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This subclass is illustrated by compounds or phrases where the second element is a o- deleting form other than a gender word. Illustrations under c. 1. ii
c 1 i
 
62  ove + madi ą ve-di ‘tree-frog’
  frog be green  
     
63 ihõ + madi ą hõ-di ‘grass-snake’
  snake be green  
     
64 omo + jü ą mo-jü ‘kind of pumpkin, big in size’
  pumpkin be big  
     
65 ovo + jü ą vo-jü ‘kind of ginger, big in size’
  ginger be big [as in ovo vo-jü]  
     
66 ohi) + kali ą hĩ-li ‘to wink’
  eye one  
     
67 nieo + ona ą nieo na ‘daughter’
  female offspring  
     
  ocü + vo ą cü-vo ‘wall’
  house to cover, guard  
     
68 oso+otsü+one ą so-tsü-rie ‘backbone’
  flesh hook bone  
     
69 omi + osi ą mi-si ‘firewood’
  fire wood  
     
70 ocü + odze ą cü-dze ‘courtyard’
  house front  
     
71 oho + idzü ą ho-dzü ‘hen’s egg’
  domestic egg  
  fowl  

c 1 [ii]
 
72 ohi) + odzü ą [o] hĩ-dzü ‘eye-water ; tear’
  eye water  
     
73 ora + otu ą ora-tu ‘camel’
  desert domestic  
  ruminant  
  bovine ;  
  ox  
     
74 khevu + odzü ą khe-dzü ‘liquid part of curry’
  curry water  
     
75 otu + ocü ą otu-cü ‘cow-house ; byre’
  domestic house  
  ruminant bovine  
     
76 otu + oso ą otu-so ‘beef’
  domestic meat  
  ruminant bovine  
     
77 ovo + ocü ą ovo-cü ‘pig house ; pig sty’
  pig house  
     
78 ovo + oso ą ovo-so ‘pork’
  meat  
     
79 osi + ocü ą osi-cü ‘dog-house ; kennel’
  house  
     
80 osi + oso ą osi-so ‘dog-meat’
  meat  
     
81 oho + ocü ą oho-cü ‘fowl-house’
  house  
     
82 oho + oso ą oho-so ‘fowl-meat ; chicken’
  meat  
     
83 osi + oo ą osi-o ‘young one of dog ; puppy’
  young one  
     
84 ovo + oo ą ovo-o ‘young one of pig’
     
85 okhe + oo ą okhe-o ‘young one of tiger’
     
86

 

otu + oo ą otu-o

 

‘young one of cow ; calf’

 

 

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