mirror. (2) glass (but not
vessel!). (3) uɣegb-aɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]
“eye-glass”: spectacles; cf. ɣe
[ / ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].
uɣeʋ̃e [ ˩ \ ˩ ] look, appearance;
uɣeʋ̃e ɽ̃uɛ̃ m-ohã gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ˨ ]
your appearance is terrible
(e.g. when a man is ill, or
angry; or referring to a masked
dress); cf. ɣe [ / ], uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ].
uɣɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) “day-looker”:
clock; watch; v. utɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],
umuɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]. (2)
spectacles (older than uɣegb-aɽo
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. ɣe [ / ], ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
Uɣɔtɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (1) name of a Bini
village near Ɛkɛhuã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] through
which the Bini people made
their first contacts with Euro-
peans: “Gwatto”; a certain sib
has its central area at Uɣɔtɔ̃;
their headman is the oh-ɔ̃kũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
there, i.e. the priest of Okũ [ ˩ ˥ ]
or Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]. Other members
of the sib are found at Jesse
(Ijehe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]) where there is also an
hereditary priest and chief Oh-
ɔ̃kũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]. Jesse is said to have
Sobo population. The sib-
greeting is la‿okũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; v.
ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ].
uɣuɣa [ ˥ \ ˩ ] closed room in a Bini
house with one or two entrances;
v. ɔgwa [ ˩ ˥ ], ikũ [ ˩ \ ]; cf. uɣa [ ˩ ˩ ].
uɣũɣã [ ˩ \ ˥ ], [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (different) species,
kinds, sorts, ways; uɣuɣã dɔʋ̃a-
dɔɣɔe nwa [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] lit. “in
a different way everyone is
sensible”: every man has dif-
ferent ways of thought (if
something is interpreted in
several ways); cf. uɣaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].
uɣuɣɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] empty shell of a snail.
uɣũɣuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) stump of tree
that is nearly level with the
