ing game by imitating noises,
e.g. by pressing one’s fingers to
the nostrils, as done by hunters;
cf. xa [ / ], kp-oxa [ ˩ ˥ ].
oxa [ ˩ ˩ ] a big round drum kept at
the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], about 5 feet high;
used to summon people to some
of the ugie [ ˩ ˩ ] ceremonies; v.
kpe 1 [ / ].
oxã [ ˩ ˩ ] a rat with pointed snout;
has an unpleasant smell; on
account of its smell it is called
oxã n-aʋ̃-ɛ̃ɽ̃iʋ̃i (aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
“oxã, wife of the dead”; it
cries fiɛ̃fiɛ̃fiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
oxi [ ˥ ˩ ] circle; circles are e.g.
made on the ground when
somebody is about to purify
himself after some breach of
taboo, v. ihɔʋ̃egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. oxi‿
uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] is the part of
the skull on which hair is
left when the crown of the head
is bald. Redupl. oxioxi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
round.
oxiã [ ˩ ˥ ] walk; oxiã wɔ ʋ̃-egbe
[ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] walking has tired me, I
am very tired; also egb-oxiã wɔ
ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ‿ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. xiã [ ˥ ].
oxiã [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) “walker”: driver-
ant, similar to asaʋ̃otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],
possibly identical. (2) oxĩ-ãsɔ̃
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “night-walkers”: a “gang”
of people who in former times
roamed through the streets of
Benin City and Use [ ˩ ˩ ], killing
everybody they met. The heads
of the victims were taken to a
shrine at the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], and
whoever killed fourteen people
in the course of one night, was
made a chief. They were elected
by the Eɣaɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] from the
quarter Iduʋ̃-ihogbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], the
Ogbelaka [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] people, the Isiɛ̃^
