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*oyimaa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] exclamation of an-



*    noyance, damn!



*oyiya [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] comb; oyiy-erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    wooden comb; cf. Yor. ooya [ ˩ ˩ ].



*oyo [ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of raffia ( “bam-



*    boo”), not common; produces a



*    very intoxicating wine.



*oyoʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] hunting-camp, with



*    a temporary shed; cf. yo 1 [ ˥ ],



*    ʋiɛ [ / ]; v. akpɛkpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], eko



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], agɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*oze [ ˩ ˥ ] lead (metal); cf. Yor.



*    oje [ ˩ / ].



*ozi 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] crab.



*ozi 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] a strong wind, good for



*    farm-burning; ozi la [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a



*    strong wind is blowing; idiom.:



*    ozi l-uxuʋ̃u rie [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “ozi has



*    passed above and gone away”,



*    i.e. has not had any effect: an



*    impending punishment has not



*    been carried out; ozi o [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] an



*    exclamation during farm-burn-



*    ing, when a wind is blowing;



*    to urge wind and fire on; cf.



*    Yor. oji [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ozikpalɔ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] lizard.



*oziya [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Daniellia thuri-



*    fera; exudes a gum that is used



*    as a candle, mainly by hunters



*    on their travels; when heated it



*    is adhesive; cf Yor. ojia [ ˩ / ].



*ozubu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a curly-haired dog.



*ozuɔba [ ˥ / ˥ ] another expression



*    for oloi [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ].



*ɔ- [ ˩ ] conjunctive pronoun of the



*    3rd pers. sgl.



*ɔ̃ãxɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a kind of ogi [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    (ikp-ogi [ ˩ \ ˩ ]); it is a climbing



*    plant; fruit is white. (2) corpse,



*    v. ikũ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*Ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ] the ruler of Benin who



*    lives in the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] at Benin



*    City; among his praise-names are



*    akpɔlɔkpɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], uku [ ˥ ˥ ], v.