asɛsɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; oʋi‿aɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] pupil of
the eye; oʋi‿aɽaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] uvula;
oʋi‿ax-owɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “little pot
(i.e. bulge) of foot”: (pl.) iʋi‿awa
n-eha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the three young
dogs”: the belt of Orion
(N.W.Th.); oʋ-iwu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] one of
the tribal marks, stretching on
the left side from under the
mastix across the ribs to be-
neath the navel; not marked in
the Ɔba’s family; oʋi‿odo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]
“son of mortar”: pestle; oʋi‿
ogie kuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / / ] “the son of a
ruler does not set fire” because
its use as firewood is taboo to
all descendants of ogies; a tree;
Maesopsis eminnii; its wood
burns very badly and in a con-
cealed way; a purgative is
obtained from the bark; oʋi‿o-
gierhaʋ̃otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a ruler’s
son does not touch the ground”;
iʋi‿onudo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (pl.) tribal
marks on the cheeks: ovals
standing upright, not very long;
iʋi‿ovɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (pl.) “sons of the
sun”: small butterflies flying in
swarms, mostly of one colour
only; oʋi‿ududu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a ball
kept by ghosts in the palm of
the hand; whatever it touches
dies before daybreak; oʋi‿
ukwoki‿uguawɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] knee-
cap; oʋi‿ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a substitute
for a loin-cloth (ebuluku [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]
or abaʋ̃ute [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]), tied with a
strip of cloth serving as belt
(ɔza [ ˩ ˥ ]); also shawl covering
shoulders; oʋi‿uɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] im-
plement in the shape of a
“dumb-bell”, used in grinding
pepper on uro [ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. Iʋi‿eze
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; v. ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
oʋiaxɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a timber tree, Sarco-
