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*ɔvasaɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] sawyer; gang of



*    sawyers; cf. va 1 [ ˥ ], asaɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɔvãʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] a traveller who



*    breaks his journey somewhere



*    in order to sleep; cf. vã [ / ],



*    ʋiɛ [ / ].



*Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) name of a river.



*    (2) name of the god associated



*    with the above-named river.



*    (3) a society worshipping the



*    god Ɔvia; its members have to



*    undergo a three or four months’



*    initiation away from home; the



*    members perform masquerade-



*    dances imitating the twisting of



*    the creeper alɛkɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] which



*    is sacred to the god; the society



*    has a secret language of its own;



*    v. Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ], iye [ ˥ ˥ ], odede [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],



*    ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔviɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] slave; the word is used



*    with tree names following in the



*    genitive relationship in order to



*    denote other trees: ɔvĩ-ɛ̃dũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    Garcinia polyantha; ɔv-ĩnyi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    Erythrophloem (guineense and



*    micrantha); ɔv-ĩtue [ ˩ ˥ \ ] Harun-



*    gana madagascariensis; wood is



*    stronger than that of itue [ ˥ \ ],



*    but it has no red latex as itue has;



*    ɔvĩ-okã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (F.D. list only)



*    Fillacopsis discophora; ɔvĩ-ũniɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] same as aɣako [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; F.D.



*    list has Xylopia quintasii.



*ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ] reluctance; reluctant;



*    redupl. ɔvo‿ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] reluc-



*    tantly; cf. igbɔvo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], gbe 1



*    [ ˥ ].



*ɔʋa [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga



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



*    Yor. ɔbara [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔʋehe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] another; another one;



*    ɔʋehe ɔna xĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] another



*    one is this; iɽayarhi-ɔʋehe re



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ] I am going to bring



*    another one.