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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) or yam branches to the



*    poles (v. n-ema [ ˥ ˩ ]) with the two



*    parts thus obtained). (2) period;



*    ʋ-ɔwaɽ-ɛdɛ-hoho [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] for (the



*    period of) a whole day (v. ohoho



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]). (3) (ʋ)-ɔwaɽ-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]



*    (a) at the same time: ɔd-ehia ʋ-



*    ɔwaɽ-ɔkpa (dɛ [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he



*    bought (it) all at the same time;



*    (b) suddenly; at once; iwaɽ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃-



*    ɔ̃waɽ-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I knew him



*    at once.



*ɔwegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “the strong one”:



*    a tree found in the grassy plains



*    (ato [ ˩ \ ]); it has leathery



*    leaves: cf. wo [ ˥ ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔwɛe [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) male; ɔm-ɔwɛe [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    male child, boy (used by old



*    men); v. ukpo [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) a strong,



*    robust man.



*ɔwɛe [ ˩ \ ] farmer (the best word,



*    and generally used by the old



*    people); some young people mis-



*    takenly think that it only



*    applies to the Ɔba’s farmers, and



*    use, therefore, ɔgbugbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔwɛwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a mortar in shape of



*    a funnel; it is fixed to the



*    ground, filled with powder and



*    lit by a fuse; used in second



*    burials, mainly of chiefs.



*ɔwɛwɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] course of an un-



*    finished sentence. Seems to



*    occur only with ʋ- “in”, in an



*    idiom given under s-ukpɛ [ ˩ ˥ ];



*    cf. wɛwɛwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], wɛ [ / ].



*ɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] a big bat-like animal.



*ɔxa [ ˥ ˥ ] the cotton tree, Ceiba



*    pentandra; the seeds are used



*    for stuffing pillows (ukohuʋ̃u



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]).



*ɔxã [ ˩ ˩ ] white ants; termites.



*ɔxae [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) hero; brave man;



*    strong man; ɔxa-evɛ̃ okpia na xĩ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] this man is a champion



*    in wrestling. (2) also e.g. a man