Page-205-R

*    at night so that it is choked and

inline

*    can be taken out by means of

inline

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

inline

*    eatable.

inline

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

inline

*    size; cf. kpɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].

inline

*ukpu [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) cup. (2) tin; ukpu‿

inline

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

inline

*    tin. (3) a kind of round water-

inline

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

inline

*ukpukpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a kind of dance or

inline

*    physical training for men and

inline

*    boys accompanied by singing;

inline

*    in tightly closed files the dancers

inline

*    quickly advance and retire

inline

*    perhaps originally a war-dance,

inline

*    it is now mostly danced before

inline

*    wrestling, in order to attract

inline

*    others to join the match, or

inline

*    when a chief who has obtained

inline

*    a title goes around the town in

inline

*    a procession in order to thank

inline

*    the Ɔba and the chiefs.

inline

*ukputu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Bosquiea

inline

*    angolensis; its latex looks like

inline

*    blood; “doctors” rub their

inline

*    exwae [ ˥ ˩ ] charm with it in

inline

*    order to make it unbreakable,

inline

*    because the latex gums it

inline

*    together; its leaf is greatly liked

inline

*    by goats, but it intoxicates them

inline

*    and kills them if eaten in large

inline

*    quantities.

inline

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

inline

*    found in salt-bags, as the re-

inline

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

inline

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

inline

*    building: where the mud is too

inline

*    black or too sandy, it it mixed

inline

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

inline

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

inline

*    bells, rattles, and any piece of

inline

*    iron; cf. la 2 [ ].

inline

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

inline

*    bush made by the ant eriri

inline

*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; there are two different

inline