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*oɽe [ ˥ ˥ ] (also oɽeɽe) (1) town; -

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*    ɛdo [ ˥ \ ˥ ] or [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] Benin City;

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*    oɽ-ogiso [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “town of Ogiso

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]”: bright side of a cloud

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*    (small children are told that

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*    Ogiso’s town is of a similar

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*    beauty); oɽ-egwi [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “town of

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*    tortoise”: dark and ragged side

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*    of cloud (told to small children,

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*    probably because it is rough like

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*    the shell of a tortoise). (2) street.

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*    (3) outside (the house).

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*oɽeɽe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a certain animal,

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*    roots corn out a few days after

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*    it is sown; it is believed to pray

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*    to God by standing on its hind

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*    legs and rubbing its fore-legs; a

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*    hunter shooting at it at this

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*    moment is supposed to miss it.

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*oɽi [ ˥ ˥ ] corncake (usually wrapped

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*    in a big leaf); oɽi‿olɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a ball

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*    of mud with a hole at the top

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*    representing a servant of Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], the god of palm kernels

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*    and divination.

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*oɽiwo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a shrub, “bitter-leaf”,

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*    Vernonia amygdalina; leaf used

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*    in a soup, v. unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; oɽiw-

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*    eni [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (eni [ ˩ ˥ ] “elephant”)

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*    a tree, Vernonia conferta; bark

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*    used in the preparation of a

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*    soup; v. unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*oɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] a coral bead hat, pointed

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*    in the middle, worn by the Ɔba

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*    and Ezɔmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; some other

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*    chiefs (Osuã [ ˥ ˩ ] and Ɔsa [ ˥ ˩ ])

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*    substitute a woven hat (from

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*    the uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ] palm) for it; the

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*    latter wear the oɽo every time

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*    they go to the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*oɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] secret practices (referring

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*    e.g. to such practices in witch-

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*    craft, the worship of gods, ugie

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ], and to the “bull-roaring”

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*    as practised by the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-

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*    society); cf. Yor. oro [ ˧ ˩ ].

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