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*    ogie [ ˩ ˩ ], ɛkpɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ], tɔ [ ˥ ], agbaɣe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], Aɣehi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. Yor. ɔba [ ˧ ˧ ].



*ɔbadã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Ficus vogellii;



*    it often occurs parasitically



*    on other trees; a praise-



*    name: ɔbadã n-ɔkok-iʋi‿ahĩaʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “ɔb. that feeds the



*    children of birds”, i.e. all the



*    birds, because the fruit is eaten



*    by birds.



*ɔbafi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] hunting; the hunt; used



*    with the verbs ɽu [ ˥ ] and rie



*    [ / ], but apparently not alone.



*ɔbanabe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a shrub, Spheno-



*    centrum jollyanum; its straight



*    root goes so deep into the earth



*    that nobody is believed to be able



*    to find its end; v. ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*Ɔbazenu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (Yor. ɔba ju lu



*    [ ˧ ˧ ˩ / ] “the Ɔba surpasses the



*    country (?)”) a chief; 2nd senior



*    at Iw-ɛguae [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; the title is



*    not hereditary; v. Eseɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*Ɔbazuaye [ ˥ ˥ / ˥ ] “the Ɔba chooses



*    the pleasure of the world”; a



*    chief, the third in rank at the



*    Ib-iwe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] society, or the



*    second, as far as the actual work



*    of the society is concerned, as



*    Osodĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], the first chief in



*    rank, represents the Ɔba’s father,



*    and cannot take part in it; cf. Ɔba



*    [ ˥ ˥ ], zɛ [ ˥ ], uwa [ ˩ ˩ ], aye [ ˥ ˥ ].



*ɔbe (also ɛbe) [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) harm; okpia



*    na ɽu eʋ̃i ɔbe gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] this



*    man has done a very dangerous



*    thing (i.e. having dangerous



*    consequences, not only an action



*    entailing danger, such as e.g.



*    kllling a leopard; but it may



*    refer e.g. to a barber cutting



*    one’s hair without skill, so that



*    it looks bad, or to curing a



*    wound in a painful way). (2) un-



*    satisfactory (scil. work); cf.



*    ɛbe [ ˩ \ ]; v. ɔmɔbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].