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*udegwɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “fall-break”: (1)

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*    a tree, Swartzia fistuloides; pro-

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*    duces a seed which is used as

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*    soap by poor people, v. eʋ-axuɛ

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*    [ ˩ / / ]. (2) a long hanging

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*    coral necklace; cf. de 1 [ ˥ ],

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*    gwɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*udegbotɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a kind of palm-

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*    wine; v. exwɛxwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; cf. de 1

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*    [ ˥ ], gbe 1 [ ˥ ], otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*uderhu [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “fall-upon”: (1) a big

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*    kind of hawk with white wing-

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*    tips, “gives a whistling sound”.

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*    (2) a man who has committed a

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*    rape; cf. de 1 [ ˩ ], rhu 2 [ ˥ ].

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*udɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] oil from fried palm-

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*    kernels, grease; cf. Ibo udɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*Udɛni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,

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*    seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.

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*udĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) the oil palm, Elaesis

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*    guineensis; udĩ‿uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a

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*    drink obtained from the oil

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*    palm; the cut starts from the

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*    spot where the palm bunch

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*    begins, no other part of the tree

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*    suffers (lit. “palm of the top-

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*    side”); this is the best kind of

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*    drink to be given as an offering

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*    to a god. (2) a kind of white

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*    water-yam which is very long

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*    (hence the appellation).

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*udiã [ ˩ ˥ ] tsetse-fly; udĩ-eni [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    “elephant-fly”: a big stinging

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*    fly.

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*udĩʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] courage: cf. dĩ 1 [ ˥ ].

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*udiʋ̃iʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being deep; depth;

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*    cf. diʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*udɔ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] thinness; leanness;

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*    cf. dɔ̃ [ ˥ ].

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*udu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) liver; in udu n-ɛko

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “udu of the abdomen”.

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*    (2) lungs; in udu n-ohoɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    the “empty udu”. (3) heart;

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*    v. ɛkokodu [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ], ɔkãdi [ ˩ / ˥ ].

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*ududu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] lump: udud-ugbe

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (note the tone!) “a lump

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