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*    “sickness is paining me”: I am



*    ill; cf. emiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) head; it is believed



*    to report to one’s Ɛhi [ ˩ ˩ ] every



*    evening about one’s doings, and



*    it is given sacrifices, v. gwɛ [ / ];



*    hence uhuʋ̃u dã [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] “bad



*    head”: bad luck; uhuʋ̃u‿esi



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “good head”: good luck;



*    xxxxx



*    an idiomatic expression is uhuʋ̃u



*    ya y-ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] “head takes for it”:



*    you, or he, will get into hot water



*    for it (when scolding somebody



*    for some mischief he has done),



*    (in a proverb). uhuʋ̃-oɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “head of corpse”: skull; uhuʋ̃-



*    elao [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] wooden sculptures



*    representing heads, forming part



*    of the ancestral shrines (v. erha



*    [ ˥ ˥ ] and iye [ ˥ ˥ ]) in Bini



*    houses. The Ɔba’s and Ezɔmɔ’s



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] uhuʋ̃-elao are of brass.



*    (2) upside; upward; on top;



*    uhuʋ̃-ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] on top of it;



*    uhuʋ̃-ɛ̃zɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] up-stream; uhuʋ̃-



*    oke [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] up-hill; uhuʋ̃-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “top of house”: roof (from out-



*    side, v. ɛrhũrhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]). (3)



*    message (in connection with



*    gie [ ˥ ] “to send”); cf. uhuʋ̃ova



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*uhuʋ̃uɽ̃ũ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] period of nine days



*    (2 ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]); uɣade ʋ-uhuʋ̃uɽ̃ũ



*    [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] you should come with-



*    in nine days; uhuʋ̃u-ɛ̃ɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    (ɽ not nasalised) nine days from



*    to-day; cf. ihĩɽ̃ĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*ukata [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] straw-hat, usually ɛrh-



*    ukata [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. Yor. akata [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ukaʋ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] smallness; small



*    size; cf. kaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ].



*uke [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) top of a thing lying



*    on the ground, e.g. a load that



*    has been put down, or a tree



*    lying on the ground (ogwe [ ˥ ˩ ]),



*    v. uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; mu-ɛ̃ y-uk-ɛɽe