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*    as Ɔba, you must attain (eat)



*    old age” and in ɔdiɔ̃weɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].



*owewe [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Combretoden-



*    dron africanum.



*owɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) foot, leg. (2) trace;



*    ɣ-owɛ n-esi ya l-eʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˩ \ ]



*    “look at the trace that the



*    (bush-) pig took to pass here”.



*    (3) wheel; ow-ikɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] bicycle-



*    wheel.



*owɛe [ ˥ \ ] broom, sweeping brush;



*    cf. Yor. ɔwɔ [ ˧ ˩ ].



*owi [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Buchholzia; its



*    fruit is eatable (looks like cooked



*    liver).



*owiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] morning; owiɛ ʋiɽiʋiɽi



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (or ʋiiʋii [ ˩ ˩ ]) early



*    morning when the mist still



*    obstructs the wide view, at



*    about 5 o’clock to 5.30; owiɛwiɛ



*    ʋ̃-ɔ̃kpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] some time after



*    the preceding, at about 6 o’clock.



*    Redupl. owi-owiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] every



*    morning.



*owo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] one (in counting).



*owo 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a soup prepared with



*    pepper ground on uro [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    crawfish (ize n-ɔfua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], also



*    ground on uro), and potash



*    (odo [ ˥ ˩ ], also ground) mixed in



*    oil (ɛʋi [ ˩ \ ]). Boiling water is



*    poured over it, whereupon it is



*    left to thicken (ki [ / ]). Poor



*    people use eʋ-axuɛ [ ˩ / / ] in-



*    stead of odo.



*owoɣo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] noise of a crowd; cf.



*    woɣo [ ˩ ˥ ].



*owowo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) heat. (2) quick



*    temper; ɔʋ̃-owowo [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] a



*    fiery, quick tempered man, v.



*    ibalegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (3) inflammation



*    of the lining of the uterus



*    (endometritis).



*owɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] eleven.



*oxa [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) story; gi-ado xaa-xa



*    (for xa‿oxa) [ ˩ / / ˩ ˥ ] let us