word in which the essentials of



*    a situation or opinion are con-



*    densed; essence of a statement



*    as opposed to unnecessary



*    details.



*olima [ ˩ \ ˩ ] file; cf. Port. lima.



*olimɛhi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a kind of red yam;



*    swells considerably in cooking.



*Olisakeji [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] title used in



*    addressing the Ɔba when he



*    wears a certain dress; from Yor.



*    oriʃa keji [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] “the second