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*  cripple, v. L.R. 51 (on 52
* uncrippled) and R.D. xvii, 1,
* 2, 4.
*ɔhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] red ant; builds its nest
* by threading leaves together in
* the shape of a ball, and lives
* inside; they live mostly on kola
* and unwɔnwɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ] trees; they
* are said to tremble ( “shake”)
* always and are therefore used
* by doctors, when making “medi-
* cines” for frightening people
* (and other purposes).
*Ɔhɛ̃nika [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a chief who per-
* forms the purification rites in
* cases of suicide in Benin City
* (at Ogbe and at the quarter
* where the suicide occurred). He
* is not the “land-owner”.
*ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) headman (always fol-
* lowed by a genitive); ɔka‿ɛgbɛe
* [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] headman of a sib; ɔka‿
* ɛrhia [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] ringleader (in a bad
* sense); ɔka-kuo [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] war-chief;
* ɔka‿olotu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] a title appear-
* ing in the history of Benin,
* “headman of headmen” (Egh.
* Hist.), also “senior headman”.
* (2) when used alone: master of
* ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
*ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ] corn (maize); cf. Yor. ɔka
* [ ˧ ˩ ] and Ibo ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ].
*ɔkã [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga
* [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (c.c.c.o.); (a) ɔkã
* n-abe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] the same position
* occurring on both strings of
* seeds; it foretells quarrel, hence
* (b) idiom.: quarrel; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ];
* (c) in erhã n-ɔgb-ɔkã n-abe
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a creaking tree; of Yor.
* origin? A combination of ɔkã
* with odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] is ɔkãdĩ [ ˩ / ˥ ]
* which is used as an idiomatic
* word for “heart” (v. ɛkokodu
* [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ]) by old men and masters
* of the ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination.