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    and pagans alike, e.g. Osagi-
    agbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “god sent to the
    world”; viz. me; Osayiʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ]
    “god created me”; Osaɽ̃ɛ̃-xɔe
    [ ˩ / / ˩ ] “God knows the mind”;
    Igbĩn-osa [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “I shelter
    with God”. These names are
    now the only ones used by
    Christians. A sign representing
    Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] is the Osagbaye [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ],
    a white cloth on a “bamboo”
    pole in the compound; not
    everyone has it. The meaning
    of Osagbaye is doubtful. (2) God
    in the Christian sense; cf. Yor.
    oriʃa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (an old form of Osa
    is Oisa, Oɽisa).
    
ose 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] beauty; cf. mu 1 [ ˥ ].
    
ose 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.c.o.c.); of
    Yor. origin?
    
oseɣe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] support, backing up
    (in a fight, or in any trouble);
    ɔsiʋ̃i‿oseɣe nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] he back-
    ed him up.
    
osele [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] rope or tree put up
    horizontally seven or eight feet
    high as a rack for drying corn;
    also osel-ɔka [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “corn-osele”.
    
osɛe [ ˥ ˩ ] witness; v. sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].
    
osiba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] act of bowing and
    greeting with folded hands as
    sign of acknowledgment to a
    skilled dancer after his per-
    formance.
    
osiko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] round part of a log cut
    off in the process of squaring it,
    “score” (expression used in
    timber work); cf. Engl. score;
    igbosiko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].
    
osisi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] gun; osisi n-agbeva
    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] double barrelled gun;
    cf. Ibo osisi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “tree, stick”.
    
ositua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Baphia pu-
    descens.
    
oso [ ˩ ˥ ] lump; a whole piece;