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 [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] or iɽoɣae [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (3) president
of a society or “club”; cf. Yor.
formations with ol-.
olɔ [ ˥ ˥ ] grind-stone; cf. Yor.
ɔlɔ [ ˧ ˥ ].
olɔkɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] only in olɔkɔʋ̃-ɛ̃ho
[ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] windpipe and olɔkɔʋ̃-
ɔ̃(ũ)rhu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] a big heron-
like bird with a long neck; cf.
urhu [ ˩ ˩ ].
olɔkpa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] policeman; cf. Yor.
ɔlɔkpa [ ˧ ˥ / ].
olufeɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a whistle; cf. Yor.
fere [ ˩ ˩ ].
olugbegbe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (also oligbegbe)
goitre.
oluku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] young one (of animals);
oluku‿esi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] young pigs;
oluku ɛwe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] young goats;
oluku ohuã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lambs.
oma [ ˥ ˩ ] a large tree, Cordii
millenii; wood used for planks.
omɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] unopened palm branches
tied as a fringe over a village-
gate or the gate of the shrine of
a deity; renewed at each annual
sacrifice and also used as fringes
in masquerade-dancers’ dress;
yagb-omɛ re n-atã y-aɽu‿ɛbɔ
[ / ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “go and cut omɛ
and let us go and spread them
(tã [ ˥ ]) over (the) shrine!”
omɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] sorrow, affliction, such as
expressed by a certain click; cf.
mɛ [ ˥ ].
omi [ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of white yam; v.
ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].
omiaʋ̃ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] iguana; unyehɔ
ʋ-omiaʋ̃ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ (2-1) ˩ ] “you are
deaf like the iguana”, i.e. you
hear faint sounds, but not loud
ones; cf. ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
ominigie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] class of people who
possess no titles; cf. egie [ ˩ ˩ ].
ominigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] another expres-
sion for ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ] not so much