can be taken out by means of
uk-adɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (v. uke 1 [ ˩ ˩ ]); it is
eatable.
ukpɔlɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being large; big
size; cf. kpɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
ukpu [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) cup. (2) tin; ukpu‿
enw-ɛmila [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] (cow)-milk
tin. (3) a kind of round water-
yam (white); v. igioɽua [ ˥ ˩ / ].
ukpukpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a kind of dance or
physical training for men and
boys accompanied by singing;
in tightly closed files the dancers
quickly advance and retire
perhaps originally a war-dance,
it is now mostly danced before
wrestling, in order to attract
others to join the match, or
when a chief who has obtained
a title goes around the town in
a procession in order to thank
the Ɔba and the chiefs.
ukputu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Bosquiea
angolensis; its latex looks like
blood; “doctors” rub their
exwae [ ˥ ˩ ] charm with it in
order to make it unbreakable,
because the latex gums it
together; its leaf is greatly liked
by goats, but it intoxicates them
and kills them if eaten in large
quantities.
ukpuʋ̃ɛdugie [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ] a lump of salt
found in salt-bags, as the re-
sult of dampness; v. ududu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
ulakpa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] red soil used in house-
building: where the mud is too
black or too sandy, it it mixed
with ulakpa; cf. Yor. ilɛkpa [ ˩ ˩ ˧ ].
ulaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] sound, of instruments,
bells, rattles, and any piece of
iron; cf. la 2 [ ].
ulelefe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] small ant-hills in the
bush made by the ant eriri
[ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; there are two different
