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*ɔɣɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (artificial) pond; wide,



*    but not deeper than two men’s



*    length; there are three in Benin



*    City, one of them being ɔɣɔd-



*    ɛgũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], a pond situated in the



*    Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ] quarter (v. ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ]);



*    cf. Yor. ɔgɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔɣɔdɔgbɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a cane found in



*    the bush; it is similar to sugar-



*    cane, but not edible; v. uxwerhe



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔɣɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a trap for animals,



*    consists of a rope with a noose



*    which is tied to a forked stick;



*    animals caught in the noose are



*    strangled when the stick is



*    caught by obstacles in the way.



*ɔha 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] bride; also oʋi‿ɔha



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; cf. irhiɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔha 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (c.o.o.o.); of



*    Yor. origin?



*ɔha 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] catarrh; a cold in the



*    head; ɔha sa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] I have a



*    cold (v. sa 2 [ ˥ ]).



*Ɔha 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] name of a river forming



*    part of the western boundary of



*    the Bini-speaking territory (v.



*    Is-iloko [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ])+.



*ɔhae [ ˩ \ ] a grown-up man with-



*    out a wife: a bachelor or



*    widower; emu-ɔhae [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “ashes



*    of a bachelor”: ashes from a



*    bachelor’s hearth, are used in a



*    cure for elapurhu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] (fugitive



*    swellings), but bachelors con-



*    sider their being taken as a



*    mockery; cf. ɔha [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).



*ɔhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] present; gift; ɔhɛ uɣuho



*    n-uɣaɽe ugbugbɛhia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]



*    lit. “present (it is that) you like



*    to eat (receive) all the time”;



*    cf. Yor. ɔfɛ [ ˩ / ].



*Ɔhɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba who was



*    crippled in his later days and



*    has been cast in brass as a