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*  his own account; idiom.: ɔkpɔʋ̃a
* xĩ-ɔ̃dado [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a “helper” has
* become a trader of his own: a
* man who was a nobody before,
* has become important now.
*ɔdafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) husband; ɔdaf-ɔ̃
* [ ˩ ˩ / ] your (sgl.) husband. (2) a
* man with many wives and child-
* ren; cf. ɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ], ukp-afɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
*ɔdanyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] drunkard; cf. da [ ˥ ],
* anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
*ɔdaʋ̃ofigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “oil-tester”:
* produce inspector; cf. daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ],
* ofigbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
*ɔdɛkuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] buying on credit; cf.
* kuɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ɔxiɛ̃kuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; v. iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ],
* dɛ [ ˥ ], xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ].
*ɔdiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (pl. e-) (1) senior (among
* some people); m-ɔɽ-ɔdiɔ̃ ʋ-ima
* eha n-ɔxiã na [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I am the
* senior among us three who are
* going here. (2) senior, headman,
* of a sib, in ɔdĩ-ɛ̃gbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]; v.
* ɔka‿ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]. (3) pl., age-
* group of old men; it usually
* consists of men who are more
* than fifty years of age; they
* supervise manual work in the
* village, entertain strangers, and
* perform the village sacrifices at
* the ɔgw-ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], their meeting
* place, which is also the shrine
* of the deceased ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] of the
* community. They prepared ɛbo
* [ ˩ \ ] for the safe return of the
* iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] in case of war. The
* ediɔ̃ n-enɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], the four elders,
* also called ikadɛl-enɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the
* four pillars, are the four men
* who are in control of the internal
* affairs of a village. These do not
* necessarily include a chief re-
* siding in the village. Their head
* is the ɔdiɔ̃-weɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the most
* senior man in the village, and
* the three others are called