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    wood; also called ogba n-aya
    kp-ĩnya [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “stick that is
    taken to dig yams”; v. asɛgiɛ
    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], ubi [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ] the quarter of Benin
    City in which the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] is
    situated; it is there that the
    Eɣaɛʋo N-ogbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] are living.
    
ogbe [ ˥ \ ] next year; isɛ l-ogbe
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] a salutation addressed to
    the giver of a present at ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]-
    time (cf. isɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], la [ ˥ ]); reply
    by the giver: ogbe magba rɔ
    [ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ (5-4) ] “(in the) new year
    we (shall) live together!”
    
Ogbelaka [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a band of people
    serving the Ɔba on several
    occasions: they dance at the
    coronation-day, beat the drum
    enwini [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] at ugies [ ˩ ˩ ], and
    perform ikiewua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; they have
    a special quarter at Benin
    City.
    
Ogbesɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ / ] name of a Bini
    village, seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ]
    shrine.
    
ogbɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] house in which a big
    chief in Benin is buried; every
    chief living at the Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ]
    quarter must have such a house
    in oɽe n-ɔxwa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “the big
    town”, i.e. the other part of the
    town, as only the Ɔba is buried
    at Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
ogbi [ ˥ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.o.o.o.); cf.
    Yor. ogbe [ ˧ ˩ ].
    
ogbigbi [ ˩ / ˩ ] rapid current of river,
    brook; ɛzɛ na lɛ‿ogbigbi [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ]
    this river (or brook) flows
    rapidly; idiom.: ogbigbi ɛzɛ lɛ
    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] “rushing flows the
    river”: things are coming in
    plentifully; cf. gbigbi [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ogbodu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small but noisy
    bird, the pin-tailed Whydah.