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*    at one side, thus having three



*    walls only; “parlour”; ɔgu-osũ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “parlour” of Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ];



*    a private ɔgwa [ ˩ ˥ ] where



*    the Osũ shrine is kept; this



*    is situated in the bath-room



*    (ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ]). Native “doctors”



*    cure their patients there; the



*    patients enter by means of a



*    back entrance in order to ensure



*    the privacy of the house. In the



*    case of other people, Osũ is kept



*    secret from the eyes of visitors.



*    (2) ɔgu-ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] smithy (Bini



*    smithies are open to the road).



*    (3) ɔgu-ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] meeting place



*    of the elders in Bini villages; it



*    is likewise open towards the



*    street; discussions and sacrifices



*    to the Ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] are held there.



*ɔgwagwa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a trap for animals.



*ɔgwaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a trap for animals,



*    similar to ɛʋirhi [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔgwalerhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “tree-finder”:



*    man (or men) who searches for



*    timber trees in the forest (a



*    timbermen’s expression); cf.



*    gwalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔgwemɔto [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “motor-puller”:



*    not so much used as edɽaeva [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “driver”; cf. gwa 1, emɔto



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɔgweva [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “knowing-two”:



*    double-faced people; men who



*    foster trouble by backing both



*    parties; ɔgweva n-ɛitɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “a



*    double-faced man that cannot



*    be despised” because nobody



*    knows his real intentions, and,



*    therefore, his power is con-



*    siderable+; cf. gwɛ [ ˥ ], eva [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔgwiɛzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] litigant; cf. gwi [ ˥ ],



*    ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ].



*ɔgwotɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] slow time in dancing;



*    v. ɛgbe [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔgbã [ ˥ ˩ ] thirty; cf. Yor. ɔgbɔ̃ [ ˧ ˩ ].