receives visitors. (3) couch, bed,
a raised niche in Bini houses; ukp-
ekɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] mud-bed; ukp-erhã
[ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] wooden (European) bed.
(4) (modern usage) Government
road, the point of comparison
being either its being broad and
smooth; or perhaps its being
cut out and, therefore, having
high borders. (5) rank, position
(relative to that of others);
ukpo n-uye kpɔlɔ gbe [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the
rank in which you are is very
high (lit. “great”).
ukpoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] pl. ikpiɣo a single
cowrie; many cowries. ukpoɣ-
uzo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “cowrie of antelope”:
something white in the eye-ball
of the uzo [ ˥ ˩ ] antelope; hence,
a disease of the eye; the affected
eye looks like that of uzo, i.e.
the middle of the eye-ball has
a white spot; it impairs the sight
considerably. (Not identical
with aɽo n-ɔs-oze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].) cf.
iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ].
ukpokpo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] staff, stick, for
walking or fighting.
ukpokpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] trouble.
ukpomobiɛ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] the Black Bee-
eater (and also name for all
the sunbirds, e.g. the Scarlet-
Breasted Sunbird); “a yellow
bird, smaller than ɔkpã [ ˩ ˥ ]; has
no nest, but digs holes in the
sides of pits”.
ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] cloth; ukp-ẽhe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
cloth worn during menstruation.
ukpɔbiã [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a squirrel similar
to uxɔrhɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], but a little
smaller (ɔtã [ ˩ ˩ ] is still smaller,
and axiɛxiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the smallest).
It lives in tree-holes, but it is
not “smoked out” like axiɛxiɛ;
its holes are covered with mud
