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*oyimaa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] exclamation of an-

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*    noyance, damn!

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*oyiya [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] comb; oyiy-erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    wooden comb; cf. Yor. ooya [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*oyo [ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of raffia ( “bam-

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*    boo”), not common; produces a

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*    very intoxicating wine.

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*oyoʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] hunting-camp, with

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*    a temporary shed; cf. yo 1 [ ˥ ],

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*    ʋiɛ [ / ]; v. akpɛkpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], eko

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ], agɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*oze [ ˩ ˥ ] lead (metal); cf. Yor.

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*    oje [ ˩ / ].

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*ozi 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] crab.

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*ozi 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] a strong wind, good for

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*    farm-burning; ozi la [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a

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*    strong wind is blowing; idiom.:

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*    ozi l-uxuʋ̃u rie [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “ozi has

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*    passed above and gone away”,

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*    i.e. has not had any effect: an

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*    impending punishment has not

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*    been carried out; ozi o [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] an

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*    exclamation during farm-burn-

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*    ing, when a wind is blowing;

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*    to urge wind and fire on; cf.

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*    Yor. oji [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ozikpalɔ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] lizard.

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*oziya [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Daniellia thuri-

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*    fera; exudes a gum that is used

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*    as a candle, mainly by hunters

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*    on their travels; when heated it

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*    is adhesive; cf Yor. ojia [ ˩ / ].

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*ozubu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a curly-haired dog.

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*ozuɔba [ ˥ / ˥ ] another expression

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*    for oloi [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*ɔ- [ ˩ ] conjunctive pronoun of the

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*    3rd pers. sgl.

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*ɔ̃ãxɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a kind of ogi [ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    (ikp-ogi [ ˩ \ ˩ ]); it is a climbing

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*    plant; fruit is white. (2) corpse,

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*    v. ikũ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*Ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ] the ruler of Benin who

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*    lives in the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] at Benin

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*    City; among his praise-names are

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*    akpɔlɔkpɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], uku [ ˥ ˥ ], v.

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