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oɽe [ ˥ ˥ ] (also oɽeɽe) (1) town; oɽ-
    ɛdo [ ˥ \ ˥ ] or [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] Benin City;
    oɽ-ogiso [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “town of Ogiso
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]”: bright side of a cloud
    (small children are told that
    Ogiso’s town is of a similar
    beauty); oɽ-egwi [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “town of
    tortoise”: dark and ragged side
    of cloud (told to small children,
    probably because it is rough like
    the shell of a tortoise). (2) street.
    (3) outside (the house).
    
oɽeɽe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a certain animal,
    roots corn out a few days after
    it is sown; it is believed to pray
    to God by standing on its hind
    legs and rubbing its fore-legs; a
    hunter shooting at it at this
    moment is supposed to miss it.
    
oɽi [ ˥ ˥ ] corncake (usually wrapped
    in a big leaf); oɽi‿olɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a ball
    of mud with a hole at the top
    representing a servant of Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], the god of palm kernels
    and divination.
    
oɽiwo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a shrub, “bitter-leaf”,
    Vernonia amygdalina; leaf used
    in a soup, v. unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; oɽiw-
    eni [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (eni [ ˩ ˥ ] “elephant”)
    a tree, Vernonia conferta; bark
    used in the preparation of a
    soup; v. unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
oɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] a coral bead hat, pointed
    in the middle, worn by the Ɔba
    and Ezɔmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; some other
    chiefs (Osuã [ ˥ ˩ ] and Ɔsa [ ˥ ˩ ])
    substitute a woven hat (from
    the uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ] palm) for it; the
    latter wear the oɽo every time
    they go to the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
oɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] secret practices (referring
    e.g. to such practices in witch-
    craft, the worship of gods, ugie
    [ ˩ ˩ ], and to the “bull-roaring”
    as practised by the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-
    society); cf. Yor. oro [ ˧ ˩ ].