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*    smoke, etc.; was believed to be



*    the senior of the iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    age-group at ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. Oc-



*    casionally carved in wood. It is



*    only considered as a kind of



*    bogey, and there is no belief in



*    it. (2) jocular appellation for



*    somebody who has lost his in-



*    cisor-teeth; cf. ogie [ ˩ ˩ ], oɽ̃iʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*ugbore [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) the shea-butter



*    tree, Parkia biglobosa. (2) shea-



*    butter (obtained from Hausa



*    people).



*ugbɔ̃gbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Kigelia



*    africana (?); its bark falls off in



*    patches; v. rhuã [ / ].



*ugbɔxa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Bombax



*    buonopozense.



*ugbudiã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “tsetse-killer”: fly-



*    killer; cf. gbe 1 [ ˥ ], udiã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ugbugbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (1) tree with scaffold



*    on which victims of certain



*    Bini sacrifices (to the sun and



*    the rain) were crucified. (2)



*    Cross (in the Christian sense).



*    (3) crosswise; ɔmu‿erhã (u)gbu-



*    gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is carrying the



*    tree (or stick) crosswise (so as to



*    block the whole breadth of the



*    path; boys do so to stop their



*    playmates overtaking them on



*    the road).



*ugbugbɛhia [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] (1) often; ugbu-



*    gbɛ hia eɽ-iyas-eʋa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ] “it



*    is often (that) I go (lit. ‘reach’)



*    there”. (2) always; imi-ɔ̃(ɛ̃‿



*    u)-gbugbɛ hia ʋ-i‿aɣari-ugbo



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] ( “ɛ̃‿u” [ ˩ ˩ ] are



*    left without tone-marks above;



*    ri-ugbo is possibly [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] in slow



*    speech) I see him always when



*    I am going to the farm; cf. ugbɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ] (identical?).



*uɣa [ ˩ ˩ ] a quadrangle in the



*    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] where an Ɔba is