ant-hill”: an ant-hill without a
“cap” or top; ulelefe n-ɔrhu‿
ɛrhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “capped ant-hill”;
the top or cap is shaped like an
umbrella.
ulɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] running away; cf. lɛ [ / ].
ulɛko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a charm with a bell
attached to it, worn round the
neck by pregnant women; it is
worn during the whole day, but
is especially important at meals;
thus the child in the womb is
made to partake of the food; it
also prevents miscarriage; cf.
la [ ˥ ] (?), ɛko [ ˩ \ ].
ulɛmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] idiomatic word for a
special sort of calabash used for
drinking palm-wine by the old
people (young people drink out
of tumblers), and by wine-
tappers for scooping the wine
out of the big clay wine-pot
(ax-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], v. axe [ ˩ ˥ ]); same
as ope [ ˥ ˩ ].
uloko [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] the Iroko tree, Chloro-
phora excelsa; gives good timber;
it is said to produce the tsetse-
fly; uloko n-Enyaɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] the
Iroko tree of Enyae, a meeting-
place for witches, but other Iroko
trees have the same repute; cf.
Yor. iroko [ ˩ / ˩ ]; v. isi [ ˩ ˥ ].
ulɔka [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] corn-cake: maize is
fried in a pan, then pounded or
ground, and finally baked; cf.
lɔ [ ˥ ], ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ].
ulɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) stopping of passers-
by near a place where secret
ceremonies are performed, as
done e.g. by a rope and “bull-
roaring” (Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-society),
“bull-roaring” alone (Ɔxwahɛ
[ ˩ / ˩ ]), or by people armed with
whips (at some ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]).
(2) secret performance (at Ɔvia
