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*ɔɽa [ ˩ ˥ ] ocro cut and dried, then



*    pounded to powder: thus it lasts



*    from three to five months, and



*    can be taken as provision when



*    travelling (otherwise it would



*    only last two weeks); this dried



*    ocro is used for soups.



*Ɔɽa 1 [ ˥ ˩ ] a god of the Ɔba; v. Ɔsa



*    [ ˥ ˩ ], Osuã [ ˥ ˩ ].



*Ɔɽa 2 [ ˥ ˩ ] a village situated on the



*    Ifon Road, ten miles from



*    Benin City.



*ɔɽe 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (also: ɛɽe, eɽe, -ɽ-) a



*    particle emphasising the word



*    it follows, e.g. ebe ɛɽ-itie [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ]



*    “it is a book that I am read-



*    ing”; this particle is also used



*    in stories, etc., at the beginning



*    of a sentence, in order to link



*    it to the preceding sentence;



*    it is also used with a following



*    nɔ [ ˥ ] in the meaning “that,”



*    e.g. ɔɽe nɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] that’s it; cf.



*    ɽe 2 [ ˥ ]; v. ni [ / ], ɔni [ ˥ / ].



*ɔɽe 2 [ ˩ ˥ ], [ ˥ ˩ ] (also ɛɽe) possessive



*    pron. 3rd pers. sgl.: “his, her,



*    its”. After nasalised vowels, ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃



*    (ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃) is used.



*ɔɽɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of bean.



*ɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] paralysis; ɔɽɔ kiʋ̃i‿ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “paralysis has struck



*    him”: he is paralysed.



*ɔɽɔ [ ˥ / ] a cactus, Hugonia platy-



*    sepala; it is also called urhuaɽo



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “eye-blinder”, because its



*    latex blinds a man, if it touches



*    his eye.



*ɔɽɔgiɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a rattle composed of



*    a piece of wood carved with



*    grooves in which hard pellets



*    move.



*Ɔɽɔma [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of a river; it has



*    the epithet: Ɔɽɔma n-ɔnyi k-okũ



*    (ke) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] “Ɔɽɔma near the



*    sea” (though there is no other



*    river of the same name).