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*uxuɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] same as axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]:



*    bathing, having a bath; cf.



*    xuɛ [ / ].



*uxurhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a carved stick, a few



*    feet long, forming part of the



*    ancestral shrines (Erha [ ˥ ˥ ] and



*    Iye [ ˥ ˥ ]) and the shrines of the



*    ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] (e.g. Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ], Ɔvia



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] and others). During prayers



*    they are knocked on the ground



*    in order to confirm the words.



*    uxurh-ɔhɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a kind of tree;



*    its branches form the most



*    essentiaI part of an ancestral



*    shrine (and of others, v. below),



*    because these branches are be-



*    lieved to ensure communication



*    with the spirits of the dead



*    (“to speak to them and to hear



*    them”). The branches of uxurh-



*    ɔhɔ have joints and fall off when



*    old; its leaves resemble those



*    of the gum tree; uxurh-ɔhɔ (i.e.



*    the branch) is found on the



*    shrines of the ihɛ̃ who were once



*    human beings, i.e. not on that



*    of Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (and some others).



*    It is likewise found under some



*    inyatɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], i.e. the trees where



*    otɔe [ ˩ ˩ ], the ground, is worship-



*    ped.



*uxuuxu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] various.



*uxuʋ̃u [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (the) top side; above;



*    cf. odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], avã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] time when the yam-



*    creepers are still growing up



*    along the poles and when there



*    is no food left (in every year



*    about March); then the women



*    go to the abandoned farms (ogo



*    [ ˩ ˩ ]) in search of is-õgo [ ˩ \ ˩ ];



*    famine; uxuʋ̃u fi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] famine is



*    reigning.



*uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) medicine for heal-



*    ing. (2) charm eaten or used for



*    washing, with the object of en-