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*    [ ˥ ˥ ] “bush”) same as asuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ]



*    (A.) (?); a shrub, Grewia coria-



*    ceae. The unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã is kept in



*    all ihɛ̃ and ɛbɔ shrines (except the



*    ancestral shrines, Erha [ ˥ ˥ ] and



*    Iye [ ˥ ˥ ]) as the juju’s whip. When



*    the oracle has found out that a



*    man is a witch, or has sworn ɛbɔ



*    to kill somebody, the priest of



*    the shrine whips him three times



*    with the unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã in telling



*    him so, and the man will



*    confess. (Women keep it at the



*    Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] shrine.) The urho



*    n-isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] use unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã on



*    many occasions to whip on-



*    lookers away, e.g. when fetching



*    palm-wine for the royal house-



*    hold, as nobody must see the



*    contents of their loads, or when



*    fetching water for the Ɔba (he



*    never drinks water from Ɔgba).



*    It is (was) also used by the



*    Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] and Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] societies.



*unwɔnwɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ] a small tree,



*    Alchornea cordifolia; its leaves



*    are used by the Yoruba people



*    as a mild purgative for chil-



*    dren.



*unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] soup; its main in-



*    gredients are: ize n-ɔfua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    (crayfish); ɛhiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (native



*    popper); eʋ-ariɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] ( “native



*    butter”); uʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ] (salt), and



*    ofigbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (palm-oil). There is



*    also ocro soup: unwɔʋ̃-ĩxiaʋɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] and afɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] soup: unwɔʋ̃-



*    ãfɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the latter prepared



*    e.g. with oɽiwo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] ( “bitter



*    leaves”) or eb-itɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (spin-



*    ach) or eb-ɔdɔ̃dɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ], ikp-ogi



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ], etc.



*unyɛgbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] tray; unyɛgb-emuɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] ash-tray.



*unyɛɣɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Monodora



*    cornifolia.