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[ ˥ ˥ ] “bush”) same as asuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ]     (A.) (?); a shrub, Grewia coria-     ceae. The unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã is kept in     all ihɛ̃ and ɛbɔ shrines (except the     ancestral shrines, Erha [ ˥ ˥ ] and     Iye [ ˥ ˥ ]) as the juju’s whip. When     the oracle has found out that a     man is a witch, or has sworn ɛbɔ     to kill somebody, the priest of     the shrine whips him three times     with the unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã in telling     him so, and the man will     confess. (Women keep it at the     Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] shrine.) The urho     n-isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] use unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã on     many occasions to whip on-     lookers away, e.g. when fetching     palm-wine for the royal house-     hold, as nobody must see the     contents of their loads, or when     fetching water for the Ɔba (he     never drinks water from Ɔgba).     It is (was) also used by the     Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] and Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] societies.      unwɔnwɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ] a small tree,     Alchornea cordifolia; its leaves     are used by the Yoruba people     as a mild purgative for chil-     dren.      unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] soup; its main in-     gredients are: ize n-ɔfua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]     (crayfish); ɛhiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (native     popper); eʋ-ariɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] ( “native     butter”); uʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ] (salt), and     ofigbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (palm-oil). There is     also ocro soup: unwɔʋ̃-ĩxiaʋɔ     [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] and afɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] soup: unwɔʋ̃-     ãfɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the latter prepared     e.g. with oɽiwo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] ( “bitter     leaves”) or eb-itɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (spin-     ach) or eb-ɔdɔ̃dɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ], ikp-ogi     [ ˩ \ ˩ ], etc.      unyɛgbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] tray; unyɛgb-emuɛ     [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] ash-tray.      unyɛɣɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Monodora     cornifolia.