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*onwɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) (wild) bee; v. uvũ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) wax; v. also ipapa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*    (3) honey.



*onwɔnwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] toucan.



*onyaɣã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] trouble; cf. nyaɣã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*onyɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) slice; piece, e.g. of



*    fruit like kola when broken into



*    parts; onyɔʋ̃-ɔ̃kpa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] one



*    piece. (2) (one) side e.g. of the



*    road, or of a piece of cloth.



*ope [ ˥ ˩ ] calabash used for drinking



*    palm wine; oval iron arrow-



*    head.



*ora [ ˥ ˩ ] stain; spot.



*ore [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) acquaintances (all the



*    people a man knows); ɔʋ̃ɔ̃‿ore



*    gbe (ʋ̃ɛ [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he has many



*    acquaintances. (This meaning



*    given by A. was contested by



*    Ed., who wanted to translate



*    “acquaintances” by iho [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    only. He gave the following



*    meaning for ore.) (2) the present



*    generation; ore na‿iɽu‿eʋ̃i ɛsɛ



*    fo [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] “this generation



*    never does anything well”.



*orɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] pillar.



*oriaɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] bile; cf. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ].



*oriema [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a shrub; cf. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ],



*    ema [ ˩ ˩ ].



*oriɛʋɛ(e) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] kola-nut holder;



*    v. L.R. p. 243.



*oriɔxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] an old expression for



*    okpɛhoho [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ], efi [ ˩ ˩ ]; not



*    much in use nowadays.



*oriri [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] electric eel; its head is



*    used as a “medicine” in wrest-



*    ling: makes the wrestler in-



*    vulnerable and untouchable.



*oruaɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] (1) (any) relative-in-



*    law; (2) both parties of an agree-



*    ment for taking care of a cow,



*    goat, or fowl, call each other



*    oruaɛ̃; v. nwaniɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*orhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) the living strength



*    of a man; it is said to sit on