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*    cephalus esculentus; though a



*    deciduous tree, it is never quite



*    leafless.



*oʋiʋi [ ˩ / ˩ ] idiomatic for arhuaɽo



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “blind man”.



*oʋiʋiɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a snake, “black mam-



*    ba”; spits; poisonous; believed



*    to crow like a cock; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ];



*    cf. Jekri obibi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*oʋuxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he-goat; cf. Yor.



*    obukɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˧ ].



*oʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ] measuring implement



*    (rope, tape, etc.); oʋ̃a na matã sɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ \ ] this measure is not



*    long enough; cf. ʋ̃a [ / ].



*oʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] a small tree, Combretum



*    platypterum.



*owa [ ˥ ˥ ] market-stall (a palm- or



*    bamboo-shed).



*owa [ ˩ ˥ ] a house; a roofed place;



*    ow-amɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] water-tank; ow-



*    ebe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “book-house”: school;



*    ow-egbagbɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “faith-house”:



*    church (also ow-iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ], v.



*    ɛsɔsi [ ˩ \ ˩ ]); ow-ehe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] room in



*    which women live secluded



*    during menstruation (at od-



*    ɛriɛ); ow-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] house built



*    of mud; ow-ɛbɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “god’s



*    house”: house containing the



*    shrine of a god; temple (ow-



*    ihɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] is not used); ow-ɛgbima



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] house built of cane and



*    plastered over with mud (Jekri



*    type); ow-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ] shop (v.



*    esabu [ ˩ \ ˩ ], owa [ ˥ ˥ ]); ow-ɛzɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] Native Court building;



*    ow-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “(roofed) dust-



*    bin”, v. ot-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “a place



*    where refuse is thrown”; ow-isã



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] latrine, better egb-owa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; ow-iwowo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] shack



*    built of planks.



*oweɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] old age; only in



*    a song: uɣari‿ɔba, uɣuri‿oweɽe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “when you reign