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obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) arm, hand. (2) side;
    ob-erha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “father-hand”:
    right-hand side; ob-erh-ɔʋ̃a
    [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] a man’s right-hand side,
    v. odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; ob-iye [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “mother-
    hand”: left-hand side; hence
    also: ob-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] one way.
    (3) from (with eʋ- 1), e.g. ɔd-ɔe
    ʋ-obɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “he bought it
    in my hand”: from me. (4)
    handle, in ob-ikɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] handle
    of a bicycle. (5) “the hand”
    as a force that is worshipped;
    v. ikɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; (6) title of a
    chief who represents the Ɔba’s
    Obɔ (in the sense described
    under 5); one of the “body-
    titles” (egi-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]); cf. abɔ
    [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
obɔkɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] quickness; alert-
    ness; obɔkɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-eʋ̃i n-aɽu yɛ
    ʋ̃ɛ nɛ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ (3-1) ˥ ] “his
    quickness in doing things pleases
    me much in him (nɛ [ \ ])”; cf.
    obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], kɛe 2 [ / ].
    
obwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] clay from river bank,
    used by potters, and by black-
    smiths to build funnels for their
    bellows.
    
odã [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ] odã [ ˥ ˥ ], and
    idãw-ɛsĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ]. The original
    meaning seems to be “heel”.
    
odede [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] senior; grand-, in
    names of relationship, v. iye [ ˥ ˥ ]
    and erha [ ˥ ˥ ]; oded-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
    senior of the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-society;
    v. ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], iye [ ˥ ˥ ].
    
odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) general term for way,
    road. (2) a cleared bushpath:
    od-abɔtɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] a short-cut not
    known to the public; od-ɔfiãmu
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ] short way (general term);
    cf. fiã [ ˥ ], mu [ ˥ ]; v. okuo [ ˩ \ ];
    od-oɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] entrance to the
    compound (from the street);
    v. obɛlɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], ukpo [ ˥ ˩ ], fiã [ ˥ ].