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*oɽe [ ˥ ˥ ] (also oɽeɽe) (1) town; oɽ-



*    ɛdo [ ˥ \ ˥ ] or [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] Benin City;



*    oɽ-ogiso [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “town of Ogiso



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]”: bright side of a cloud



*    (small children are told that



*    Ogiso’s town is of a similar



*    beauty); oɽ-egwi [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “town of



*    tortoise”: dark and ragged side



*    of cloud (told to small children,



*    probably because it is rough like



*    the shell of a tortoise). (2) street.



*    (3) outside (the house).



*oɽeɽe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a certain animal,



*    roots corn out a few days after



*    it is sown; it is believed to pray



*    to God by standing on its hind



*    legs and rubbing its fore-legs; a



*    hunter shooting at it at this



*    moment is supposed to miss it.



*oɽi [ ˥ ˥ ] corncake (usually wrapped



*    in a big leaf); oɽi‿olɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a ball



*    of mud with a hole at the top



*    representing a servant of Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], the god of palm kernels



*    and divination.



*oɽiwo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a shrub, “bitter-leaf”,



*    Vernonia amygdalina; leaf used



*    in a soup, v. unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; oɽiw-



*    eni [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (eni [ ˩ ˥ ] “elephant”)



*    a tree, Vernonia conferta; bark



*    used in the preparation of a



*    soup; v. unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*oɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] a coral bead hat, pointed



*    in the middle, worn by the Ɔba



*    and Ezɔmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; some other



*    chiefs (Osuã [ ˥ ˩ ] and Ɔsa [ ˥ ˩ ])



*    substitute a woven hat (from



*    the uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ] palm) for it; the



*    latter wear the oɽo every time



*    they go to the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ].



*oɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] secret practices (referring



*    e.g. to such practices in witch-



*    craft, the worship of gods, ugie



*    [ ˩ ˩ ], and to the “bull-roaring”



*    as practised by the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-



*    society); cf. Yor. oro [ ˧ ˩ ].