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*oɽoboto [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] hippopotamus (more



*    used than eni amɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. Jekri



*    otobo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (?).



*oɽoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] muddy pools, mud on



*    the road, “potto-potto”; oɽoɣo



*    r-odɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the road is muddy:



*    cf. ɽoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ].



*oɽoho [ ˩ \ ˩ ] idleness (only as a



*    genitive following ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ]).



*oɽoka [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] finger-ring (formerly



*    made of brass, bone, kernel (?),



*    iron and lead; now mostly of



*    silver); cf. Yor. oruka [ ˩ ˩ / ].



*oɽokɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] horse- or cow-tail;



*    handle sewn with leather; as



*    emblem of Ifa priests (ɔb-ɔɽ̃ɔ̃-



*    mila [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ]); v. iyɔyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*oɽu [ ˩ ˥ ] (also oɽuɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]) thread;



*    oɽu na ye tiɣitiɣi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] this



*    thread is twisted; cotton; oɽu^



*    ɽu‿ebo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a kind of shrub



*    used to demarcate boundaries;



*    oɽuɽu‿ɔxa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] seed of the



*    cotton tree.



*oɽu [ ˥ / ] a larva that lives in the



*    tapping-cut of palm trees (udĩ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] or ɔgɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]).



*oɽugbuɽu [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a stone (?) found



*    in the stomach, mainly of cows,



*    formed by their food; this is



*    believed to enable cows to eat



*    anything, and is accordingly



*    used as an antidote to poison.



*oɽuhu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a position in the og-



*    wɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.o.c.c.);



*    of Yor. origin?



*oɽuxɔ [ ˩ ˩ / ] wrongdoing, wicked-



*    ness; cf. ɽu [ ˥ ], xɔ [ / ].



*oɽ̃ĩɽ̃ĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a creeper, similar to



*    eb-ɔdɔ̃dɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ]: probably Vitex



*    cienkowskii.



*oɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] corpse; cf. ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; v.



*    ikũ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*oɽ̃iʋ̃iɣuɣu [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a tree, Antho-



*    cleista; has very broad leaves;



*    cf. oɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (?).