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*  and ɔb-ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ]. The ɔb-
* ewawa may be an ɔbo n-ɔz-isɛ
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a doctor who chooses
* seeds”, i.e. one who gives the
* name of a suspect to each one
* of several seeds (when trying to
* find out the perpetrator of an
* offence), and finds the guilty
* one by means of ewawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
* The ordeal-doctors, ɔb-itã [ ˩ \ ˩ ]
* are ɔb-it-õfigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] “palm-
* oil-ordeal-doctor”, ɔb-it-ẽbe
* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “leaf-ordeal doctor”, or
* ɔbo n-ɔd-itã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (one who
* knows all sorts of ordeals). The
* experts for the feather- and
* sasswood-ordeals have no special
* name besides that of ɔb-itã.
* The witch-doctor, ɔbo n-ɔwa
* n-azɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] “doctor who gives
* food to the witches”, also called
* ɔbo n-ɔy-ada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “doctor who
* goes to the cross-roads”, leads
* negotiations with witches and
* pacifies them by gifts of food
* from his clients. The “curing
* doctor”, ɔb-odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], bears no
* outward sign of his profession,
* but is usully very competent
* and cures people for money or
* for their services. A doctor who
* makes his diagnosis by looking
* into his patients’ eyes (in case
* of illness or “juju-trouble”) is
* called ɔbo n-ɔmi-ãɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] i.e.
* “a doctor who looks eye”.
* An antisocial individual working
* with “bad medicines” may be
* called ɔb-ɛrhia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a “spoil-
* doctor”. A “doctor” who travels
* round the country and makes
* a living by it is called ɔbo
* n-ɔy-eria [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “a doctor who
* goes grazing”. The four types
* of oracle doctors are represented
* by different people. The ɔb-