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*    tu-ɔ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] koyɔ I have come



*    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 [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].