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*    and pagans alike, e.g. Osagi-



*    agbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “god sent to the



*    world”; viz. me; Osayiʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ]



*    “god created me”; Osaɽ̃ɛ̃-xɔe



*    [ ˩ / / ˩ ] “God knows the mind”;



*    Igbĩn-osa [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “I shelter



*    with God”. These names are



*    now the only ones used by



*    Christians. A sign representing



*    Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] is the Osagbaye [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ],



*    a white cloth on a “bamboo”



*    pole in the compound; not



*    everyone has it. The meaning



*    of Osagbaye is doubtful. (2) God



*    in the Christian sense; cf. Yor.



*    oriʃa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (an old form of Osa



*    is Oisa, Oɽisa).



*ose 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] beauty; cf. mu 1 [ ˥ ].



*ose 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.c.o.c.); of



*    Yor. origin?



*oseɣe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] support, backing up



*    (in a fight, or in any trouble);



*    ɔsiʋ̃i‿oseɣe nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] he back-



*    ed him up.



*osele [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] rope or tree put up



*    horizontally seven or eight feet



*    high as a rack for drying corn;



*    also osel-ɔka [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “corn-osele”.



*osɛe [ ˥ ˩ ] witness; v. sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].



*osiba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] act of bowing and



*    greeting with folded hands as



*    sign of acknowledgment to a



*    skilled dancer after his per-



*    formance.



*osiko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] round part of a log cut



*    off in the process of squaring it,



*    “score” (expression used in



*    timber work); cf. Engl. score;



*    igbosiko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].



*osisi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] gun; osisi n-agbeva



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] double barrelled gun;



*    cf. Ibo osisi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “tree, stick”.



*ositua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Baphia pu-



*    descens.



*oso [ ˩ ˥ ] lump; a whole piece;