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*odĩ [ ˥ ˩ ] deaf and dumb person; cf.



*    Yor. odĩ [ ˥ ˥ ].



*odibo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] favourite servant who



*    knows all the secrets of his



*    master.



*odigba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) broad coral collar



*    worn by the Ɔba and some



*    chiefs; often seen in brass-



*    work; e.g. L.R. p. 23. (2) ap-



*    pellative for a pig’s neck.



*odiɣi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) natural pond or lake



*    as caused by a river (e.g. at



*    Ɔbajere, Iyanɔmɔ, Udo and Aɽi^



*    nya [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]); v. ɔɣɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (2) an



*    ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] near Udo [ ˩ ˥ ].



*odĩɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] sacrificial killer (be-



*    heading at human sacrifices in



*    the old days); cf. ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ].



*odo [ ˥ ˥ ] (wooden) mortar; cf.



*    Yor. odo [ ˧ ˥ ].



*odo 1 [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) mangrove, Afzelia



*    bipindensis; also called odo n-



*    inia [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “the root mangrove”,



*    from its many long roots; odo



*    n-ɔwɛe [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the male man-



*    grove” is Rhizophora racemosa,



*    with stronger wood. (2) sort of



*    potash (stronger than ikaũ [ ˩ ˥ ]);



*    obtained from the wood of the



*    mangrove by cooking it and



*    leaving the water to evaporate



*    on the fire; used to thicken soups



*    (owo [ ˩ ˥ ]), and also in the pre-



*    paration of medicines.



*odo 2 [ ˥ ˩ ] a disease: probably



*    ascites.



*ododo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] scarlet-cloth; cf. Yor.



*    ododo [ ˩ ˩ / ].



*Ododua [ ˥ / \ ] name of a mas-



*    querade held during agwɛ‿ɔɣɛnɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; the masquerade is also



*    called ɛɽiʋ̃i‿ododua [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ / \ ];



*    cf. Yor. Odudua [ ˧ / ˥ ˩ ] and Bini



*    Oɣodua [ ˥ ˩ \ ].



*odɔ [ ˩ \ ] there (further away than



*    eʋa [ ˩ \ ], and less distinct); iɽ̃ã