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    rain-filled hole in tree; birds
    bathe, and small animals drink
    water there, and can be caught;
    cf. amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ohioɽo [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] solitary, used with
    the verb mu [ ˥ ] only, e.g. of a
    derelict house; v. iʋie [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ohiɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] a tree, Dialium
    guineense; used as firewood only.
    
Ohiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] Niger; idiom.: ya xwi
    ɛɽ-ohiʋ̃i (ya long) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “take
    lock its Niger (i.e. big flood)”:
    finish the long argument at that,
    or, with this decision; cf. Ibo
    osimiri [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ohoɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] empty; ihu‿ɔg-ohoɣa
    ʋ-azɛkpɛe (ho [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ] I
    want an empty bottle afterwards.
    
ohoɣe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] lie; ohoɣe‿ita [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    what I am telling (you) is a lie;
    cf. ohoɣoi [ ˩ \ ˩ ], ohoɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ohoɣo 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a dance performed
    at second burials and at ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]:
    it is danced in a revolving circle,
    the dancers wear only an ebu-
    luku [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] and have bells in
    their hands.
    
ohoɣo 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] dew on the grass.
    
ohoɣoi [ ˩ \ ˩ ] lie; cf. ohoɣe [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    
ohoho [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] whole; intact.
    
Ohoʋe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,
    seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.
    
ohɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] name of a tree (Entandro-
    phragma?); v. igɛdu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
    
ohũ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (c.o.c.o.); of
    Yor. origin?
    
ohũ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Xylopia (?); very
    straight and smooth; wood used
    in roofing, as rafters and poles.
    
Ohu-ɔba [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] leader of the “gang”
    ewua [ ˥ \ ], the people who wake
    the Ɔba.
    
ohu [ ˩ ˩ ] anger; ohu mu ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    “anger is catching me”: I am
    getting angry.