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ɔvasaɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] sawyer; gang of
    sawyers; cf. va 1 [ ˥ ], asaɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

ɔvãʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] a traveller who
    breaks his journey somewhere
    in order to sleep; cf. vã [ / ],
    ʋiɛ [ / ].

Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) name of a river.
    (2) name of the god associated
    with the above-named river.
    (3) a society worshipping the
    god Ɔvia; its members have to
    undergo a three or four months’
    initiation away from home; the
    members perform masquerade-
    dances imitating the twisting of
    the creeper alɛkɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] which
    is sacred to the god; the society
    has a secret language of its own;
    v. Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ], iye [ ˥ ˥ ], odede [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],
    ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

ɔviɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] slave; the word is used
    with tree names following in the
    genitive relationship in order to
    denote other trees: ɔvĩ-ɛ̃dũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
    Garcinia polyantha; ɔv-ĩnyi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
    Erythrophloem (guineense and
    micrantha); ɔv-ĩtue [ ˩ ˥ \ ] Harun-
    gana madagascariensis; wood is
    stronger than that of itue [ ˥ \ ],
    but it has no red latex as itue has;
    ɔvĩ-okã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (F.D. list only)
    Fillacopsis discophora; ɔvĩ-ũniɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] same as aɣako [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; F.D.
    list has Xylopia quintasii.

ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ] reluctance; reluctant;
    redupl. ɔvo‿ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] reluc-
    tantly; cf. igbɔvo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], gbe 1
    [ ˥ ].

ɔʋa [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.c.c.c.); cf.
    Yor. ɔbara [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

ɔʋehe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] another; another one;
    ɔʋehe ɔna xĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] another
    one is this; iɽayarhi-ɔʋehe re
    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ] I am going to bring
    another one.