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*    “power escaped (lit. ‘capsized’?)



*    him”: he is tired (also ɛtĩ fu‿ɛe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “power was finished in



*    him”); orhiɔ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃ tĩ fua [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ / ]



*    “his power has flown away”:



*    he has lost heart (when faced



*    with a big task to be done; also



*    orhiɔ̃ ni‿ɛ̃). (3) soul (in the



*    Christian sense); ɔmi-orhiɔ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃ fã



*    ʋ-ob-oɽuxɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] he saved



*    his soul from sin. (4) Orhiɔ̃



*    N-ɔhuã-ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] (Bibl.) the



*    Holy Ghost.



*orhiɔ̃ni [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] laziness; ɔʋ̃-õrhiɔ̃ni



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] a lazy man; cf. orhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    ni 1 [ ˥ ].



*Orhiɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a river, usually called



*    Ossiomo.



*orhoʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] insult.



*orhoxwa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a staff ca. 6 feet



*    high used by old men when



*    walking; igb-orhoxwa y-ɔɽ-igbɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I hit his leg ( “calf”)



*    with my stick; v. ukpokpo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*orhɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) rainy season. (2)



*    harvest time; orha‿aye na, inya‿



*    iɣiɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] we are in the



*    harvest time now, yams are not



*    dear. (3) new (of field fruits);



*    cf. rhɔ [ / ].



*orhɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] (1) star; orhɔʋ̃ɛ



*    n-uxuʋ̃u [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] star of the sky;



*    ubaʋ̃-orhɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ˩ ] light of stars.



*    xxxxx



*    (2) a big brown beetle flying at



*    night; has a black head with



*    white markings; it is believed to



*    be a fallen star expelled from



*    the sky.



*orhɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] the Grey-breasted



*    Helmet-Guinea-Fowl (or Bush-



*    Fowl); orhɔʋ̃ɛ n-ɔkpɔlɔ [ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    a big guinea-fowl.



*orhu 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] a musical instrument,



*    probably some kind of horn,



*    with a big mouth; bass; v.



*    kpe [ / ].