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*    at night so that it is choked and



*    can be taken out by means of



*    uk-adɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (v. uke 1 [ ˩ ˩ ]); it is



*    eatable.



*ukpɔlɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being large; big



*    size; cf. kpɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ukpu [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) cup. (2) tin; ukpu‿



*    enw-ɛmila [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] (cow)-milk



*    tin. (3) a kind of round water-



*    yam (white); v. igioɽua [ ˥ ˩ / ].



*ukpukpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a kind of dance or



*    physical training for men and



*    boys accompanied by singing;



*    in tightly closed files the dancers



*    quickly advance and retire



*    perhaps originally a war-dance,



*    it is now mostly danced before



*    wrestling, in order to attract



*    others to join the match, or



*    when a chief who has obtained



*    a title goes around the town in



*    a procession in order to thank



*    the Ɔba and the chiefs.



*ukputu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Bosquiea



*    angolensis; its latex looks like



*    blood; “doctors” rub their



*    exwae [ ˥ ˩ ] charm with it in



*    order to make it unbreakable,



*    because the latex gums it



*    together; its leaf is greatly liked



*    by goats, but it intoxicates them



*    and kills them if eaten in large



*    quantities.



*ukpuʋ̃ɛdugie [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ] a lump of salt



*    found in salt-bags, as the re-



*    sult of dampness; v. ududu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ulakpa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] red soil used in house-



*    building: where the mud is too



*    black or too sandy, it is+ mixed



*    with ulakpa; cf. Yor. ilɛkpa [ ˩ ˩ ˧ ].



*ulaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] sound, of instruments,



*    bells, rattles, and any piece of



*    iron; cf. la 2 [ ].



*ulelefe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] small ant-hills in the



*    bush made by the ant eriri



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; there are two different