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*unu [ ˩ ˥ ] mouth; unu‿iya [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    gate in Ɔzuɔla’s big wall and



*    ditch.



*unuɣisɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “mouth cannot



*    reach”: an old expression equi-



*    valent to oloi [ ˥ ˥ ] “wife of the



*    Ɔba”.



*Unwagwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] the senior chief at



*    the Iwebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-society; he is in



*    charge of the Ɔba’s dresses, and



*    especially his coral-beads. He



*    used to act for three years as



*    the Ɔba when an Ɔba had died,



*    during which three years the



*    Ɔba’s death was kept a secret



*    (this practice was not followed



*    the last time); thus he was (and



*    still is in theory) the only man



*    to wear the Ɔba’s dresses; the



*    title is hereditary, or, at least,



*    it remains in the family (Igi-



*    esã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]): if the son of an



*    Unwagwɛ is too young, a near



*    relative takes the title.



*unwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] brightness (of day



*    or weather); unwaʋ̃-ɛ̃dɛ n-ɛɽɛ



*    l-uɣaɛ̃ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “the



*    brightness of to-day is very



*    different”: to-day it is much



*    brighter than usual (ovɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    might be substituted above for



*    unwaʋ̃ɛ); cf. nwa 2 [ / ].



*Unwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] a god of the Ɔba’s;



*    v. Ɔsa [ ˥ ˩ ], Osuã [ ˥ ˩ ].



*unwɛrhiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] whip; idiom.: ɛse



*    rhi-unwɛrhiɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “kindness



*    has taken a whip”: things have



*    taken a bad turn, or, something



*    well intended has had a bad end



*    (e.g. an advice not taken); ʋeɣe



*    ʋ-ɛse rhi-unwɛrhiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “see



*    again how kindness has come



*    out wrong”. unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “squirrel’s whip”: a shrub,



*    Glyphaea laterifolia; F.D. list:



*    unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃t-ɛ̃gbo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] (ɛgbo