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*ɔʋoxã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (pl. ibiɛka [ ˩ / ˩ ])



*    (1) child; ɔʋox-ũʋi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ɔʋox-



*    õxuo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “child-woman”:



*    girl; ɔʋox-õkpia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] “child-



*    man”: boy. (There is only a



*    short nasalised glide in front of



*    the -o.) (2) (with possessive



*    pronouns only) wife; ɔʋoxã ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] my wife. (3) (only in the



*    pl. usually) servant (only with



*    possessive pronoun).



*ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] (pl. e-) man; person;



*    ɔʋ̃aikɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] everybody;



*    ɔʋ̃a rhɔkpa [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] (with negative



*    verb) nobody; ɔʋ̃a rhɔkpa ɣɛre



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] nobody shall come! ɔʋ̃a



*    n-ɔfe (pl. eʋ̃a n-ife) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] a rich



*    man; ɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] an intimate



*    friend; ɔʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “a man of



*    palaver”: a troublesome man



*    (but v. ɔʋ̃ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “madman”);



*    ɔʋ̃-otu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] member of a society,



*    v. oʋi [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔʋ̃-oɽoho [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] an



*    idle man; ɔʋ̃a n-ɛdo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a Bini



*    man; v. oʋi [ ˩ ˥ ], (e)d-.



*ɔʋ̃ababe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. e-) a man who



*    practises ababe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; a witch;



*    cf. ʋ̃ɛ [ / ], v. azɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] a form of the objective



*    (and possessive?) pronoun ʋ̃ɛ



*    (1st pers. sgl.) found after yi [ ˥ ]



*    “(to put) on, to”; idiom. ɔrhi-



*    ɛwu y-ɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he put a coat on



*    me, i.e. he put the blame on me.



*ɔʋ̃ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] madman; cf. eʋ̃ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ];



*    different from ɔʋ̃-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “a



*    troublesome man”.



*ɔwa [ ˥ ˥ ] epilepsy.



*Ɔwa 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] an Ika village on Benin



*    territory, near the Orhiɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    River.



*ɔwa 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] castrated animal (a goat



*    if nothing is added); ɛw-ɔwa



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] castrated goat; ɛmil-ɔwa



*    [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ], ɛxwi-ɔwa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] castrated



*    bull: ox (instead of the genitive