greeting is la‿ɛrɛe [ ˥ ˩ \ ]; v. ɛgbɛe
[ ˩ \ ], Ubi [ ˥ ˥ ].
Ogida [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) name of a village
situated on the Siluko Road.
(2) help in childbirth; often given
by inhabitants of the above-
mentioned village, though now-
adays it is no longer their special
task.
ogidigbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a drum (similar to
oxa [ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. Yor. ogidigbo [ ˩ ˩ ˧ ˥ ].
ogie [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a ruling chief, or,
hereditary village-head; in
some praise-names the word
also applies to the Ɔba, e.g.
in ogie n-ɔny-agbɔ̃ nya‿ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the rule who pos-
sesses world and (possesses)
world of the dead”; ogie n-ɔgbɔ-
ʋ̃a ɛdɛ n-uwu‿ix-ɔ̃ʋ̃a (xɔ̃ [ / ])
[ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] “the ruler who
kills a man on the day when he
is not in need of death”. The
following expressions containing
ogie have a special meaning:
ogie‿iʋi-otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a ruler
cannot sleep on the ground”:
a platform for sleeping, made of
sticks and planks; also, a Euro-
pean bed; v. akpɛkpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; ogie
n-ɛʋ̃ɔ‿ũɽoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “a ruler
who has no servants”: act of
making an ihoi [ ˩ ˩ ] in the
game called isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
(2) senior, headman; ogi-ewaisɛ
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] senior of the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]
who attend to the Ɔba’s Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ];
he represents the Ɔba at that
shrine and acts for him. (3) main;
chief; principal, of animals,
plants, objects; ogi-avã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]
midday; ogi-ɛkpɔɣɔe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] a
tree bigger than ɛkpɔɣɔe [ ˩ ˩ \ ];
perhaps identical with uʋi n-
Esã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; og-ihuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] a
