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*    dais, where the Ɔba or a chief



*    receives visitors. (3) couch, bed,



*    a raised niche in Bini houses; ukp-



*    ekɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] mud-bed; ukp-erhã



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] wooden (European) bed.



*    (4) (modern usage) Government



*    road, the point of comparison



*    being either its being broad and



*    smooth; or perhaps its being



*    cut out and, therefore, having



*    high borders. (5) rank, position



*    (relative to that of others);



*    ukpo n-uye kpɔlɔ gbe [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the



*    rank in which you are is very



*    high (lit. “great”).



*ukpoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] pl. ikpiɣo a single



*    cowrie; many cowries. ukpoɣ-



*    uzo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “cowrie of antelope”:



*    something white in the eye-ball



*    of the uzo [ ˥ ˩ ] antelope; hence,



*    a disease of the eye; the affected



*    eye looks like that of uzo, i.e.



*    the middle of the eye-ball has



*    a white spot; it impairs the sight



*    considerably. (Not identical



*    with aɽo n-ɔs-oze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].) cf.



*    iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ].



*ukpokpo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] staff, stick, for



*    walking or fighting.



*ukpokpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] trouble.



*ukpomobiɛ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] the Black Bee-



*    eater (and also name for all



*    the sunbirds, e.g. the Scarlet-



*    Breasted Sunbird); “a yellow



*    bird, smaller than ɔkpã [ ˩ ˥ ]; has



*    no nest, but digs holes in the



*    sides of pits”.



*ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] cloth; ukp-ẽhe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    cloth worn during menstruation.



*ukpɔbiã [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a squirrel similar



*    to uxɔrhɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], but a little



*    smaller (ɔtã [ ˩ ˩ ] is still smaller,



*    and axiɛxiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the smallest).



*    It lives in tree-holes, but it is



*    not “smoked out” like axiɛxiɛ;



*    its holes are covered with mud