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onwɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) (wild) bee; v. uvũ
    [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) wax; v. also ipapa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    (3) honey.
    
onwɔnwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] toucan.
    
onyaɣã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] trouble; cf. nyaɣã [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
onyɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) slice; piece, e.g. of
    fruit like kola when broken into
    parts; onyɔʋ̃-ɔ̃kpa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] one
    piece. (2) (one) side e.g. of the
    road, or of a piece of cloth.
    
ope [ ˥ ˩ ] calabash used for drinking
    palm wine; oval iron arrow-
    head.
    
ora [ ˥ ˩ ] stain; spot.
    
ore [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) acquaintances (all the
    people a man knows); ɔʋ̃ɔ̃‿ore
    gbe (ʋ̃ɛ [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he has many
    acquaintances. (This meaning
    given by A. was contested by
    Ed., who wanted to translate
    “acquaintances” by iho [ ˥ ˩ ]
    only. He gave the following
    meaning for ore.) (2) the present
    generation; ore na‿iɽu‿eʋ̃i ɛsɛ
    fo [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] “this generation
    never does anything well”.
    
orɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] pillar.
    
oriaɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] bile; cf. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ].
    
oriema [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a shrub; cf. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ],
    ema [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
oriɛʋɛ(e) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] kola-nut holder;
    v. L.R. p. 243.
    
oriɔxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] an old expression for
    okpɛhoho [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ], efi [ ˩ ˩ ]; not
    much in use nowadays.
    
oriri [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] electric eel; its head is
    used as a “medicine” in wrest-
    ling: makes the wrestler in-
    vulnerable and untouchable.
    
oruaɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] (1) (any) relative-in-
    law; (2) both parties of an agree-
    ment for taking care of a cow,
    goat, or fowl, call each other
    oruaɛ̃; v. nwaniɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
orhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) the living strength
    of a man; it is said to sit on