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*    his own account; idiom.: ɔkpɔʋ̃a



*    xĩ-ɔ̃dado [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a “helper” has



*    become a trader of his own: a



*    man who was a nobody before,



*    has become important now.



*ɔdafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) husband; ɔdaf-ɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ / ] your (sgl.) husband. (2) a



*    man with many wives and child-



*    ren; cf. ɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ], ukp-afɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɔdanyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] drunkard; cf. da [ ˥ ],



*    anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔdaʋ̃ofigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “oil-tester”:



*    produce inspector; cf. daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    ofigbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɔdɛkuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] buying on credit; cf.



*    kuɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ɔxiɛ̃kuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; v. iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ],



*    dɛ [ ˥ ], xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ].



*ɔdiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (pl. e-) (1) senior (among



*    some people); m-ɔɽ-ɔdiɔ̃ ʋ-ima



*    eha n-ɔxiã na [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I am the



*    senior among us three who are



*    going here. (2) senior, headman,



*    of a sib, in ɔdĩ-ɛ̃gbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]; v.



*    ɔka‿ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]. (3) pl., age-



*    group of old men; it usually



*    consists of men who are more



*    than fifty years of age; they



*    supervise manual work in the



*    village, entertain strangers, and



*    perform the village sacrifices at



*    the ɔgw-ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], their meeting



*    place, which is also the shrine



*    of the deceased ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] of the



*    community. They prepared ɛbo



*    [ ˩ \ ] for the safe return of the



*    iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] in case of war. The



*    ediɔ̃ n-enɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], the four elders,



*    also called ikadɛl-enɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the



*    four pillars, are the four men



*    who are in control of the internal



*    affairs of a village. These do not



*    necessarily include a chief re-



*    siding in the village. Their head



*    is the ɔdiɔ̃-weɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the most



*    senior man in the village, and



*    the three others are called