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*ɔɣɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (artificial) pond; wide,
* but not deeper than two men’s
* length; there are three in Benin
* City, one of them being ɔɣɔd-
* ɛgũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], a pond situated in the
* Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ] quarter (v. ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ]);
* cf. Yor. ɔgɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*ɔɣɔdɔgbɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a cane found in
* the bush; it is similar to sugar-
* cane, but not edible; v. uxwerhe
* [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].
*ɔɣɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a trap for animals,
* consists of a rope with a noose
* which is tied to a forked stick;
* animals caught in the noose are
* strangled when the stick is
* caught by obstacles in the way.
*ɔha 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] bride; also oʋi‿ɔha
* [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; cf. irhiɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*ɔha 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga
* [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (c.o.o.o.); of
* Yor. origin?
*ɔha 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] catarrh; a cold in the
* head; ɔha sa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] I have a
* cold (v. sa 2 [ ˥ ]).
*Ɔha 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] name of a river forming
* part of the western boundary of
* the Bini-speaking territory (v.
* Is-iloko [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ])+.
*ɔhae [ ˩ \ ] a grown-up man with-
* out a wife: a bachelor or
* widower; emu-ɔhae [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “ashes
* of a bachelor”: ashes from a
* bachelor’s hearth, are used in a
* cure for elapurhu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] (fugitive
* swellings), but bachelors con-
* sider their being taken as a
* mockery; cf. ɔha [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).
*ɔhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] present; gift; ɔhɛ uɣuho
* n-uɣaɽe ugbugbɛhia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]
* lit. “present (it is that) you like
* to eat (receive) all the time”;
* cf. Yor. ɔfɛ [ ˩ / ].
*Ɔhɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba who was
* crippled in his later days and
* has been cast in brass as a