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*udegwɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “fall-break”: (1)



*    a tree, Swartzia fistuloides; pro-



*    duces a seed which is used as



*    soap by poor people, v. eʋ-axuɛ



*    [ ˩ / / ]. (2) a long hanging



*    coral necklace; cf. de 1 [ ˥ ],



*    gwɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*udegbotɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a kind of palm-



*    wine; v. exwɛxwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; cf. de 1



*    [ ˥ ], gbe 1 [ ˥ ], otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*uderhu [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “fall-upon”: (1) a big



*    kind of hawk with white wing-



*    tips, “gives a whistling sound”.



*    (2) a man who has committed a



*    rape; cf. de 1 [ ˩ ], rhu 2 [ ˥ ].



*udɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] oil from fried palm-



*    kernels, grease; cf. Ibo udɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*Udɛni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,



*    seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.



*udĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) the oil palm, Elaesis



*    guineensis; udĩ‿uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a



*    drink obtained from the oil



*    palm; the cut starts from the



*    spot where the palm bunch



*    begins, no other part of the tree



*    suffers (lit. “palm of the top-



*    side”); this is the best kind of



*    drink to be given as an offering



*    to a god. (2) a kind of white



*    water-yam which is very long



*    (hence the appellation).



*udiã [ ˩ ˥ ] tsetse-fly; udĩ-eni [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “elephant-fly”: a big stinging



*    fly.



*udĩʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] courage: cf. dĩ 1 [ ˥ ].



*udiʋ̃iʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being deep; depth;



*    cf. diʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ].



*udɔ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] thinness; leanness;



*    cf. dɔ̃ [ ˥ ].



*udu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) liver; in udu n-ɛko



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “udu of the abdomen”.



*    (2) lungs; in udu n-ohoɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    the “empty udu”. (3) heart;



*    v. ɛkokodu [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ], ɔkãdi [ ˩ / ˥ ].



*ududu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] lump: udud-ugbe



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (note the tone!) “a lump