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*uɽu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a big clay demijohn



*    (such as are used e.g. in stores);



*    y-uɽu ni yak-ɔgɔ re [ ˩ / ˦ / ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “take that demijohn, go (and)



*    buy (ka [ ˥ ]) palm-wine (and)



*    come!”: fetch some palm-wine



*    in that demijohn! (2) a pot dug



*    into the earth at every juju



*    shrine, containing water mixed



*    with chalk and charms; this



*    mixture is said to drive evil



*    spirits away; the priest splashes



*    it (instead of chalk, v. orhue



*    [ ˩ ˩ ]) over supplicants, e.g. sick



*    people, men wanting an ordeal,



*    or pregnant women.



*uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ] the Borassus palm,



*    Borassus flabellifera; a rattle is



*    made from its leaves (v. ɛgwɛ̃



*    [ ˥ ˥ ]).



*uɽubu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) hook; barb; ifɛʋ̃-



*    uɽubu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] barbed arrow.



*    (2) a trap made of pointed iron



*    rods.



*uɽubu [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a smooth-skinned



*    lizard, bigger than alimiɔ̃ɣɔ̃



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]; it is said to be able to



*    kill snakes.



*uɽuhe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Pterocarpus



*    mildbraedii; an example of it is



*    to be found near ɛki‿ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ],



*    the central market of Benin



*    City, where it is given sacrifices



*    under the name of emotã [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*    (It stands now in front of the



*    C.M.S. bookshop, opposite the



*    entrance of the market.)



*uɽuʋa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] boil; cf. Jekri urubɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] or [ ˧ ˩ ˧ ].



*uɽ̃ã [ ˥ ˥ ] a trap for climbing



*    animals: across a long path cut



*    through the forest, sticks or



*    ropes are fixed by means of



*    which climbing animals, e.g.



*    monkeys, try to cross to the



*    other side of the forest; in the