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    to make people fall asleep when
    the owner of the charm is about
    to commit a theft, to render
    motor-cars immovable (said to
    be practised by Yoruba drivers
    with an agadagodo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˧ ˧ ], the
    Yoruba equivalent of oɣodĩ).
    
Oɣodua [ ˥ ˩ \ ] a praise-name of
    Osa; used as translation of the
    Christian “Almighty” (Akugbe)
    Of Yoruba origin? cf. Ododua
    [ ˥ / \ ].
    
oɣoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] yam-beetle; v. ekpa-
    kaɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
    
oɣohɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Musanga
    xxxxx
    smithii.
    
oɣohɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] the Vulturine Fish-
    Eagle; its white feathers are
    used in ceremonial dress.
    
oɣoi [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (c.o.o.c.); of
    Yor. origin?
    
oɣoɽoko [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] hopping on one
    foot as practised by boys when
    playing; used also in a mas-
    querade (Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]) dance.
    
oɣoye [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a crooked tree put in
    front of gods’ shrines; is con-
    sidered to be a porter (cripple,
    uke [ ˩ ˩ ]) to the shrine; it is
    called oɣoye n-ɛgua-ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ],
    “crippled wood of the god’s
    ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]”. Since it has the
    power to obstruct prayers it is
    given a slice of kola before a
    prayer, and a share of a sacrifice.
    The F.D. list classes it as a
    separate species: Parinarium
    glabrum, but this may refer to
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    one particular oɣoye only, it
    being taken to be the Bini name
    for a tree species.
    
oɣuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] prisoner of war.
    
oha [ ˩ ˥ ] bush; oh-igɛdu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]
    timber concession; oh-ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
    maize field.