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O-BO, n. a witch, sorcerer: in o^o si, to heioitch. 



0-S0-n6, n. an ill-natured person. 



O-SU, 11. the new moon, a month. 



o-su-kpa, 71. the moon. 



O-su-ma-re, n. a rainbow, semicircle. 



o-su-me-re. n. a lily. 



O-SU-SU, n. a grove, thicket : kpa osusn, to form a 

 f/rove, to stand in a grove. 



6-SU-"WOr), n. a measure, a weight. 



0-t£l, 11. a seller. 



O-te, n. the corner of a house. 



O-ti-tO, n. truth : otito idi, the true cause or reason. 



O-to-lo, n. a kind of antelope. 



o-to-si. See osise. 



6-to, n. truth. 



0-tor)-kpar)-yar), n. one who creates disturbance. 



O-tu, O-tu-tu, n. cold, a cold in the head. 



o-tu-mo, o-tu'-di-in6, n. a covenant-breaker. 



O-we, n. a piroverh, a jjarable ; plumpness. 



0-we-re, n. struggle, effort, wriggling, writhing. 



O-'wi-'wl, 11. an owl. 



O-WO, n. a horn. 



6-AVO, 11. a boil. 



0-"w6, n. cowries, money : se owo, to make money. 



O-WO, n. trade, traffic: se owo, to trade. 



o-"w6-bo-de, n. tax, customs. 



o-wo-kari-ai-ya, n. the bosom. 



o-'wo-se (ise), n. wages. 



O-'wH, n. cotton, thread ; jealousy. 



O-AATU-ro, n. morning. 



O-AVU-su-wu-su, n. fog, gloomy weather. 



O-ya, n. that which separates, a comb. 



O-ye, n. a number : li ariq melo ? how often ? nwor) 

 ko li eye gba, they set no number (of times). 



0-y§, n. understanding, intellect : eye ye mi, / un- 

 derstand ; ko II oye, he has no sense. 



6-ye, n. a title of honor, office : die oyc, to hold an 

 office. 



O-yl, n. giddiness : oyi ijkpa mi loli, / am dying 

 of vertigo. 



0-yi-b6, 0-i-b6, n. a xvhite man. 



O-yil), n. a homy-bee, honey: oyiq igai), wild honey ; 

 oyii) alugbe, bees in a hive. 



O-yo, n. a small owl. 



O-ytlr), 11. pregnancy ; a hand-saw : If oyni), to con- 

 ceive, to be pregnant. 



o. 



O, pron. thou. 



6, jyron. lie, she, it. 



b, adv. not. 



O, aux. part, shall, will. 



O-ba, n. a king ; father, sire : Oba Ogo, God. 



O-ba-kai), n. a father s kinspeople. 



0-ba-le, 11. prostration. 



0-bar)-gi-dzi, n. the Lord, the Almighty. 



O-ba-ta-lS, n. the originating god (an androgyne), 



the generative principle. 

 O-ba-ra, n. cord, jiack-thread. 

 0-b§, n. a knife. 

 9-b&, n. sauce, hash, soup. 

 0-be-do, n. green scum on water (lemna) ; hence, 



green color. 

 O-bo, n. a baboon. 

 0-b6, n. coarse white cloth. 

 6-bor), n. a filthy person, sloven. 

 o-bor)-bor)', OT. an umbrella; a beetle (msec\). 

 0-bo-ro, n. which is plain (not marked). 

 9-dS, n. drought, dearth, need ; old ale : oda, da 



nyii] ? do you need anything ? 

 6-da, n. wax. 



O-da-dzO. (d4 odzu), n. one who is shameless. 

 g-dai), n. an inconsistent story ; a vain talker. 

 O-d&r), n. a species of fig-tree. 

 O-dai), 11. a prairie. 

 0-de, n. a hunter: de ode, to hunt for; oliur) ode, 



2)rcy. 

 9'-de-de, n. a^riazza. 



O-di-a-kpa-sa, n. a remnant of cloth in the loom. 

 O-do, n. presence of a living being ; li odo, si odo, ti 



odo ; see lodo, sodo, todo : lati 9do, from. 

 0-d6, n. the young of domestic animals : odo agu- 



tai), a lamb. 

 o-do-dur), n. every year, yearly : If ododuij If a li f, 



we see it every year. 

 g-doi), O-dur), n. cloth of imlm-leaf fibres. 

 9-dtlr), n. a year. 



9-dzfi., 11. a band, a girth; that which is broken of. 

 6-dza, n. a market, merchandise. 

 9-dze-hur), n. a glutton. 

 9-dz6, n. time, a day : odzo ale, afternoon ; odzo 



ibi, n. birthday ; odzo idz9, assembly-day ; odzo 



iwa, the day of being, the creation, beginning of the 



world ; 9dz6 isi, a notable day, an epoch. 

 5-dz9, n. a place of settlement, lodging-place : so . . . 



If ydzo, to set or place. (Gen. 1, 17.) 

 9-dz9-dz9, n. every day, daily. 

 9-dz6-dz9-dz6, n. many days, old times, 

 9-dzo-ka-rir), n. noon. 

 O-fa, num. one hundred and twenty. 

 6-f3^ n. an arrow, a pledge, a pawn ; the stale of 



being in pawn. 

 5-fe ! an exclamation of those who carry a corpse 



through the street. 

 O-fe, n. gratuity, gratis. 

 6-fe, n. the dawn, a gentle breeze. 

 9-fe-re, n. the being nearly, the being almost. 

 g-Ri), n. a pit to catch a thief or he&sX, pit-fall. 

 0-f5, n. a squabble, jialaver. 



