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    and scattered everwhere; its
    greeting is la‿ɛrɛe [ ˥ ˩ \ ]; v. ɛgbɛe
    [ ˩ \ ], Ubi [ ˥ ˥ ].
    
Ogida [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) name of a village
    situated on the Siluko Road.
    (2) help in childbirth; often given
    by inhabitants of the above-
    mentioned village, though now-
    adays it is no longer their special
    task.
    
ogidigbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a drum (similar to
    oxa [ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. Yor. ogidigbo [ ˩ ˩ ˧ ˥ ].
    
ogie [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a ruling chief, or,
    hereditary village-head; in
    some praise-names the word
    also applies to the Ɔba, e.g.
    in ogie n-ɔny-agbɔ̃ nya‿ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the rule who pos-
    sesses world and (possesses)
    world of the dead”; ogie n-ɔgbɔ-
    ʋ̃a ɛdɛ n-uwu‿ix-ɔ̃ʋ̃a (xɔ̃ [ / ])
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] “the ruler who
    kills a man on the day when he
    is not in need of death”. The
    following expressions containing
    ogie have a special meaning:
    ogie‿iʋi-otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a ruler
    cannot sleep on the ground”:
    a platform for sleeping, made of
    sticks and planks; also, a Euro-
    pean bed; v. akpɛkpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; ogie
    n-ɛʋ̃ɔ‿ũɽoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “a ruler
    who has no servants”: act of
    making an ihoi [ ˩ ˩ ] in the
    game called isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
    (2) senior, headman; ogi-ewaisɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] senior of the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]
    who attend to the Ɔba’s Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ];
    he represents the Ɔba at that
    shrine and acts for him. (3) main;
    chief; principal, of animals,
    plants, objects; ogi-avã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]
    midday; ogi-ɛkpɔɣɔe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] a
    tree bigger than ɛkpɔɣɔe [ ˩ ˩ \ ];
    perhaps identical with uʋi n-
    Esã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; og-ihuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] a