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*    of the 2nd pers. pl.: you; cf.



*    wa [ ˩ ].



*uwa 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] riches; pleasure (old



*    word).



*uwawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a clay pot for cooking



*    soup; uwaw-ugwe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] soup pot



*    with cover; uwaw-ezɛxɛrhɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of flat pot, used



*    by the Jekri people for cooking



*    pepper soup; uwaw-axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    wash basin.



*uwaya [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] telegraph; cf. Engl.



*    wire.



*uwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] pronoun (disjunctive) of



*    the 2nd pers. sgl.: you; cf. u- [ ˩ ].



*uwiʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] being lost; cf. wi [ / ].



*uwɔwɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ] a tree, Albizzia, oc-



*    curring in the following species:



*    uwɔwɛ n-ugu [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ] Albizzia fer-



*    ruginea; uwɔwɛ n-aba fũ [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]



*    Albizzia sassa, cf. ba [ / ], fũɛɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ] (“that glows faintly”);



*    uwɔwɛ n-ɔlaɣ-abɔ [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] Al-



*    bizzia sassa, cf. laɣa [ ˩ ˥ ], “to



*    spread” abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] ( “waving, or,



*    spreading, branches”); uwɔwɛ



*    n-ɔl-ema ɽe [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] Albizzia



*    zygia ( “that cooks fufu and



*    eats”). All of them are used as



*    firewood only.



*uwu [ ˥ ˥ ] inside; ʋ-uw-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    in the house; v. odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*uwu [ ˩ ˥ ] death; cf. wu [ ˥ ], Ogi-



*    uwu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].



*uwu [ ˥ ˩ ] boundary between two



*    villages, or between the farm-



*    land of different families culti-



*    vating the same plot.



*uwusã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a timber tree.



*uxaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] act of telling, de-



*    ciding; decision; uxaʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ na



*    ke gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˩ / ˦ ] the decision of



*    this matter is very wise ( “suit-



*    able”); cf. xa [ / ].



*uxãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (process of) tiring;



*    uxãʋ̃ɛ n-ɛʋ̃ɛ na xã ʋ̃ɛ kpɔlɔ gbe