ewawa may be an ɔbo n-ɔz-isɛ
[ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a doctor who chooses
seeds”, i.e. one who gives the
name of a suspect to each one
of several seeds (when trying to
find out the perpetrator of an
offence), and finds the guilty
one by means of ewawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
The ordeal-doctors, ɔb-itã [ ˩ \ ˩ ]
are ɔb-it-õfigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] “palm-
oil-ordeal-doctor”, ɔb-it-ẽbe
[ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “leaf-ordeal doctor”, or
ɔbo n-ɔd-itã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (one who
knows all sorts of ordeals). The
experts for the feather- and
sasswood-ordeals have no special
name besides that of ɔb-itã.
The witch-doctor, ɔbo n-ɔwa
n-azɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] “doctor who gives
food to the witches”, also called
ɔbo n-ɔy-ada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “doctor who
goes to the cross-roads”, leads
negotiations with witches and
pacifies them by gifts of food
from his clients. The “curing
doctor”, ɔb-odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], bears no
outward sign of his profession,
but is usully very competent
and cures people for money or
for their services. A doctor who
makes his diagnosis by looking
into his patients’ eyes (in case
of illness or “juju-trouble”) is
called ɔbo n-ɔmi-ãɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] i.e.
“a doctor who looks eye”.
An antisocial individual working
with “bad medicines” may be
called ɔb-ɛrhia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a “spoil-
doctor”. A “doctor” who travels
round the country and makes
a living by it is called ɔbo
n-ɔy-eria [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “a doctor who
goes grazing”. The four types
of oracle doctors are represented
by different people. The ɔb-
