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*    ʋ̃ɛɽo-people and from Use [ ˩ ˩ ]; cf.



*    xiã [ ˥ ].



*oxiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) the part near the edge



*    of a flat object, e.g. a table, v.



*    igɛ̃gɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; ɣɛsi-ɛe k-ɔxi-ɔɽe n-ɔ^



*    ɣɛde (sikɛ [ ˥ / ]) [ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    don’t pull it to the edge of the



*    table in case it falls. (2) some-



*    thing that fills a hole; oxi-ɔgɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] cork; rhi-oxiɛ gũ ʋ̃ɛ ya xi-



*    ɔgɔ na [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “give me a cork



*    to (take) and cork (xiɔ [ / ]) this



*    bottle!” oxi-ɛwu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] button;



*    oxi-ɛwu ʋ̃ɛ fiã fua [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] my



*    button came off; cf. xiɔ [ / ].



*oxixã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the tree which bears



*    oɣeɣe [ ˥ / ˩ ]; also called erh-



*    õɣeɣe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] and even simply



*    oɣeɣe which, however, is rightly



*    the name of the fruit; very



*    hardy; used for utɔ̃yotɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    hedges (serving as poles for



*    eru [ ˩ ˥ ]).



*oxogbo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] farm-hut made of



*    sticks and thatched with palm



*    leaves.



*oxogbo 2 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a women’s style of



*    hair-dressing, worn, like okuku



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], at ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] time; the hair is



*    heightened with uke [ ˩ ˥ ] and



*    drawn together over the fore-



*    head where it is knotted; v.



*    uɽo [ ˥ ˥ ], eto [ ˩ ˥ ].



*oxoxo [ ˥ / ˩ ] striking with one



*    or two knuckles; v. gbe [ ˥ ]; so



*    [ ˥ ].



*oxɔɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] continuous quarrelling or



*    enmity; cf. xɔ̃ [ / ].



*oxuɛ̃ 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Ricinodendron



*    africanum.



*oxuɛ̃ 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] a cloth woven from the



*    fibres of raffia leaves.



*oxuo [ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. i-) woman; ixu-



*    ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “women of the



*    harem”, e.g. an address in the



*    greeting wado‿ixu-ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ]