bathe, and small animals drink
water there, and can be caught;
cf. amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
ohioɽo [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] solitary, used with
the verb mu [ ˥ ] only, e.g. of a
derelict house; v. iʋie [ ˩ ˩ ].
ohiɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] a tree, Dialium
guineense; used as firewood only.
Ohiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] Niger; idiom.: ya xwi
ɛɽ-ohiʋ̃i (ya long) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “take
lock its Niger (i.e. big flood)”:
finish the long argument at that,
or, with this decision; cf. Ibo
osimiri [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
ohoɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] empty; ihu‿ɔg-ohoɣa
ʋ-azɛkpɛe (ho [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ] I
want an empty bottle afterwards.
ohoɣe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] lie; ohoɣe‿ita [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
what I am telling (you) is a lie;
cf. ohoɣoi [ ˩ \ ˩ ], ohoɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].
ohoɣo 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a dance performed
at second burials and at ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]:
it is danced in a revolving circle,
the dancers wear only an ebu-
luku [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] and have bells in
their hands.
ohoɣo 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] dew on the grass.
ohoɣoi [ ˩ \ ˩ ] lie; cf. ohoɣe [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
ohoho [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] whole; intact.
Ohoʋe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,
seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.
ohɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] name of a tree (Entandro-
phragma?); v. igɛdu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
ohũ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga
[ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (c.o.c.o.); of
Yor. origin?
ohũ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Xylopia (?); very
straight and smooth; wood used
in roofing, as rafters and poles.
Ohu-ɔba [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] leader of the “gang”
ewua [ ˥ \ ], the people who wake
the Ɔba.
ohu [ ˩ ˩ ] anger; ohu mu ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
“anger is catching me”: I am
getting angry.
