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*    in use; said to be preferably

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*    used by masters (ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ]) of

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*    the art of ogwɛga-divination.

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*omu [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Entandrophrag-

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*    ma candollei; similar to ɛkpiro

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].

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*omuhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ / ] beginning; cf. mu 1

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*    [ ˥ ], hɛ̃ [ / ].

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*omumu 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] soldier-ant.

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

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*    have two heads.

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*omunya [ ˩ ˩ / ] (1) somebody or

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*    something put on top. (2) seventh

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*    innings at ayo [ ˥ ˩ ] game; cf.

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*    mu 1 [ ˥ ], nya [ / ].

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*ona [ ˩ ˥ ] sketch, pattern.

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

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*    it is cold; oni fi (or, bũ) gbe

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

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

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*    feeling cold.

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

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*    the Ɔba, without fringes, L.R.

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*    p. 23; v. ɛde [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*onurho [ ˩ \ ˩ ] gateway, passage of

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

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*    pound gate leading to street;

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*    gate in house leading to street;

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

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*    leading to the backyard.

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*onusɛe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of white yam

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*    that has many leaves; v. ema 2

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*onwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] sun (in the sky); onw-

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

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

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

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

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*    generic name).

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*onwina [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] carpenter, nowadays

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

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*    and onwina denotes the Ɔba’s

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*    carpenters only; it also occurs

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*    in the name of the quarter Iduʋ̃-

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

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*    nwina [ ˩ ˥ ].

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