agbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “god sent to the
world”; viz. me; Osayiʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ]
“god created me”; Osaɽ̃ɛ̃-xɔe
[ ˩ / / ˩ ] “God knows the mind”;
Igbĩn-osa [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “I shelter
with God”. These names are
now the only ones used by
Christians. A sign representing
Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] is the Osagbaye [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ],
a white cloth on a “bamboo”
pole in the compound; not
everyone has it. The meaning
of Osagbaye is doubtful. (2) God
in the Christian sense; cf. Yor.
oriʃa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (an old form of Osa
is Oisa, Oɽisa).
ose 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] beauty; cf. mu 1 [ ˥ ].
ose 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga
[ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.c.o.c.); of
Yor. origin?
oseɣe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] support, backing up
(in a fight, or in any trouble);
ɔsiʋ̃i‿oseɣe nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] he back-
ed him up.
osele [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] rope or tree put up
horizontally seven or eight feet
high as a rack for drying corn;
also osel-ɔka [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “corn-osele”.
osɛe [ ˥ ˩ ] witness; v. sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].
osiba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] act of bowing and
greeting with folded hands as
sign of acknowledgment to a
skilled dancer after his per-
formance.
osiko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] round part of a log cut
off in the process of squaring it,
“score” (expression used in
timber work); cf. Engl. score;
igbosiko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].
osisi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] gun; osisi n-agbeva
[ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] double barrelled gun;
cf. Ibo osisi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “tree, stick”.
ositua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Baphia pu-
descens.
oso [ ˩ ˥ ] lump; a whole piece;
