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*    in use; said to be preferably



*    used by masters (ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ]) of



*    the art of ogwɛga-divination.



*omu [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Entandrophrag-



*    ma candollei; similar to ɛkpiro



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*omuhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ / ] beginning; cf. mu 1



*    [ ˥ ], hɛ̃ [ / ].



*omumu 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] soldier-ant.



*omumu 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a snake believed to



*    have two heads.



*omunya [ ˩ ˩ / ] (1) somebody or



*    something put on top. (2) seventh



*    innings at ayo [ ˥ ˩ ] game; cf.



*    mu 1 [ ˥ ], nya [ / ].



*ona [ ˩ ˥ ] sketch, pattern.



*oni [ ˩ ˩ ] cold weather; oni fi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    it is cold; oni fi (or, bũ) gbe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is very cold; oni gbe ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “cold is killing me”: I am



*    feeling cold.



*onikɛkɛzɛ [ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] a headgear of



*    the Ɔba, without fringes, L.R.



*    p. 23; v. ɛde [ ˥ ˥ ].



*onurho [ ˩ \ ˩ ] gateway, passage of



*    gate; onurh-oɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] outer com-



*    pound gate leading to street;



*    gate in house leading to street;



*    onurh-iyek-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ] gate



*    leading to the backyard.



*onusɛe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of white yam



*    that has many leaves; v. ema 2



*    [ ˩ ˩ ].



*onwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] sun (in the sky); onw-



*    ota [ ˩ \ ˩ ] evening sun (from the



*    late afternoon); v. ovɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*onwi [ ˩ ˩ ] cow (special term for the



*    female, while ɛmila [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] is a



*    generic name).



*onwina [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] carpenter, nowadays



*    ekabita [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] is used generally,



*    and onwina denotes the Ɔba’s



*    carpenters only; it also occurs



*    in the name of the quarter Iduʋ̃-



*    onwina [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] at Benin City; cf.



*    nwina [ ˩ ˥ ].