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*    enwɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] tip of breast (male



*    and female); ukp-asoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    point of a spear. (2) beak, also



*    ukp-ahĩaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] beak of a bird;



*    ukp-ɔxɔxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “beak of a



*    fowl”: a style of hair-dressing



*    worn by the wives of an Ɔba



*    (iloi [ ˥ ˥ ]); there are said to be



*    two different sub-styles. This



*    ukp-ɔxɔxɔ can be seen on the



*    female attendants accompany-



*    ing the idol of the goddess Olo-



*    kũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] and Igbaɣɔ̃ [ ˥ / ˩ ]. ukpɛ



*    ɽ-ɛɣodĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] a leaf used in



*    composing charms; very sweet,



*    used as a cough cure for children.



*ukpɛku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a hook thrown



*    during ibako [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], hunting by



*    encircling an area of bush; they



*    are used in the areas of Isi [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    and Iyek-orhiɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*ukpo [ ˩ ˥ ] year; ukpukpo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    every year; ukpukp-okpia na



*    yaz-ihãna [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] every year



*    this man (usually) makes ihãna



*    (the ordinary sacrifice to one’s



*    father; the sentence implies that



*    the man is very poor because he



*    makes ihãna only, instead of



*    ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]); the year is worship-



*    ped at Ɔza [ ˥ ˩ ]; during its



*    annual festival, called eh-oxoxo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ], and denoting the end of



*    the year, the priest asks whether



*    the coming year will be ukpo



*    n-aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “a female year”,



*    or ukpo n-ɔwɛe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], “a male



*    year”; the first expression



*    means “a mild year”, the



*    second, a year of bad luck and



*    many deaths (in the English of



*    my informant a “leap-year”);



*    the worship of the year is possibly



*    of Ika origin; cf. (e)ne [ ˥ ].



*ukpo [ ˥ ˩ ] something raised: (1)



*    altar. (2) same as ogiukpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]