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oyimaa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] exclamation of an-
    noyance, damn!
    
oyiya [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] comb; oyiy-erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
    wooden comb; cf. Yor. ooya [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
oyo [ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of raffia ( “bam-
    boo”), not common; produces a
    very intoxicating wine.
    
oyoʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] hunting-camp, with
    a temporary shed; cf. yo 1 [ ˥ ],
    ʋiɛ [ / ]; v. akpɛkpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], eko
    [ ˩ ˥ ], agɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
oze [ ˩ ˥ ] lead (metal); cf. Yor.
    oje [ ˩ / ].
    
ozi 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] crab.
    
ozi 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] a strong wind, good for
    farm-burning; ozi la [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a
    strong wind is blowing; idiom.:
    ozi l-uxuʋ̃u rie [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “ozi has
    passed above and gone away”,
    i.e. has not had any effect: an
    impending punishment has not
    been carried out; ozi o [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] an
    exclamation during farm-burn-
    ing, when a wind is blowing;
    to urge wind and fire on; cf.
    Yor. oji [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ozikpalɔ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] lizard.
    
oziya [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Daniellia thuri-
    fera; exudes a gum that is used
    as a candle, mainly by hunters
    on their travels; when heated it
    is adhesive; cf Yor. ojia [ ˩ / ].
    
ozubu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a curly-haired dog.
    
ozuɔba [ ˥ / ˥ ] another expression
    for oloi [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ].
    
ɔ- [ ˩ ] conjunctive pronoun of the
    3rd pers. sgl.
    
ɔ̃ãxɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a kind of ogi [ ˩ ˩ ]
    (ikp-ogi [ ˩ \ ˩ ]); it is a climbing
    plant; fruit is white. (2) corpse,
    v. ikũ [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
Ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ] the ruler of Benin who
    lives in the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] at Benin
    City; among his praise-names are
    akpɔlɔkpɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], uku [ ˥ ˥ ], v.