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*ɔbɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] a salutation (similar to



*    Yoruba oku, ɛku [ ˧ ˥ ]) which is



*    followed by another word to



*    specify time, occupation of the



*    one addressed, etc.; ɔb-urhiɔʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “salute with awaking”:



*    good morning (also ɔb-owiɛ o



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]); ɔb-avã [ ˥ \ ˩ ] good day;



*    ɔb-ota [ ˥ \ ˩ ] good afternoon,



*    or, evening (from ca. 3 p.m.);



*    ɔb-oxiã [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “salute with the



*    walk”: welcome! (used to some-



*    body arriving after a journey, or



*    met on the road going home);



*    ɔb-inwina [ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ] “salute with



*    work”: greeting used while



*    finding somebody at work; ob-



*    eʋ-aɽu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “salute with what is



*    being done” is more usual: well



*    done! The latter is also used



*    when praising some piece of work



*    referred to in conversation; v.



*    xĩ [ / ].



*ɔbɛɽɛkoko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a timber tree.



*ɔbɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] stammerer; cf. b-ɛʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɔbiɔmɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] parent; cf. biɛ [ ˥ ],



*    ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], ɔbiɔmɔĩrieʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ].



*ɔbiɔmɔĩrieʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ] “a parent-



*    (who)-does-not-eat-anything”:



*    an imaginary person invoked



*    by parents when their children



*    worry them during meals. They



*    tell them yati-ɔbiɔmɔĩrieʋ̃i re



*    [ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ˥ ] go and call ɔb.! to



*    get rid of them for a while;



*    cf. ɔbiɔmɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], ɽe [ ˥ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ].



*ɔbo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (pl. e-) a “doctor”; there



*    are oracle-, witch- and ordeal-



*    doctors as well as those who



*    cure, or make rain. The oracle-



*    doctors are composed of four



*    different groups according to



*    the different kinds of oracles;



*    there are ɔb-ogwɛga [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ], ɔb-



*    ewawa [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ], ɔb-akpɛlɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ],