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*    (come and) tell a story! (2) call-



*    ing game by imitating noises,



*    e.g. by pressing one’s fingers to



*    the nostrils, as done by hunters;



*    cf. xa [ / ], kp-oxa [ ˩ ˥ ].



*oxa [ ˩ ˩ ] a big round drum kept at



*    the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], about 5 feet high;



*    used to summon people to some



*    of the ugie [ ˩ ˩ ] ceremonies; v.



*    kpe 1 [ / ].



*oxã [ ˩ ˩ ] a rat with pointed snout;



*    has an unpleasant smell; on



*    account of its smell it is called



*    oxã n-aʋ̃-ɛ̃ɽ̃iʋ̃i (aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “oxã, wife of the dead”; it



*    cries fiɛ̃fiɛ̃fiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*oxi [ ˥ ˩ ] circle; circles are e.g.



*    made on the ground when



*    somebody is about to purify



*    himself after some breach of



*    taboo, v. ihɔʋ̃egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. oxi‿



*    uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] is the part of



*    the skull on which hair is



*    left when the crown of the head



*    is bald. Redupl. oxioxi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    round.



*oxiã [ ˩ ˥ ] walk; oxiã wɔ ʋ̃-egbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] walking has tired me, I



*    am very tired; also egb-oxiã wɔ



*    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ‿ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. xiã [ ˥ ].



*oxiã [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) “walker”: driver-



*    ant, similar to asaʋ̃otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],



*    possibly identical. (2) oxĩ-ãsɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “night-walkers”: a “gang”



*    of people who in former times



*    roamed through the streets of



*    Benin City and Use [ ˩ ˩ ], killing



*    everybody they met. The heads



*    of the victims were taken to a



*    shrine at the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], and



*    whoever killed fourteen people



*    in the course of one night, was



*    made a chief. They were elected



*    by the Eɣaɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] from the



*    quarter Iduʋ̃-ihogbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], the



*    Ogbelaka [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] people, the Isiɛ̃^