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*oɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] married state; cf.

* ɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

*oɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] avocado-pear, Pachy-

* lobus edulis; another sort (list

* of Forestry Dept.): oɽ̃uʋ̃-ɛzɛ

* [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] “river-pear” Pachylobus

* barteri; yet another sort is:

* oɽ̃uʋ̃-ũxioxio [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ].

*osa [ ˩ ˥ ] debt; v. ɽu [ ˥ ], ɽe 1 [ ˥ ],

* ʋ̃ɛ [ / ].

*Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) the Bini high god,

* creator of the world; his worship

* seems to have developed mostly

* since the times of the Ɔba Ɛsigie

* [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]; he has shrines and priests

* in Benin City only; the cult

* was stated to be a later out-

* come of the early Portugese

* missionary activity developed

* after the departure of the Euro-

* pean missionaries. The cross

* plays a rôle in the cult: the

* Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] shrine at Akpakpava

* [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] street contains a cross

* and a kind of rosary, the state

* sword of the Ɔba (ada [ ˥ ˥ ]) that

* is used when he goes to aɽ-

* xxxxx

* osa [ ˩ \ ˩ ], the Osa shrine, was

* said to bear a cross, and the

* badges worn by participants in

* the new yam fast (agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ])

* which are distributed to them by

* the oh-ɔ̃sa [ ˩ \ ˩ ], the Osa priest,

* are in the shape of a cross. The

* three shrines in Benin City were

* said to stand on the sites of

* early Portuguese chapels. Osa

* is often called Osanobua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ],

* Erhaʋ̃osa [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ], “godfather”,

* and has also the names Oɣodua

* [ ˥ ˩ \ ], Ododua [ ˥ / \ ] (?), Udazi

* [ ˥ / ˩ ], and Itɛbitɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ], which

* have been taken over by Chris-

* tian translators. Many names

* containing the word Osa [ ˩ ˩ ]

* seem to be used by Christians
