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*    (i.e. have many children). Only



*    after this installation of the



*    Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila kernels is the teaching



*    started which takes more than



*    a year, and at the end of which



*    the pupil becomes an ɔb-



*    ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila. Some of these doctors



*    are farmers, some traders. They



*    also concern themselves with



*    cures, and they also learn about



*    medicines. The oracle plays a



*    part in their cures by naming



*    the leaves to be used in special



*    cases (by quoting previous in-



*    stances). The money given to



*    the ɔb-ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila does not enable



*    him to live on his practice as is



*    the case with ɔb-ewawa. Ordeal



*    doctors are not priests.



*Ɔbo 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] name of a sib; their



*    headman is the ogi-ugo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],



*    and their greeting la‿ɔbo [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].



*    They are said to be the best



*    doctors among the Binis; their



*    centre is Ugo N-iyek-orhiɔʋ̃ɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] which is one of the



*    centres of the Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ] cult as



*    well. Not every “doctor” be-



*    longs to this sib; v. ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ].



*ɔbowa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] house-builder; cf.



*    bɔ [ ˥ ], owa [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔbɔdidi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (also ɔbɔtidi) bad luck;



*    the term involves the idea that



*    some “palaver” is the result of



*    the bad luck or accident; idiom.:



*    ɔgb-obɔ y-ɔbɔdidi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “he



*    knocked his hand into bad



*    luck”: he had an unlucky hand



*    (said e.g. when something has



*    slipped out of somebody’s hand



*    and broken); v. ɔkpɛtu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔbuohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (no pl.) “decider”:



*    judge; cf. bu [ / ], ohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v.



*    bu [ / ].



*ɔdado [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (a rather idiomatic



*    word): a trader who trades on