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*    the chief of Oriɔ” as Ochro-



*    carpus africanus which was not



*    known as a special tree by the



*    informant; there are many otiɛ̃



*    at Oriɔ. The meaning of otiɛ̃ waɽe



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (F.D. List: Ochrocarpus



*    africanus) could only be: “are



*    you eating otiɛ̃?” It does not



*    seem to be a special name or sort



*    of otiɛ̃. otĩ-emɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “monkey-



*    otiɛ̃”: a tree, Panda oleosa.



*otiɣiɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] an idiomatic expres-



*    sion for ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. tiɣi [ ˩ ˥ ].



*otiti [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] fame; cf. titi [ ˩ ˥ ].



*otohio [ ˩ \ ˩ ] trap; catches animals



*    by their feet.



*otoɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] diarrhoea; curse: otoɽ-



*    ɔgb-uɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ‿ \ ] may diarrhoea



*    kill you!



*otɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] collective name for the



*    things carried in a procession



*    taking place at the second



*    burial (v. isotɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); they con-



*    sist of (1) a box (okũ [ ˩ ˥ ]) with



*    its lid open, but tightly covered



*    with white cloth so that no



*    opening is visible; brass figures



*    of animals (e.g. tortoise, leopard,



*    frog, fowl, fish, snake) are tied to



*    the cloth; on the top of okũ a



*    brass leaf in the shape of a



*    feather, about a foot long, is



*    fastened, as well as brass, wooden



*    and ivory figures e.g. of human



*    beings; (2) a cow or goat,



*    yams, a calabash of oil, a mat,



*    a salt-bag (ɛkp-uʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ (3-1) ]), given



*    by the sons of the deceased to



*    their sib (ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ]); v. ako [ ˩ ˥ ].



*otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] cf. otɔe [ ˩ ˩ ]; this form is



*    used after some verbs to in-



*    dicate a downward motion, e.g.



*    in gb-otɔ (gbe 1 [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ], s-otɔ (sɛ 1



*    [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ], and mi-otɔ (miɛ [ ˥ ])



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; idiom.: s-otɔ s-uxuʋ̃u



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “reach ground reach