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*ɔɽue [ ˩ \ ] (pl. i-) another wife of



*    the same husband; co-wife



*    “mate”; ɔɽue ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], ɔɽu-ɛ [ ˩ ˥ / ],



*    ɔɽu-ɔɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] my, your, her, co-



*    wife; oʋi‿ɔɽue [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] my co-



*    wife’s child.



*ɔɽuerɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a temporary lodger in



*    one’s house; a man who, having



*    no house of his own, stays at



*    somebody else’s house; cf. ɽu



*    [ ˥ ], erɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔɽueɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a cunning man (or



*    woman); cf. ɽu [ ˥ ], eɽo [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔɽuɛbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] heathen, the pure



*    Bini word for ikefeɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    (Yor., Hausa) which is, how-



*    ever, said to be more in use



*    nowadays, except in the bush-



*    villages; cf. ɽu [ ˥ ], ɛbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ], iɽuɛbɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔɽuiɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] thinker; cf. ɽo [ / ],



*    iɽo [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔɽuosa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] debtor; v. ɔkaɽuosa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔɽuɔʋ̃aeʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “teach-somebody-



*    things”: teacher; cf. ɽuɛ [ / ],



*    ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]; v. ɔma(ɔ)ʋ̃a-



*    eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] same as ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (world



*    of the dead). It is said to be a



*    word from the Akurɛ dialekt of



*    Yoruba, but to have been used



*    in Bini for a long time; cf.



*    Yor. ɔrũ [ ˩ ˧ ].



*Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] god of Ifa; cf. Yor.



*    ɔrũmila; v. oɽokɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔsã [ ˩ ˥ ] a kind of creeper; the



*    root is about as big as a yam;



*    the leaf is called eb-ɔsã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ].



*Ɔsa [ ˥ ˩ ] title of a chief living at



*    Iduʋ̃-igũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (brass-



*    smiths’ quarter). He used to



*    drink the blood of a human



*    victim (specially killed for him)



*    and to bathe in it during an



*    annual festival.