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*    uttered during one’s previous re-



*    incarnation by the injured party



*    against the offender. Offences



*    leading to this swearing and



*    consequent uhuki are e.g. a



*    man’s not giving his wife food



*    and clothes, or not having inter-



*    course with her on the day when



*    she purifies herself after men-



*    struation, or a wife’s promiscuous



*    way of living (so that the



*    husband forsakes her), or her



*    omitting to mourn for her de-



*    ceased husband properly (v. xiɛ̃



*    [ / ]); uhuki ɔkpokp-ɛe [ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    “uhuki (it is that) is troubling



*    him (or her)”. The “trouble”



*    caused by uhuki may manifest



*    itself in very different ways, and



*    in different degrees of intensity.



*    A man may refuse to marry and



*    may hate women, or even be



*    temporarily impotent or mad;



*    with a woman it is believed to



*    be the cause of frigidity and cer-



*    tain misdemeanours. A sacrifice



*    can “bring them (i.e. the uhukis)



*    to sense”: a “doctor” makes



*    an image representing the hus-



*    band or wife, respectively, of



*    the preceding reincarnation, and



*    makes a sacrifice to it. After-



*    wards, the image is buried



*    with the sacrifice (ɔɽe‿uhuki



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] he buried the uhuki).



*    The uhuki was said not to be



*    the dead man (or woman)



*    himself.



*uhukpa [ ˥ / ˥ ], [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] (1) once;



*    ɽu‿ɛe‿uhukpa [ ˩ / ˥ / ˥ ] do it



*    once (and also: “at once”).



*    (2) at once; ikɛk-ɔɽe wamu bũ-



*    hukpa [ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ / / ˥ ] his bicycle



*    broke at once.



*uhuʋ̃ova [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] sickness (general



*    term); uhuʋ̃ova lɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]