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    to it one may wound oneself
    with a knife or any other iron
    tool. A reason for a sacrifice may
    be the too frequent menstrua-
    tion of a woman. The sacrifices
    consist mainly of dogs, tortoises,
    and snails, and oil must be used
    in them; cf. ogũ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] and Yor.
    Ogũ [ ˩ / ]; v. ɛfae [ ˩ \ ].
    
oguã [ ˥ \ ] (1) a house at the
    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] in which agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]
    is held. (2) occurs in ɔɽuɛriɛ
    n-oguã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] eunuch in attend-
    ance in the royal harem; it seems
    that these eunuchs are victims
    of accidents during circumcision
    “due to their having been be-
    witched.”
    
oguãɣo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a timber tree, Khaya
    ivorensis, “Ogwango”.
    
ogue [ ˩ \ ] poverty (cannot be
    used with the verb gbe [ ˥ ]); v.
    oʋi [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
oguzuma [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a brown antelope.
    
ogwa [ ˥ ˥ ] fish-basket (trap).
    
ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) a tree, Detarium
    senegalense, also called erh-
    õgwɛga [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]; the seed is broken
    in two parts and put on strings
    (four halves on each string) as
    an instrument for divining.
    There is another tree bearing
    the name ogwɛg-odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ], “the
    deaf ogwɛga”, Klainedoxa gabo-
    nensis; its fruit is used as a
    substitute for the ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]
    proper, though it is not believed
    to be as useful for the oracle.
    Another substitute is the fruit
    of the axwɛxwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] tree. (2)
    the method of divination (v. also
    ominigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) in which the
    seeds of the above-mentioned
    tree are used. The instrument of
    divination consists of four strings
    each of which contains four