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*ny-unu [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. nya 1 [ ˥ ].
*nyuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to shine (of the
* sun); ovɛ̃ nyuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] the sun
* shone. (2) to become glazed, of
* eyes in death, or in a faint;
* followed by ɽua which is also
* shortened to ua, oa; ɔnyuʋ̃-ãɽo-a
* ʋ-ɔɽawu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “he changed
* his eye” when he was about
* to die.
*o [ ˦ ] (or [ ˧ ], according to the pre-
* ceding tone) an emphatic par-
* ticle, added e.g. to greetings;
* koyɔ o [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] hullo! (as reply, or
* used when at a distance from
* the addressed).
*oba [ ˩ ˥ ] a pattern similar to a
* chain; oba n-uɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “two
* hundred oba”: two chains in-
* terwoven.
*obele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] paddle.
*obɛko [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] side of abdomen; cf.
* ɛko [ ˩ \ ].
*obɛlɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] track cut through the
* bush with a matchet, not
* cleaned; mostly a casual track
* not destined to be used as a
* path. Once a track is cleared, it
* is an odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
*obi [ ˥ ˩ ] poison.
*obiɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a snake; striped and
* shining like velvet, very beau-
* tiful; harmless; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
*obiɽiki [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] throwing-net (for
* fish); cf. Jekri obiriki [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
*obobo 1 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a timber tree, two
* kinds: the white Obobo: obobo
* nɔfua [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]: Guarea Kennedyi;
* and the black: obobo nexwi
* [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] G. thompsonii.
*obobo 2 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a food: cooked yam,
* mashed with oil.
*obobo [ ˥ / ˩ ] flower.
*obodo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] turning rapidly round
* in dancing, pirouette; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].