to salute you! cf. otuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
t-uɣu [ ˩ ˥ ] to stir up; to disturb;
utuɣ-amɛ na [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] you have
disturbed this water (by stirring
up the dirt); cf. l-uɽu [ ˩ ˥ ]; z-uɣu
[ ˩ ˥ ].
t-ulɛ mu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to start running;
ɔt-ulɛ mu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] he has started
running; v. rh-ulɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
tuo [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ] to descend; to come
down; ɔtuo re nɛ ʋ-ɛɣɛ ʋ-igbera
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ / ] he had (already)
come down by the time I passed
by; tuo re ʋ-od-uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ]
come down (from above)!
tuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ] to have sexual inter-
course with (used with direct
object; not decent); v. gu [ ˥ ]
ʋiɛ [ / ], gu [ ˥ ] ku [ / ], ho
[ / ].
u- [ ˩ ] pron. (personal) of the 2nd
pers. sgl. abbreviated form;
ugb-ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] you killed him;
uɣare [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] shall you come?
ubã‿ɛ̃zɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] F.D. list: a tree,
Ochrocarpus africanus; cf. ɛzɛ
[ ˩ ˩ ]; v. otiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ].
ube [ ˥ ˩ ] a women’s drum; of
varying length, may be as long
as 4 feet; beaten alternatively
with a drumstick and the hand;
played during ugie [ ˩ ˩ ] and
ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
ubelu [ ˥ / ˩ ] a tree, Strombosia
pustulata.
Ubi [ ˥ ˥ ] the son of one amoug the
Ogiaʋ̃ɛs [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; his name has be-
come a symbol for wickedness,
hence: ɛd-ubi [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a bad day;
v. Ɛweɽɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
ubi [ ˩ ˥ ] pointed stick used by
farmers for making the holes for
yam-sticks; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ], ogba 2
[ ˥ ˩ ], asɛgiɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
