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*umɔbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) step-son, -daughter,



*    (2) foster son; umɔb-erha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    (1) stepfather, (2) fosterfather;



*    v. erha [ ˥ ˥ ].



*umɔdia [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a straight line, or



*    road; ya-e y-umɔdia [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] make



*    it straight! umɔdia na tã gbe



*    [ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this straight road is very



*    long. (2) also used for “mile”;



*    cf. dia [ ˥ ]; v. ibiɽiki [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*umɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] native iron hammer.



*umɔvɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] catapult, used by



*    boys to kill birds.



*umɔxã [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a tree, Pycnanthus



*    kombo (F.D. list has umoghan);



*    cf. umɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).



*umuãdiyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “chicken-killer”,



*    a carnivorous animal (N.W.Th.



*    has “serval”); usually called



*    “fox”; cf. mu 1 [ ˥ ], adiyɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ];



*    v. umuɔxɔxɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*umuɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] clock; a new word;



*    not considered by A. as the cor-



*    rect term (v. utɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], uɣɛdɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); it would literally mean



*    “a punctual instrument”; cf.



*    mu 1 [ ˥ ]; v. ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*umuɔxɔxɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] same as umuadiyɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “serval”.



*uniɛ 1 [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) a tree, Xylopia



*    aethiopica. (2) fruit of the



*    above; it is an ingredient in a



*    pepper-soup also called uniɛ



*    which is drunk by women after



*    delivery, and also by sick people;



*    the soup is not cooked with oil;



*    v. aɣako [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*uniɛ 2 [ ˥ ˥ ] family; v. ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ].



*uni-ɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (the -ɛɽɛ is not nasal-



*    ised) in four days’ time; cf. ɛɽɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ]; v. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*unɔmunɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “thing that al-



*    ways asks”: a name for the o-



*    gwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination; occurs



*    in one of the ogwɛga words; cf.



*    nɔ [ / ].