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oɽoboto [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] hippopotamus (more
    used than eni amɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. Jekri
    otobo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (?).
    
oɽoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] muddy pools, mud on
    the road, “potto-potto”; oɽoɣo
    r-odɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the road is muddy:
    cf. ɽoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
oɽoho [ ˩ \ ˩ ] idleness (only as a
    genitive following ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ]).
    
oɽoka [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] finger-ring (formerly
    made of brass, bone, kernel (?),
    iron and lead; now mostly of
    silver); cf. Yor. oruka [ ˩ ˩ / ].
    
oɽokɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] horse- or cow-tail;
    handle sewn with leather; as
    emblem of Ifa priests (ɔb-ɔɽ̃ɔ̃-
    mila [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ]); v. iyɔyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
oɽu [ ˩ ˥ ] (also oɽuɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]) thread;
    oɽu na ye tiɣitiɣi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] this
    thread is twisted; cotton; oɽu^
    ɽu‿ebo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a kind of shrub
    used to demarcate boundaries;
    oɽuɽu‿ɔxa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] seed of the
    cotton tree.
    
oɽu [ ˥ / ] a larva that lives in the
    tapping-cut of palm trees (udĩ
    [ ˩ ˥ ] or ɔgɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]).
    
oɽugbuɽu [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a stone (?) found
    in the stomach, mainly of cows,
    formed by their food; this is
    believed to enable cows to eat
    anything, and is accordingly
    used as an antidote to poison.
    
oɽuhu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a position in the og-
    wɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.o.c.c.);
    of Yor. origin?
    
oɽuxɔ [ ˩ ˩ / ] wrongdoing, wicked-
    ness; cf. ɽu [ ˥ ], xɔ [ / ].
    
oɽ̃ĩɽ̃ĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a creeper, similar to
    eb-ɔdɔ̃dɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ]: probably Vitex
    cienkowskii.
    
oɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] corpse; cf. ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; v.
    ikũ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
oɽ̃iʋ̃iɣuɣu [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a tree, Antho-
    cleista; has very broad leaves;
    cf. oɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (?).