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*  wood; also called ogba n-aya
* kp-ĩnya [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “stick that is
* taken to dig yams”; v. asɛgiɛ
* [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], ubi [ ˩ ˥ ].
*Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ] the quarter of Benin
* City in which the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] is
* situated; it is there that the
* Eɣaɛʋo N-ogbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] are living.
*ogbe [ ˥ \ ] next year; isɛ l-ogbe
* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] a salutation addressed to
* the giver of a present at ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]-
* time (cf. isɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], la [ ˥ ]); reply
* by the giver: ogbe magba rɔ
* [ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ (5-4) ] “(in the) new year
* we (shall) live together!”
*Ogbelaka [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a band of people
* serving the Ɔba on several
* occasions: they dance at the
* coronation-day, beat the drum
* enwini [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] at ugies [ ˩ ˩ ], and
* perform ikiewua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; they have
* a special quarter at Benin
* City.
*Ogbesɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ / ] name of a Bini
* village, seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ]
* shrine.
*ogbɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] house in which a big
* chief in Benin is buried; every
* chief living at the Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ]
* quarter must have such a house
* in oɽe n-ɔxwa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “the big
* town”, i.e. the other part of the
* town, as only the Ɔba is buried
* at Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ].
*ogbi [ ˥ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga
* [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.o.o.o.); cf.
* Yor. ogbe [ ˧ ˩ ].
*ogbigbi [ ˩ / ˩ ] rapid current of river,
* brook; ɛzɛ na lɛ‿ogbigbi [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ]
* this river (or brook) flows
* rapidly; idiom.: ogbigbi ɛzɛ lɛ
* [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] “rushing flows the
* river”: things are coming in
* plentifully; cf. gbigbi [ ˩ ˥ ].
*ogbodu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small but noisy
* bird, the pin-tailed Whydah.