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*unyɛɣɛ̃ 2 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a kind of rat,



*    brown, with two white stripes



*    on its back, running from head



*    to tail.



*unyiʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] custom; manners; u-



*    nyiʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋo na make fo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / / ˥ / / ‿ ˩ ]



*    “the custom of this country



*    does not suit (finish)”: is not



*    perfect, wants improving; u-



*    nyiʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ke gbe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ˦ ] “his



*    manners are very suitable”: he



*    has good manners; ɛʋ̃ɔ‿unyiʋ̃ɛ



*    [ / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] he has no manners; cf.



*    nyi [ / ].



*unyuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] dry season; cf.



*    nyuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ].



*uraʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] joining in a song;



*    uraʋ̃-ĩhuã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “taking-up



*    song”: chorus.



*urɛbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tribal mark on the



*    forehead worn by women, mostly



*    found at Oke [ ˩ ˩ ] and Urho n-



*    igbe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]; cf. ur-ɛɣele [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] (?).



*ur-ɛɣele [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] a beauty-mark for



*    women consisting of dots on the



*    breast, produced by a knife;



*    originally a Jekri custom; lit.



*    “able to hold (rɔ [ / ]) a full-



*    grown man (ɛɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ])”+; cf.



*    urɛbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (?).



*uri [ ˩ ˩ ] residue of water in the



*    mould where palm kernels have



*    been “mashed”; left when the



*    palm-oil which is floating above



*    has been taken off.



*uria [ ˥ ˩ ] a seed similar to that of



*    ixiʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; it lathers well and is,



*    therefore, used as an ingredient



*    in native soap (eʋ-axuɛ [ ˩ / / ]);



*    it is also used alone as soap (by



*    poor people, called eʋ-axu-oʋi‿



*    ogue [ ˩ / ˦ ˦ ˧ ˧ (2-1) ] “poor man’s



*    soap”), but no longer nowadays,



*    when mostly em-uxuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] and



*    udɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] are used.



*uria [ ˥ (4-1) ] far away; cf. re [ / ].