noyance, damn!
oyiya [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] comb; oyiy-erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
wooden comb; cf. Yor. ooya [ ˩ ˩ ].
oyo [ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of raffia ( “bam-
boo”), not common; produces a
very intoxicating wine.
oyoʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] hunting-camp, with
a temporary shed; cf. yo 1 [ ˥ ],
ʋiɛ [ / ]; v. akpɛkpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], eko
[ ˩ ˥ ], agɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
oze [ ˩ ˥ ] lead (metal); cf. Yor.
oje [ ˩ / ].
ozi 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] crab.
ozi 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] a strong wind, good for
farm-burning; ozi la [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a
strong wind is blowing; idiom.:
ozi l-uxuʋ̃u rie [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “ozi has
passed above and gone away”,
i.e. has not had any effect: an
impending punishment has not
been carried out; ozi o [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] an
exclamation during farm-burn-
ing, when a wind is blowing;
to urge wind and fire on; cf.
Yor. oji [ ˩ ˩ ].
ozikpalɔ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] lizard.
oziya [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Daniellia thuri-
fera; exudes a gum that is used
as a candle, mainly by hunters
on their travels; when heated it
is adhesive; cf Yor. ojia [ ˩ / ].
ozubu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a curly-haired dog.
ozuɔba [ ˥ / ˥ ] another expression
for oloi [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ].
ɔ- [ ˩ ] conjunctive pronoun of the
3rd pers. sgl.
ɔ̃ãxɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a kind of ogi [ ˩ ˩ ]
(ikp-ogi [ ˩ \ ˩ ]); it is a climbing
plant; fruit is white. (2) corpse,
v. ikũ [ ˩ ˩ ].
Ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ] the ruler of Benin who
lives in the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] at Benin
City; among his praise-names are
akpɔlɔkpɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], uku [ ˥ ˥ ], v.
