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*uhiɽi [ ˥ \ ˩ ] a big kind of monkey



*    (N.W.Th.: baboon).



*uhiʋ̃iaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] swelling (of a



*    whole limb); uhiʋ̃iaʋ̃-obɔ ʋ̃ɛ na



*    mu ʋ̃-ohã gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] lit.



*    “the swelling of this my hand



*    makes me afraid much”; cf.



*    hiʋ̃ia [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. hue [ / ].



*uho [ ˩ ˥ ] a trap for birds: lime



*    obtained from a creeper.



*uhobo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the Sobo people;



*    uhoboriahe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] lit. “the Sobos



*    are guilty”: a kind of red yam



*    that is said to have come from



*    the Sobo country comparatively



*    recently; its surface is “hairy ”,



*    and it ripens within five months.



*uhoho [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the space between



*    two main poles (utɔ̃yotɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ])



*    of a yam stack (eru [ ˩ ˥ ]); equals



*    2 ɛkp-ɔxɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; 2 uhoho equal



*    1 ɛwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*uhoɽo [ ˥ \ ˩ ] pawpaw; uhoɽ-ebo



*    rhiɛ̃rhiɛ̃ gbe [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “Euro-



*    pean pawpaw” (a special kind



*    of p.) is very good.



*uhosa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of leaf covered



*    with pimples; also called eb-



*    uhosa [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] and uhosa n-ofi fi



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ]; cf. osa [ ˩ ˩ ] (?).



*uhueʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] swelling (not a whole



*    limb); uhueʋ̃-eke n-ɔxia ɽuɛ so



*    fua gɔgɔɔgɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˦ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “the



*    swelling at the place that pains



*    you bulges out”; cf. hue [ / ];



*    v. hiʋ̃ia [ ˩ ˥ ].



*uhuki [ ˥ / ˩ ] an influence or power



*    (spirit?) which causes people to



*    do things that are to their dis-



*    advantage, and seem to be



*    senseless. Uhuki is said to be



*    caused by ill-treatment of, or



*    lack of consideration for, one’s



*    wife or husband in the preceding



*    reincarnation. The actual cause



*    seems to be the “swearing”