deciduous tree, it is never quite
leafless.
oʋiʋi [ ˩ / ˩ ] idiomatic for arhuaɽo
[ ˩ \ ˩ ] “blind man”.
oʋiʋiɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a snake, “black mam-
ba”; spits; poisonous; believed
to crow like a cock; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ];
cf. Jekri obibi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
oʋuxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he-goat; cf. Yor.
obukɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˧ ].
oʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ] measuring implement
(rope, tape, etc.); oʋ̃a na matã sɛ
[ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ \ ] this measure is not
long enough; cf. ʋ̃a [ / ].
oʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] a small tree, Combretum
platypterum.
owa [ ˥ ˥ ] market-stall (a palm- or
bamboo-shed).
owa [ ˩ ˥ ] a house; a roofed place;
ow-amɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] water-tank; ow-
ebe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “book-house”: school;
ow-egbagbɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “faith-house”:
church (also ow-iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ], v.
ɛsɔsi [ ˩ \ ˩ ]); ow-ehe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] room in
which women live secluded
during menstruation (at od-
ɛriɛ); ow-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] house built
of mud; ow-ɛbɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “god’s
house”: house containing the
shrine of a god; temple (ow-
ihɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] is not used); ow-ɛgbima
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] house built of cane and
plastered over with mud (Jekri
type); ow-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ] shop (v.
esabu [ ˩ \ ˩ ], owa [ ˥ ˥ ]); ow-ɛzɔ
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] Native Court building;
ow-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “(roofed) dust-
bin”, v. ot-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “a place
where refuse is thrown”; ow-isã
[ ˩ \ ˩ ] latrine, better egb-owa
[ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; ow-iwowo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] shack
built of planks.
oweɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] old age; only in
a song: uɣari‿ɔba, uɣuri‿oweɽe
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “when you reign
