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*    hind the Ossiomo River”; and:



*    Ugo n-iyek-ikpoba [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “the



*    Ugo behind Ikpoba” (lying on



*    the road to Agbor).



*ugoʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) act of shouting.



*    (2) songs accompanying the



*    akaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] dances of the



*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] cult; sung by the



*    head-dancers while the women



*    dancers clap hands. When the



*    head-dancers pause, the women



*    sing uke [ ˥ ˩ ] songs, and both



*    groups stamp their feet as



*    accompaniment (gb-uke [ ˥ ˩ ]);



*    cf. go [ ˥ ].



*ugɔ̃gie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] worship (Akugbe); cf.



*    gɔ̃ [ / ], ugie [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ugɔ̃gɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (1) Bini name for the



*    Sobo tribal marks: a straight



*    line leading from the middle of



*    the forehead to the tip of the



*    nose. (2) ugɔ̃g-ĩyeke [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ]



*    spine (same as uv-ĩyeke [ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ],



*    v. uviɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ]); cf. gɔ̃gɔ̃ɔ̃gɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*ugu [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Saccoglottis gabo-



*    nensis; its bark is pounded and



*    mixed with palm wine in order



*    to make it red; ugu mu‿anyɔ



*    na‿ɛsɛse [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] the ugu has



*    changed this wine very much.



*ugu [ ˩ \ ] vulture, Common or



*    Hooded V.; cf. Yor. igũ [ ˧ ˥ ].



*uguɔmaifiã [ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ] lit. “you do not



*    help an old man to cut it”: a



*    tree with very soft wood, Disco-



*    glypremna coloneura.



*ugwe [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) lid, cover (e.g. of a



*    pot); ugw-ɛkpokĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “cover



*    of leather box”: a tree, Hannoa



*    klaineana. (2) ugw-akpata [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    “cover of native harp”: (besides



*    the literal meaning) a curved



*    tuft of hair above the forehead,



*    worn by the Ɔba and by all the



*    chiefs as a sign of their rank;



*    also: tuft of feathers on the