them, e.g. in court; he contra- dicts my (true) testimony; urhu ʋ̃ɛ gu-ɔna (gwa 3 [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “my neck does not fit this”: I cannot bear this (e.g. a fine that is to be payed). urhu‿abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “neck of arm (or, hand)”: wrist; urhu‿awɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “neck of foot”: ankle (i.e. not only the bone); v. ɛho [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) voice; v. ɛho [ ˩ ˥ ]. urhuaɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “blinder”: a cactus, same as ɔɽɔ [ ˥ / ]. urhukpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] lantern; cf. rhu 1 [ ˥ ], ukpa [ ˥ ˥ ]; Yor. atukpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. uɽeʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] burial; cf. ɽe [ / ]. uɽi [ ˩ ˥ ] two hundred. uɽo [ ˥ ˥ ] line; ya‿e y-uɽo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] put it (arrange it) in a line! tɛ̃ y-uɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] fall in line! ɽu‿ɛɽe uɽuuɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] do it as it should be done! (“line by line”). uɽ-odɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] pathway of road; uɽ-eha [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a style of hair-dressing worn by women during the eighth month of pregnancy; it consists of three rows of hair, one in the middle of the head and one at each side; v. uviɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ]. uɽoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a crowd of people. Uɽoho [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a Bini village on the Sapele road; its inhabitants are said to be very shy and retiring. (2) shy; idiom.: Uɽoho n-ɛgu‿ob-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “a shy man who does not make the acquaintance of anybody”. Uɽoɽa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] name of a Bini village, seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine. uɽoɽ-amɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) small gutter leading off (under the floor) the rain-water gathered in ukpafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) a direction, something like west: when clouds appear there, rain is certain to fall; cf. amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]. |