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    his own account; idiom.: ɔkpɔʋ̃a
    xĩ-ɔ̃dado [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a “helper” has
    become a trader of his own: a
    man who was a nobody before,
    has become important now.
    
ɔdafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) husband; ɔdaf-ɔ̃
    [ ˩ ˩ / ] your (sgl.) husband. (2) a
    man with many wives and child-
    ren; cf. ɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ], ukp-afɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
    
ɔdanyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] drunkard; cf. da [ ˥ ],
    anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ɔdaʋ̃ofigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “oil-tester”:
    produce inspector; cf. daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ],
    ofigbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
    
ɔdɛkuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] buying on credit; cf.
    kuɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ɔxiɛ̃kuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; v. iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ],
    dɛ [ ˥ ], xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ].
    
ɔdiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (pl. e-) (1) senior (among
    some people); m-ɔɽ-ɔdiɔ̃ ʋ-ima
    eha n-ɔxiã na [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I am the
    senior among us three who are
    going here. (2) senior, headman,
    of a sib, in ɔdĩ-ɛ̃gbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]; v.
    ɔka‿ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]. (3) pl., age-
    group of old men; it usually
    consists of men who are more
    than fifty years of age; they
    supervise manual work in the
    village, entertain strangers, and
    perform the village sacrifices at
    the ɔgw-ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], their meeting
    place, which is also the shrine
    of the deceased ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] of the
    community. They prepared ɛbo
    [ ˩ \ ] for the safe return of the
    iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] in case of war. The
    ediɔ̃ n-enɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], the four elders,
    also called ikadɛl-enɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the
    four pillars, are the four men
    who are in control of the internal
    affairs of a village. These do not
    necessarily include a chief re-
    siding in the village. Their head
    is the ɔdiɔ̃-weɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the most
    senior man in the village, and
    the three others are called