O͉xo͉xovibie, Pleiades.
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O͉xo̯i, parasitic worm.
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Oxumwia̯inye, lightning.
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Oxwa͉lema, woman’s basket.
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Oxwo, pl. ixwo, woman.
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Oxwonodafenonyawa, head wife, second husband of
house.
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Oxwuhami, pregnant woman.
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O͉dafẹmẹ, my husband. §232 EDO DICTIONARY.
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Oda̯iha̯i, beads in line round forehead.
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Odalowa, in front of the house.
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Odalu, forwards ; road in front ; in front.
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Odame, I am sorry for.
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Odene͉re, a short way.
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Ode͉rie, woman’s quarter of house.
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O͉dẹsuhumu, crown of head.
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Ode͉no͉ma, right road.
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O͉diegbę̽, head of the family.
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Odi͉eke, back ; backwards ; at the back.
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Odiekowa, behind the house.
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O͉die͉wonaigwa, he is dead (of big man).
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Odige͉ge͉, door leading to oderie.
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Odima, we are sorry for.
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Odo, mortar (for pounding).
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Odoxumu, palm wine (from oil palm).
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O͉do͉loͅ, back, again.
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Oduduowa, doors leading to women’s quarters in big chief’s
house.
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O͉dukmo͉, weaver. §EDO DICTIONARY. 233
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Odumha, fabulous animal ; bullroarer.
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Ofiañpãpãpã, disagreeable (of taste).
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O͉fé, well ; rich man ; it has run away (of a dog).
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O͉fiotoͅ, bush rat ; grass cutter.
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O͉fiiṅwe, he is weaned.
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O͉forioͅ, suffocation.
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O͉fwegbe, better for me.
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O͉gá̯i̽, is it a present ?
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Oga̽wúla, will he die ?
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O͉gba̯igbe, trap (it ties body).
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O͉gba̽liha, he tied it wrong.
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O͉gbę, he broke the egg.
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Ogbole, forecourt of house.
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O͉ge̽le, pl. ige̽le, children, young ones. §234 EDO DICTIONARY.
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Ogia, pl. i͉gia, enemy.
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Ogida, a kind of drum.
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Ogye, pl. e͉gie, prince.
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Ogie͉va, mate (one wife of another).
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Ogyeviotoͅ, platform; table (lit. king cannot sleep on the
floor).
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Ogiukbo, mud platform for king’s throne.
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Ogyuzo, uzatoͅ, blackfronted duiker.
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Ogmorhue, it is marked with chalk.
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O͉goͅ, bamboo ; palm wine (from bamboo).
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Ogo, farm in its second year, or deserted farm.
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O͉go͉doͅ, waterhole, pond.
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O͉gọgmo͉, (it is) new.
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Ogo͉ma, plenty of men.
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Ogome, my own; iyavio͉gome, I take my own.
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O͉gowa, yours. §EDO DICTIONARY. 235
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Ogukbo, farm in second year.
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Ogumu, prisoner of war.
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Oguñ, blacksmith ; planet Jupiter.
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Oguname, hippopotamus.
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Oy̯ewe, herd of small goats.
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Ogu͉zuma, =Yoruba edu.
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O͉gwa, woman’s room in o̲derie ; man’s sleeping room.
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O͉gwenayawa, small room in o̲duowa.
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Ogwixi, I am a blacksmith.
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Ohabo͉, bow (archer’s).
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Ohae͉ku, small of back.
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Ohame͉gbeme, I am hungry.
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Ohimi, the Niger ; East.
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Ǫhoa, a suicide (by hanging).
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Ohogeta, I lie; tell falsehoods ; elohògeta, I don’t lie.
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Ohue͉xi, I am a hunter.
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Ohumo͉kuta, top of the rock.
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Ohumuda, a bad character. §236 EDO DICTIONARY.
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Oiyorhuewo, it is marked with chalk.
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o̯iyoͅ, comrade (in same Otu).
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O͉kakwo, pl. ekakwo ; captain, officer.
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Okaminahu, corn grows.
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Okba, rope for dripping water from palm trees into a pot.
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Okbe, flute (calabash).
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Okbè, maker of palm wine.
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Okbęluę, it is hard for him.
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Oke, mountain, hill ; Oke͉do, the hill above the Ikpoba.
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O͉ke͉ri, a pattern (concentric circles).
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Okma, sokma, tokma, without ; except.
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Oko, leaf for wrapping; ivory horn.
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Okó, “ old fellow ” ; olele oko, welcome, my friend.
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Okobizo, bush fowl. §EDO DICTIONARY. 237
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Okoki, pad for silencing door.
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O͉kp̠a, one (in composition); arhio͉kpa, one man.
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O͉kp̠adewugie, nineteen.
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O͉kp̠ainyogye, twenty-one.
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O͉kpa͉lo, big; okpalo͉se, bigger.
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Okpẹme, big words ; plenty of words.
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Okpigo, plenty of money.
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Okwevaxwe, soap balls.
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Okwia, pl. i͉kwia, man ; male.
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Okukwe̽ha, a style of hair dressing.
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O͉kusuebo͉, chief’s steward.
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Ole͉dohia, all Benin City.
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Olegwi, dark side of a cloud.
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Olele, ground squirrel.
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O͉leleme, he tickles me.
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O͉limi, pl. elimi,corpse.
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O͉lo͉xoͅ, soft. §238 EDO DICTIONARY.
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O͉luxwa͉laxwa͉la, rough.
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Olodo, socket for lock.
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Ologa̯i, pl. i͉loga̯i, youths ; third division of adult males.
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O͉lo͉gion, rattle (cane).
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Ologiso, bright side of a cloud.
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O͉lo͉ko͉meho, Adam’s apple.
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