sawyers; cf. va 1 [ ˥ ], asaɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
ɔvãʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] a traveller who
breaks his journey somewhere
in order to sleep; cf. vã [ / ],
ʋiɛ [ / ].
Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) name of a river.
(2) name of the god associated
with the above-named river.
(3) a society worshipping the
god Ɔvia; its members have to
undergo a three or four months’
initiation away from home; the
members perform masquerade-
dances imitating the twisting of
the creeper alɛkɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] which
is sacred to the god; the society
has a secret language of its own;
v. Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ], iye [ ˥ ˥ ], odede [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],
ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
ɔviɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] slave; the word is used
with tree names following in the
genitive relationship in order to
denote other trees: ɔvĩ-ɛ̃dũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
Garcinia polyantha; ɔv-ĩnyi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
Erythrophloem (guineense and
micrantha); ɔv-ĩtue [ ˩ ˥ \ ] Harun-
gana madagascariensis; wood is
stronger than that of itue [ ˥ \ ],
but it has no red latex as itue has;
ɔvĩ-okã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (F.D. list only)
Fillacopsis discophora; ɔvĩ-ũniɛ
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] same as aɣako [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; F.D.
list has Xylopia quintasii.
ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ] reluctance; reluctant;
redupl. ɔvo‿ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] reluc-
tantly; cf. igbɔvo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], gbe 1
[ ˥ ].
ɔʋa [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga
[ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.c.c.c.); cf.
Yor. ɔbara [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
ɔʋehe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] another; another one;
ɔʋehe ɔna xĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] another
one is this; iɽayarhi-ɔʋehe re
[ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ] I am going to bring
another one.
