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*    women and children, when going



*    to the river, may pray there



*    for the increase of children in



*    the village. In its construction



*    ulelefe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (ant-heap) and



*    unwɛrhiɔ̃tã [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] (a tree) are



*    used.



*ɔmiarale [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] nickname for peo-



*    ple making it their occupation



*    to interfere with the doings of



*    others; cf. miɛ [ / ], arale [ ˥ / ˩ ].



*ɔmiɔʋ̃afã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] Saviour (Akugbe);



*    cf. miɛ [ / ], ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ], fã [ ˥ ].



*ɔmizɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] woman baking native



*    “rice”; “rice-baker”; cf. ma 4



*    [ ˥ ], izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (pl. e-) (1) son; child;



*    ɔm-eha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] three children (e- is



*    not used with numbers); ɔmɔ



*    n-ibiɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] the child I have



*    borne; ɔm-iwu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] son (in dis-



*    tinction from “grandson” or



*    “great-grandson”, v. iwu 2



*    [ ˩ ˩ ]); ɔm-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “child of



*    hand”: baby, v. enwɛ [ ˩ \ ];



*    ɔm-otɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “son of ground”:



*    native, inhabitant (of a par-



*    ticular village or country). ɔmɔ,



*    not oʋi, is used with biɛ [ ˥ ] “to



*    bear”, but it is not used with



*    possessive pronouns, which are



*    used with oʋi [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) appel-



*    lation for the Ɔba, Ezɔmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ],



*    and some chiefs (Ɛhi ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ];



*    Ihama [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], and all the mem-



*    bers of the Uzama [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]), when



*    referring to them, e.g. ɔmɔ



*    r-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] is the “son” at



*    home? The term is very re-



*    spectful, was said to mean



*    “free-born”; it is mostly used



*    in their own house, for, in the



*    presence of the Ɔba, only the



*    Ezɔmɔ has the right to be call-



*    ed ɔmɔ (besides the Ɔba); v.



*    d-ɔmɔ [ ˥ ˦ ], which, however, is