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*    suring success or protection, but



*    never harmful, like ɛbo [ ˩ \ ], not



*    even when used for protective



*    purposes; uxuʋ̃u n-aya xu-awa



*    n-aya xu‿ɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “me-



*    dicine for bathing the dog one



*    takes to hunt in the bush”; v.



*    edae [ ˩ / ], exwae [ ˥ ˩ ], awasɛ



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*uxuxue [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] different; uxuxu-eʋ̃i



*    n-ɔviɔ re hia bũ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˧ (2-1) ] “the



*    different (sorts of) things he has



*    brought are many”: he has



*    brought many different things.



*uxwaxwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being crowded;



*    jostling each other; cf. xwaxwa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ].



*uxwerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a round stool (cut



*    from a block of wood, without



*    legs; carried by means of holes



*    in the sides); uxwerhe na ma yo sɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˥ ˥ \ ] this stool is not high



*    enough (lit. “reaches”).



*uxwerhe [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] sugar-cane; v. ɔɣɔd^



*    ɔgbɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*uxwɛrhɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being mild; mild-



*    ness; cf. xwɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*uye [ ˩ ˩ ] big hole, or pit, natural



*    or dug by men; idiom.: uye de



*    gbe n-ɔtɔ̃‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ] “the hole



*    fell against him who dug it”:



*    machinations, or, intrigues, have



*    turned against the one who



*    perpetrated them. uy-egwi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “tortoise-hole” (perhaps “in-



*    terior of tortoise-shell”): deep



*    round cavity in the bottom of a



*    pond (e.g. at ok-uwu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]) made



*    to enable it to hold more water.



*uyeʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] act of remembering;



*    memory; uyeʋ̃-eʋ-aɽu‿ɛse‿iwi



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] the memory of a



*    good deed (“of what is done



*    well”) is not lost; cf. ye 1 [ / ].



*uyi [ ˥ ˩ ] honour; dignity (the



*    honour bestowed upon a man