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*obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) arm, hand. (2) side;
* ob-erha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “father-hand”:
* right-hand side; ob-erh-ɔʋ̃a
* [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] a man’s right-hand side,
* v. odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; ob-iye [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “mother-
* hand”: left-hand side; hence
* also: ob-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] one way.
* (3) from (with eʋ- 1), e.g. ɔd-ɔe
* ʋ-obɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “he bought it
* in my hand”: from me. (4)
* handle, in ob-ikɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] handle
* of a bicycle. (5) “the hand”
* as a force that is worshipped;
* v. ikɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; (6) title of a
* chief who represents the Ɔba’s
* Obɔ (in the sense described
* under 5); one of the “body-
* titles” (egi-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]); cf. abɔ
* [ ˩ ˥ ].
*obɔkɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] quickness; alert-
* ness; obɔkɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-eʋ̃i n-aɽu yɛ
* ʋ̃ɛ nɛ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ (3-1) ˥ ] “his
* quickness in doing things pleases
* me much in him (nɛ [ \ ])”; cf.
* obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], kɛe 2 [ / ].
*obwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] clay from river bank,
* used by potters, and by black-
* smiths to build funnels for their
* bellows.
*odã [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ] odã [ ˥ ˥ ], and
* idãw-ɛsĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ]. The original
* meaning seems to be “heel”.
*odede [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] senior; grand-, in
* names of relationship, v. iye [ ˥ ˥ ]
* and erha [ ˥ ˥ ]; oded-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
* senior of the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-society;
* v. ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], iye [ ˥ ˥ ].
*odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) general term for way,
* road. (2) a cleared bushpath:
* od-abɔtɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] a short-cut not
* known to the public; od-ɔfiãmu
* [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ] short way (general term);
* cf. fiã [ ˥ ], mu [ ˥ ]; v. okuo [ ˩ \ ];
* od-oɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] entrance to the
* compound (from the street);
* v. obɛlɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], ukpo [ ˥ ˩ ], fiã [ ˥ ].