never harmful, like ɛbo [ ˩ \ ], not
even when used for protective
purposes; uxuʋ̃u n-aya xu-awa
n-aya xu‿ɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “me-
dicine for bathing the dog one
takes to hunt in the bush”; v.
edae [ ˩ / ], exwae [ ˥ ˩ ], awasɛ
[ ˩ \ ˩ ].
uxuxue [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] different; uxuxu-eʋ̃i
n-ɔviɔ re hia bũ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˧ (2-1) ] “the
different (sorts of) things he has
brought are many”: he has
brought many different things.
uxwaxwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being crowded;
jostling each other; cf. xwaxwa
[ ˩ ˥ ].
uxwerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a round stool (cut
from a block of wood, without
legs; carried by means of holes
in the sides); uxwerhe na ma yo sɛ
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˥ ˥ \ ] this stool is not high
enough (lit. “reaches”).
uxwerhe [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] sugar-cane; v. ɔɣɔd^
ɔgbɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].
uxwɛrhɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being mild; mild-
ness; cf. xwɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
uye [ ˩ ˩ ] big hole, or pit, natural
or dug by men; idiom.: uye de
gbe n-ɔtɔ̃‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ] “the hole
fell against him who dug it”:
machinations, or, intrigues, have
turned against the one who
perpetrated them. uy-egwi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
“tortoise-hole” (perhaps “in-
terior of tortoise-shell”): deep
round cavity in the bottom of a
pond (e.g. at ok-uwu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]) made
to enable it to hold more water.
uyeʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] act of remembering;
memory; uyeʋ̃-eʋ-aɽu‿ɛse‿iwi
[ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] the memory of a
good deed (“of what is done
well”) is not lost; cf. ye 1 [ / ].
uyi [ ˥ ˩ ] honour; dignity (the
honour bestowed upon a man
