xĩ-ɔ̃dado [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a “helper” has
become a trader of his own: a
man who was a nobody before,
has become important now.
ɔdafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) husband; ɔdaf-ɔ̃
[ ˩ ˩ / ] your (sgl.) husband. (2) a
man with many wives and child-
ren; cf. ɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ], ukp-afɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
ɔdanyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] drunkard; cf. da [ ˥ ],
anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
ɔdaʋ̃ofigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “oil-tester”:
produce inspector; cf. daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ],
ofigbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
ɔdɛkuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] buying on credit; cf.
kuɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ɔxiɛ̃kuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; v. iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ],
dɛ [ ˥ ], xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ].
ɔdiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (pl. e-) (1) senior (among
some people); m-ɔɽ-ɔdiɔ̃ ʋ-ima
eha n-ɔxiã na [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I am the
senior among us three who are
going here. (2) senior, headman,
of a sib, in ɔdĩ-ɛ̃gbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]; v.
ɔka‿ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]. (3) pl., age-
group of old men; it usually
consists of men who are more
than fifty years of age; they
supervise manual work in the
village, entertain strangers, and
perform the village sacrifices at
the ɔgw-ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], their meeting
place, which is also the shrine
of the deceased ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] of the
community. They prepared ɛbo
[ ˩ \ ] for the safe return of the
iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] in case of war. The
ediɔ̃ n-enɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], the four elders,
also called ikadɛl-enɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the
four pillars, are the four men
who are in control of the internal
affairs of a village. These do not
necessarily include a chief re-
siding in the village. Their head
is the ɔdiɔ̃-weɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the most
senior man in the village, and
the three others are called
