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*    with a following relative sen-



*    tence?); ʋ-ɔɣ-iɣ-erha ʋ̃ɛ n-axa



*    ni [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ] concerning my



*    father’s money about which we



*    were speaking....



*ɔɣɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] plantain; ɔɣɛd-ebo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “European plantain”:



*    banana; ɔɣɛdɛ negiɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “small plantain” (a special kind



*    of plantain); ɔɣɛd-ɛgbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    “bush-plantain”: a tree, Anoni-



*    dium manii; so called on account



*    of its soft wood and fast growth;



*    cf. Yor. ɔgɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔɣɛnɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (1) irreplaceable (?),



*    unchangeable (?), in ɔɣɛn-osa



*    [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the unchangeable God”;



*    agwɛ‿ɔɣɛnɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] an ugie con-



*    secrated to Osa [ ˩ ˩ ]. (2) Bini



*    name for the Ɔni at Ile Ife [ ˧ ˥ ˧ ˩ ],



*    cf. Yor. Ɔɔni [ (3-1) ˧ ]. (3) a piece of



*    kola (in those that consist of



*    five pieces) having three edges



*    on the tip; when the kola is



*    broken and the pieces are re-



*    arranged, ɔɣɛnɛ cannot be put



*    into another place but the one



*    which it originally had.



*ɔɣɛɽɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] hymen; oxuo n-



*    amahefiã-ɽ-ɔɣɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] vir-



*    gin; cf. fiã [ ˥ ]; v. ʋa [ / ].



*ɔɣide [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] method of growing



*    yams with the support of single



*    ikpɛsi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] only, i.e. without any



*    ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (and without n-ema [ ˥ ˩ ],



*    i.e. without tying the yam



*    branches from one ikpɛsi pole to



*    the other).



*ɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] respect; ɔm-ɔɣɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    “child of respect”: greeting-



*    formula to a woman after de-



*    livery: “may your child respect



*    you”; cf. Yor. ɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*Ɔɣɔdɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] name of a river in



*    which Ɔxwahɛ’s [ ˩ / ˩ ] dog is



*    said to have perished.