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*    [ ˥ \ ˩ / ˩ ] put it on top of it!



*    (2) a pad used to raise women’s



*    hair in some styles of hair-



*    dressing, e.g. okuku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; it was



*    mostly made of itaxuɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ].



*    (3) a stopper put into native



*    guns in order to prevent the



*    powder and charge from falling



*    out; it is made from rolled coco-



*    nut fibre; the gun is charged as



*    follows: first the powder (exae



*    [ ˥ ˩ ]) is put in, then uke, then



*    igele [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (shot) or efu [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    (bullet) which is again followed



*    by an uke. (4) a small round



*    drum used by men.



*uke [ ˥ ˩ ] stamping (in dancing);



*    v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].



*uke 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. ike) (1) (cross-legged)



*    cripple. (2) porter at the Ɛguae



*    [ ˩ ˩ ]: cripples are doing the



*    service of porters at the Ɛguae,



*    because they are reliable: they



*    do not steal nor commit adultery



*    at the Ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (harem), because



*    they cannot run away. (3)



*    crooked, in uk-adɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] hook



*    for picking fruit; v. aɽɔe [ ˩ ˩ ].



*uke 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] something hollow:



*    (1) tortoise-shell, also uk-egwi



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]. (2) lap, when followed by



*    egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] “body”: uk-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ];



*    ɔmu‿ɛ̃ nya uk-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] she



*    (or, he) took it on her (his) lap



*    (a baby e.g.).



*ukeke [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] stick; ukeke n-aya



*    gbẽbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “stick for writing”:



*    pen; ukeke n-aya kpɛ̃ma [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]



*    “stick for playing drum”: drum-



*    stick; ukeke n-aya bowa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “sticks for house-building”:



*    beams put on the walls in order



*    to support the rafters (n-aya:



*    lit. “which one takes”); ukek-



*    ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “sticks of Ɔvia”: two



*    sticks knocked against each