lizard, also called alimiɔ̃ɣɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].
uriɣɔ̃ 2 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Cordia
aurantiaca; its fruit contains
gum.
Uriɣɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,
seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.
uro [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a round wooden
tray on which pepper is ground,
v. oʋi‿uɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) hole on
isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] board (used for keeping
the gained isɛ in the game of
isɛ, same as ogi-uro [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); ur-
isɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] isɛ board; v. ogie [ ˩ ˩ ].
Urhemɛhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] name of a Bini
village.
urho [ ˩ ˩ ] gate; urh-eɣɛɣɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ]
private passage leading from the
apartment containing the Osũ
[ ˩ ˥ ] shrine to the outside;
occasionally also passage from
od-uw-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (private rooms
of husband) to od-ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
(women’s appartment); urh-owa
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] lane between market stalls;
urhon-isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the five gates”:
young servants at the Ɛguae;
they accompany the iloi [ ˥ ˥ ],
and carry water, etc., for the
Ɛguae as well; furthermore,
they collect material wanted by
the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
Urhokpɔta [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] the entrance to
ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] in Bini folklore; said
to have been closed by one Ɔba;
cf. urho [ ˩ ˩ ], okpe [ ˩ ˥ ], ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ].
Urho n-igbe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the ten
gates”: name of a populous
Bini town in the south-east of
the Benin Division; often called
“Usonigbe”.
urhu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) neck; idiom.: ɔʋ̃aʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ
y-ɔʋ̃-ũrhu (ʋ̃aʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
“he is forming words on my
neck”: he is adding something
wrong to my words that belies
