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*    salute, you women of the harem!



*    Outside the Ɛriɛ, this term would,



*    however, refer to the Ɔba’s



*    wives, v. oloi [ ˥ ˥ ]; oxu-ɔdiɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] senior wife of a poly-



*    gamous household: oxu-ohaʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] pregnant woman; v. ɛkpo^



*    niyɛkɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ].



*oxuo 1 [ ˩ \ ] prescribed individual



*    portion of any common task.



*Oxuo 2 [ ˩ \ ] name of a deep river



*    near ɛki‿adɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; its praise-



*    name is oxuo n-iy-ɔmɔ [ ˩ \ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “Oxuo, the mother of children”.



*Oxuʋ̃a [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) name of a river,



*    near Ɛbue [ ˩ ˩ ]. (2) name of a



*    Bini deity (an ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]).



*oxurhuxurhu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] haphazardly;



*    at random (of people snatching



*    things in a hurry, e.g. when



*    cutting up a killed elephant);



*    cf. xurhuxurhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*oxwaba [ ˥ \ ˥ ] a tree, Homalium



*    macroptera; bark used for soup



*    for women after delivery.



*oxwae [ ˩ \ ] basket; oxwa-ɔlema



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “cook’s basket”: a bas-



*    ket in which the ingredients



*    for soups are kept on the fire-



*    place; cf. le [ ˥ ], ema [ ˩ ˩ ].



*oxwaxwa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] harmattan.



*oxwɛe [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a creeper. (2) fruit



*    of this creeper, a kind of nut



*    which is eaten with corn (maize).



*oya [ ˩ ˩ ] insult; disgrace; oya



*    gb-oɣiã ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “an insult has



*    killed (touched) my enemy”:



*    I have been insulted, or, met



*    with disgrace; v. oɣiã [ ˥ ˩ ],



*    ahĩaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ].



*Oyeɽu [ ˥ / ˥ ] name of a sib: its



*    hereditary head is chief Ezima



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] of Uhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] which is also the



*    centre of the sib; its greeting



*    in the morning is la-yeɽu [ ˥ / ˥ ].



*oyi [ ˩ ˥ ] thief, robber.