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    [ ˥ \ ˩ / ˩ ] put it on top of it!
    (2) a pad used to raise women’s
    hair in some styles of hair-
    dressing, e.g. okuku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; it was
    mostly made of itaxuɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ].
    (3) a stopper put into native
    guns in order to prevent the
    powder and charge from falling
    out; it is made from rolled coco-
    nut fibre; the gun is charged as
    follows: first the powder (exae
    [ ˥ ˩ ]) is put in, then uke, then
    igele [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (shot) or efu [ ˩ ˩ ]
    (bullet) which is again followed
    by an uke. (4) a small round
    drum used by men.
    
uke [ ˥ ˩ ] stamping (in dancing);
    v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].
    
uke 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. ike) (1) (cross-legged)
    cripple. (2) porter at the Ɛguae
    [ ˩ ˩ ]: cripples are doing the
    service of porters at the Ɛguae,
    because they are reliable: they
    do not steal nor commit adultery
    at the Ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (harem), because
    they cannot run away. (3)
    crooked, in uk-adɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] hook
    for picking fruit; v. aɽɔe [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
uke 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] something hollow:
    (1) tortoise-shell, also uk-egwi
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]. (2) lap, when followed by
    egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] “body”: uk-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ];
    ɔmu‿ɛ̃ nya uk-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] she
    (or, he) took it on her (his) lap
    (a baby e.g.).
    
ukeke [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] stick; ukeke n-aya
    gbẽbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “stick for writing”:
    pen; ukeke n-aya kpɛ̃ma [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]
    “stick for playing drum”: drum-
    stick; ukeke n-aya bowa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
    “sticks for house-building”:
    beams put on the walls in order
    to support the rafters (n-aya:
    lit. “which one takes”); ukek-
    ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “sticks of Ɔvia”: two
    sticks knocked against each