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    (come and) tell a story! (2) call-
    ing game by imitating noises,
    e.g. by pressing one’s fingers to
    the nostrils, as done by hunters;
    cf. xa [ / ], kp-oxa [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
oxa [ ˩ ˩ ] a big round drum kept at
    the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], about 5 feet high;
    used to summon people to some
    of the ugie [ ˩ ˩ ] ceremonies; v.
    kpe 1 [ / ].
    
oxã [ ˩ ˩ ] a rat with pointed snout;
    has an unpleasant smell; on
    account of its smell it is called
    oxã n-aʋ̃-ɛ̃ɽ̃iʋ̃i (aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
    “oxã, wife of the dead”; it
    cries fiɛ̃fiɛ̃fiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
    
oxi [ ˥ ˩ ] circle; circles are e.g.
    made on the ground when
    somebody is about to purify
    himself after some breach of
    taboo, v. ihɔʋ̃egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. oxi‿
    uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] is the part of
    the skull on which hair is
    left when the crown of the head
    is bald. Redupl. oxioxi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    round.
    
oxiã [ ˩ ˥ ] walk; oxiã wɔ ʋ̃-egbe
    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] walking has tired me, I
    am very tired; also egb-oxiã wɔ
    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ‿ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. xiã [ ˥ ].
    
oxiã [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) “walker”: driver-
    ant, similar to asaʋ̃otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],
    possibly identical. (2) oxĩ-ãsɔ̃
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “night-walkers”: a “gang”
    of people who in former times
    roamed through the streets of
    Benin City and Use [ ˩ ˩ ], killing
    everybody they met. The heads
    of the victims were taken to a
    shrine at the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], and
    whoever killed fourteen people
    in the course of one night, was
    made a chief. They were elected
    by the Eɣaɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] from the
    quarter Iduʋ̃-ihogbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], the
    Ogbelaka [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] people, the Isiɛ̃^