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*uriɣɔ̃ 1 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a smooth-skinned



*    lizard, also called alimiɔ̃ɣɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].



*uriɣɔ̃ 2 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Cordia



*    aurantiaca; its fruit contains



*    gum.



*Uriɣɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,



*    seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.



*uro [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a round wooden



*    tray on which pepper is ground,



*    v. oʋi‿uɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) hole on



*    isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] board (used for keeping



*    the gained isɛ in the game of



*    isɛ, same as ogi-uro [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); ur-



*    isɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] isɛ board; v. ogie [ ˩ ˩ ].



*Urhemɛhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] name of a Bini



*    village.



*urho [ ˩ ˩ ] gate; urh-eɣɛɣɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ]



*    private passage leading from the



*    apartment containing the Osũ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] shrine to the outside;



*    occasionally also passage from



*    od-uw-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (private rooms



*    of husband) to od-ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    (women’s appartment); urh-owa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] lane between market stalls;



*    urho n-isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the five gates”:



*    young servants at the Ɛguae;



*    they accompany the iloi [ ˥ ˥ ],



*    and carry water, etc., for the



*    Ɛguae as well; furthermore,



*    they collect material wanted by



*    the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*Urhokpɔta [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] the entrance to



*    ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] in Bini folklore; said



*    to have been closed by one Ɔba;



*    cf. urho [ ˩ ˩ ], okpe [ ˩ ˥ ], ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ].



*Urho n-igbe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the ten



*    gates”: name of a populous



*    Bini town in the south-east of



*    the Benin Division; often called



*    “Usonigbe”.



*urhu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) neck; idiom.: ɔʋ̃aʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ



*    y-ɔʋ̃-ũrhu (ʋ̃aʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “he is forming words on my



*    neck”: he is adding something



*    wrong to my words that belies