Page-206-L prev next

*    sorts: ulelef-odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “dumb



*    ant-hill”: an ant-hill without a



*    “cap” or top; ulelefe n-ɔrhu‿



*    ɛrhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “capped ant-hill”;



*    the top or cap is shaped like an



*    umbrella.



*ulɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] running away; cf. lɛ [ / ].



*ulɛko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a charm with a bell



*    attached to it, worn round the



*    neck by pregnant women; it is



*    worn during the whole day, but



*    is especially important at meals;



*    thus the child in the womb is



*    made to partake of the food; it



*    also prevents miscarriage; cf.



*    la [ ˥ ] (?), ɛko [ ˩ \ ].



*ulɛmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] idiomatic word for a



*    special sort of calabash used for



*    drinking palm-wine by the old



*    people (young people drink out



*    of tumblers), and by wine-



*    tappers for scooping the wine



*    out of the big clay wine-pot



*    (ax-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], v. axe [ ˩ ˥ ]); same



*    as ope [ ˥ ˩ ].



*uloko [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] the Iroko tree, Chloro-



*    phora excelsa; gives good timber;



*    it is said to produce the tsetse-



*    fly; uloko n-Enyaɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] the



*    Iroko tree of Enyae, a meeting-



*    place for witches, but other Iroko



*    trees have the same repute; cf.



*    Yor. iroko [ ˩ / ˩ ]; v. isi [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ulɔka [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] corn-cake: maize is



*    fried in a pan, then pounded or



*    ground, and finally baked; cf.



*    lɔ [ ˥ ], ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ulɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) stopping of passers-



*    by near a place where secret



*    ceremonies are performed, as



*    done e.g. by a rope and “bull-



*    roaring” (Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-society),



*    “bull-roaring” alone (Ɔxwahɛ



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ]), or by people armed with



*    whips (at some ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]).



*    (2) secret performance (at Ɔvia