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*ogo [ ˩ ˩ ] overgrown clearing in the
* forest indicating site of an old
* farm; og-ugbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] is used with
* following ukpo [ ˩ ˥ ], e.g. in og-
* ugbo n-ukpo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] farm of last
* year; og-ugbo n-ɛkpia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ‿ / ]
* farm of last year but one (ogo
* alone is used as well).
*ogolo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] mantis; it is said to
* bring forth “snakes”, i.e. small
* longish worms that come out of
* the body of a killed mantis;
* therefore it is called ogolo n-ɔbi-
* ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “mantis that bears
* snakes”.
*ogoɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] male of a-, or ɔsɛlɛ
* [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; v. adekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
*ogɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] long monkey-tail; ogɔl-
* emɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] tail of monkey (more
* used than the single ogɔlɔ).
*ogũ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (pl. i-) (1) blacksmith,
* also: ogũ ematɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]; but
* ogũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] is brass-smith.
* (According to more recent infor-
* mation from A., only the i- pre-
* fix is used in both these expres-
* sions.) Both blacksmiths and
* brass-smiths are “gangs” of the
* Ɔba; the brass-smiths form a
* separate sib (v. Igũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]).
* (2) the planet Mars. (3) ogũ
* n-amɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a sea-animal
* (whale, shark?); breaks canoes
* with its back, therefore called
* n-ɔva‿okɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “that breaks
* canoes”; cf. Ogũ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ].
*Ogũ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] the god of iron, smiths,
* hunters, and warriors; one of
* the highest gods in rank; all the
* iron is under Ogũ. His sanctum
* in the house (every compound
* has an Ogũ) is composed of
* pieces of iron, but when a
* sacrifice is made all iron imple-
* ments must be taken to the
* Ogũ. If one does not sacrifice