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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.