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    okpa na la gbe [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this
    game-track is well frequented
    (“passed”). (2) of wind; okp-
    ɛhoho [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] a windy spot; ab-
    owa na y-okp-ɛhoho [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] this
    house is built (bɔ [ ˥ ]) on a windy
    spot (different from okp-ɛhoho
    [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ], v. okpe [ ˩ ˥ ]).
    
okpaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Pentaclethra
    macrophylla; mortars are made
    out of the wood. The F.D. list
    has, besides, okpaɣ-ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]
    “river-okpaɣa”, Calpocalyx bre-
    vibracteatus.
    
okpe [ ˩ ˥ ] big, large, great; okp-
    erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a big tree; okp-ɛhoho
    [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “great wind”: storm,
    tornado; okp-ɛse [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] a big
    present; okp-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] an im-
    portant lawsuit matter; okp-ɛzɔ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a big law-suit; okp-iɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]
    a large amount of money, a
    heavy fine; okp-owɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “big
    foot”: walking with legs wide
    apart; swagger; okp-oxuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]
    a “big”, i.e. rich, woman; okp-
    ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “big talk”: boasting,
    hence: okp-ɔtagb-unu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ] a
    “big talk kills mouth”: a
    boaster who does not consider
    his words; okp-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] a
    “big”, i.e. rich, important, man;
    okp-unu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “big mouth” (?);
    usually translated by “word of
    mouth”: an utterance that is
    not meant seriously, not out of
    one’s own heart; also, boasting.
    
okpe [ ˥ ˩ ] a flute made from a
    calabash played by villagers at
    home and when working at the
    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
okpe [ ˩ ˩ ] wine-tapper.
    
okpetuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a secret ceremony
    performed every morning and
    evening at the Ɛgwae [ ˩ ˩ ], about
    the time of ugi-erh-ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ];