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*    and scattered everwhere; its



*    greeting is la‿ɛrɛe [ ˥ ˩ \ ]; v. ɛgbɛe



*    [ ˩ \ ], Ubi [ ˥ ˥ ].



*Ogida [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) name of a village



*    situated on the Siluko Road.



*    (2) help in childbirth; often given



*    by inhabitants of the above-



*    mentioned village, though now-



*    adays it is no longer their special



*    task.



*ogidigbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a drum (similar to



*    oxa [ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. Yor. ogidigbo [ ˩ ˩ ˧ ˥ ].



*ogie [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a ruling chief, or,



*    hereditary village-head; in



*    some praise-names the word



*    also applies to the Ɔba, e.g.



*    in ogie n-ɔny-agbɔ̃ nya‿ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the rule who pos-



*    sesses world and (possesses)



*    world of the dead”; ogie n-ɔgbɔ-



*    ʋ̃a ɛdɛ n-uwu‿ix-ɔ̃ʋ̃a (xɔ̃ [ / ])



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] “the ruler who



*    kills a man on the day when he



*    is not in need of death”. The



*    following expressions containing



*    ogie have a special meaning:



*    ogie‿iʋi-otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a ruler



*    cannot sleep on the ground”:



*    a platform for sleeping, made of



*    sticks and planks; also, a Euro-



*    pean bed; v. akpɛkpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; ogie



*    n-ɛʋ̃ɔ‿ũɽoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “a ruler



*    who has no servants”: act of



*    making an ihoi [ ˩ ˩ ] in the



*    game called isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*    (2) senior, headman; ogi-ewaisɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] senior of the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    who attend to the Ɔba’s Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ];



*    he represents the Ɔba at that



*    shrine and acts for him. (3) main;



*    chief; principal, of animals,



*    plants, objects; ogi-avã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    midday; ogi-ɛkpɔɣɔe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] a



*    tree bigger than ɛkpɔɣɔe [ ˩ ˩ \ ];



*    perhaps identical with uʋi n-



*    Esã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; og-ihuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] a