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*    ruler’s child; oʋi ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “son



*    of a person”: a freeborn man.



*    (2) young of an animal; oʋi‿



*    ɛmila [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] calf; oʋi‿ɔxɔxɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] chicken. (3) young plant;



*    oʋi‿erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] young sapling



*    (also shrub). (4) member of



*    tribe or group within the society;



*    oʋi‿aleke [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] unmarried girl



*    of marriageable age. oʋi‿ɛdo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] Bini man. iʋi‿ore, [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] pl.,



*    young generation (up to about



*    thirty years of age). oʋi‿otu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] member of a band, or



*    society; pl. iʋi‿otu also denotes



*    servants living outside the house



*    (where they are serving), so that



*    e.g. iʋi‿otu erhã ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ]



*    usually means “the servants



*    of my father”. (5) men of a



*    certain social status or calling.



*    oʋ-iyokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] “son of cam-



*    paign”: warrior; hence: oʋ-



*    iyoku-Ekristi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “warrior



*    xxxxx



*    of Christ”, and oʋ-iyoku-Osa-



*    lobua [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “warrior of



*    God”: member of the Salvation



*    Army. (These terms stand for



*    the organisation when in the



*    plural.) oʋi‿ogue [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] (a) “son



*    of poverty”: a poor man,



*    (b) “poverty”, in oʋi‿ogue ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “my poverty”. (6) small,



*    short, in oʋi‿abɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] pen-knife



*    (but oʋ-iy-abɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “brother



*    of knife”: muscle abscess or



*    filaria); oʋi‿axe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a small



*    pot; oʋi‿ɛho [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a “small



*    voice” like that of a girl (more



*    rarely oʋi‿urhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); oʋi‿ɛgbo



*    xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] a short way



*    (“space”); oʋi‿ɛdɛ xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ]



*    a short time. (7) special ex-



*    pressions: oʋi‿akota [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] dog,



*    v. ekita [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], awa [ ˩ ˥ ]; oʋi‿



*    alumɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a small bird with a