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    as Ɔba, you must attain (eat)
    old age” and in ɔdiɔ̃weɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].
    
owewe [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Combretoden-
    dron africanum.
    
owɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) foot, leg. (2) trace;
    ɣ-owɛ n-esi ya l-eʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˩ \ ]
    “look at the trace that the
    (bush-) pig took to pass here”.
    (3) wheel; ow-ikɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] bicycle-
    wheel.
    
owɛe [ ˥ \ ] broom, sweeping brush;
    cf. Yor. ɔwɔ [ ˧ ˩ ].
    
owi [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Buchholzia; its
    fruit is eatable (looks like cooked
    liver).
    
owiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] morning; owiɛ ʋiɽiʋiɽi
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (or ʋiiʋii [ ˩ ˩ ]) early
    morning when the mist still
    obstructs the wide view, at
    about 5 o’clock to 5.30; owiɛwiɛ
    ʋ̃-ɔ̃kpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] some time after
    the preceding, at about 6 o’clock.
    Redupl. owi-owiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] every
    morning.
    
owo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] one (in counting).
    
owo 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a soup prepared with
    pepper ground on uro [ ˩ ˩ ],
    crawfish (ize n-ɔfua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], also
    ground on uro), and potash
    (odo [ ˥ ˩ ], also ground) mixed in
    oil (ɛʋi [ ˩ \ ]). Boiling water is
    poured over it, whereupon it is
    left to thicken (ki [ / ]). Poor
    people use eʋ-axuɛ [ ˩ / / ] in-
    stead of odo.
    
owoɣo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] noise of a crowd; cf.
    woɣo [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
owowo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) heat. (2) quick
    temper; ɔʋ̃-owowo [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] a
    fiery, quick tempered man, v.
    ibalegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (3) inflammation
    of the lining of the uterus
    (endometritis).
    
owɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] eleven.
    
oxa [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) story; gi-ado xaa-xa
    (for xa‿oxa) [ ˩ / / ˩ ˥ ] let us