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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] or iɽoɣae [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (3) president



*    of a society or “club”; cf. Yor.



*    formations with ol-.



*olɔ [ ˥ ˥ ] grind-stone; cf. Yor.



*    ɔlɔ [ ˧ ˥ ].



*olɔkɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] only in olɔkɔʋ̃-ɛ̃ho



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] windpipe and olɔkɔʋ̃-



*    ɔ̃(ũ)rhu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] a big heron-



*    like bird with a long neck; cf.



*    urhu [ ˩ ˩ ].



*olɔkpa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] policeman; cf. Yor.



*    ɔlɔkpa [ ˧ ˥ / ].



*olufeɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a whistle; cf. Yor.



*    fere [ ˩ ˩ ].



*olugbegbe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (also oligbegbe)



*    goitre.



*oluku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] young one (of animals);



*    oluku‿esi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] young pigs;



*    oluku ɛwe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] young goats;



*    oluku ohuã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lambs.



*oma [ ˥ ˩ ] a large tree, Cordii



*    millenii; wood used for planks.



*omɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] unopened palm branches



*    tied as a fringe over a village-



*    gate or the gate of the shrine of



*    a deity; renewed at each annual



*    sacrifice and also used as fringes



*    in masquerade-dancers’ dress;



*    yagb-omɛ re n-atã y-aɽu‿ɛbɔ



*    [ / ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “go and cut omɛ



*    and let us go and spread them



*    (tã [ ˥ ]) over (the) shrine!”



*omɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] sorrow, affliction, such as



*    expressed by a certain click; cf.



*    mɛ [ ˥ ].



*omi [ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of white yam; v.



*    ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].



*omiaʋ̃ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] iguana; unyehɔ



*    ʋ-omiaʋ̃ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ (2-1) ˩ ] “you are



*    deaf like the iguana”, i.e. you



*    hear faint sounds, but not loud



*    ones; cf. ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ominigie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] class of people who



*    possess no titles; cf. egie [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ominigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] another expres-



*    sion for ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ] not so much