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*    every five days; us-ɛ̃ki n-ɔgbera



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ] the market of five days



*    ago; us-ɛ̃ki n-ɔde [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ / ] the



*    market coming within five days,



*    v. ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]. usĩ‿ɛ̃ɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (ɽ not



*    nasalised) in five days’ time



*    (including to-day); v. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*    us-ũsɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] every five days, or,



*    native week; us-ũs-ãyadu‿ɛki‿



*    enyaɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (do [ ˥ ]) every five



*    days the market of Enyaɛ is



*    held; cf. isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*usi [ ˩ ˥ ] starch obtained from



*    cassava; v. ebɔbɔzi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*usĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] for a long time; ɔs-eʋ̃a



*    nɛ‿(u)sĩ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ] (sɛ [ ˥ ]) he has



*    been (lit. “reached”) here a



*    long time.



*usie [ ˩ ˥ ] black coloured border on



*    lower part of walls in Bini



*    houses produced by “rubbing”



*    them with ogbigbo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], about



*    3 feet high; cf. sie [ / ].



*usoʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] noise, of water and



*    crowds; cf. so [ ˥ ].



*usũ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) line, row, of people;



*    usũ n-ɔxiã ni eɽ-en-okpia ye



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “(among) the line



*    (of workers) that is moving on



*    over there (it is, that) the man



*    is”; (2) among. v. otu [ ˩ ˩ ].



*usugba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; usugb-ema [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ]



*    round lump of fufu.



*utalawɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] trousers; cf. owɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*utãtã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Lecaniodiscus



*    cupanioides; used as firewood



*    only.



*utete [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] hillock, only a few feet



*    high; a praise-name of the Ɔba



*    is; nɔhĩ‿utete n-ɔɣ-uɣe s-ɔʋ̃a



*    (sɛ [ / ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “he who



*    climbs the hill that looks at the



*    dance (show) more than any-



*    body else.”



*utɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “time-teller”: clock;



*    a new, and perhaps the best