wa [ ˩ ].
uwa 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] riches; pleasure (old
word).
uwawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a clay pot for cooking
soup; uwaw-ugwe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] soup pot
with cover; uwaw-ezɛxɛrhɛ
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of flat pot, used
by the Jekri people for cooking
pepper soup; uwaw-axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
wash basin.
uwaya [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] telegraph; cf. Engl.
wire.
uwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] pronoun (disjunctive) of
the 2nd pers. sgl.: you; cf. u- [ ˩ ].
uwiʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] being lost; cf. wi [ / ].
uwɔwɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ] a tree, Albizzia, oc-
curring in the following species:
uwɔwɛ n-ugu [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ] Albizzia fer-
ruginea; uwɔwɛ n-aba fũ [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]
Albizzia sassa, cf. ba [ / ], fũɛɛ̃
[ ˩ ] (“that glows faintly”);
uwɔwɛ n-ɔlaɣ-abɔ [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] Al-
bizzia sassa, cf. laɣa [ ˩ ˥ ], “to
spread” abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] ( “waving, or,
spreading, branches”); uwɔwɛ
n-ɔl-ema ɽe [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] Albizzia
zygia ( “that cooks fufu and
eats”). All of them are used as
firewood only.
uwu [ ˥ ˥ ] inside; ʋ-uw-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
in the house; v. odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
uwu [ ˩ ˥ ] death; cf. wu [ ˥ ], Ogi-
uwu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].
uwu [ ˥ ˩ ] boundary between two
villages, or between the farm-
land of different families culti-
vating the same plot.
uwusã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a timber tree.
uxaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] act of telling, de-
ciding; decision; uxaʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ na
ke gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˩ / ˦ ] the decision of
this matter is very wise ( “suit-
able”); cf. xa [ / ].
uxãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (process of) tiring;
uxãʋ̃ɛ n-ɛʋ̃ɛ na xã ʋ̃ɛ kpɔlɔ gbe
