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*uɣegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “look body”: (1)



*    mirror. (2) glass (but not



*    vessel!). (3) uɣegb-aɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “eye-glass”: spectacles; cf. ɣe



*    [ / ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*uɣeʋ̃e [ ˩ \ ˩ ] look, appearance;



*    uɣeʋ̃e ɽ̃uɛ̃ m-ohã gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ˨ ]



*    your appearance is terrible



*    (e.g. when a man is ill, or



*    angry; or referring to a masked



*    dress); cf. ɣe [ / ], uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*uɣɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) “day-looker”:



*    clock; watch; v. utɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],



*    umuɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]. (2)



*    spectacles (older than uɣegb-aɽo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. ɣe [ / ], ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*Uɣɔtɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (1) name of a Bini



*    village near Ɛkɛhuã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] through



*    which the Bini people made



*    their first contacts with Euro-



*    peans: “Gwatto”; a certain sib



*    has its central area at Uɣɔtɔ̃;



*    their headman is the oh-ɔ̃kũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    there, i.e. the priest of Okũ [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    or Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]. Other members



*    of the sib are found at Jesse



*    (Ijehe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]) where there is also an



*    hereditary priest and chief Oh-



*    ɔ̃kũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]. Jesse is said to have



*    Sobo population. The sib-



*    greeting is la‿okũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; v.



*    ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ].



*uɣuɣa [ ˥ \ ˩ ] closed room in a Bini



*    house with one or two entrances;



*    v. ɔgwa [ ˩ ˥ ], ikũ [ ˩ \ ]; cf. uɣa [ ˩ ˩ ].



*uɣũɣã [ ˩ \ ˥ ], [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (different) species,



*    kinds, sorts, ways; uɣuɣã dɔʋ̃a-



*    dɔɣɔe nwa [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] lit. “in



*    a different way everyone is



*    sensible”: every man has dif-



*    ferent ways of thought (if



*    something is interpreted in



*    several ways); cf. uɣaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*uɣuɣɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] empty shell of a snail.



*uɣũɣuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) stump of tree



*    that is nearly level with the