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*    hind the Ossiomo River”; and:

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*    Ugo n-iyek-ikpoba [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “the

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*    Ugo behind Ikpoba” (lying on

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*    the road to Agbor).

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*ugoʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) act of shouting.

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*    (2) songs accompanying the

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*    akaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] dances of the

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*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] cult; sung by the

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*    head-dancers while the women

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*    dancers clap hands. When the

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*    head-dancers pause, the women

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*    sing uke [ ˥ ˩ ] songs, and both

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*    groups stamp their feet as

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*    accompaniment (gb-uke [ ˥ ˩ ]);

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*    cf. go [ ˥ ].

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*ugɔ̃gie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] worship (Akugbe): cf.

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*    gɔ̃ [ / ], ugie [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ugɔ̃gɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (1) Bini name for the

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*    Sobo tribal marks: a straight

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*    line leading from the middle of

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*    the forehead to the tip of the

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*    nose. (2) ugɔ̃g-ĩyeke [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    spine (same as uv-ĩyeke [ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    v. uviɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ]); cf. gɔ̃gɔ̃ɔ̃gɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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*ugu [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Saccoglottis gabo-

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*    nensis; its bark is pounded and

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*    mixed with palm wine in order

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*    to make it red; ugu mu‿anyɔ

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*    na‿ɛsɛse [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] the ugu has

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*    changed this wine very much.

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*ugu [ ˩ \ ] vulture, Common or

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*    Hooded V.; cf. Yor. igũ [ ˧ ˥ ].

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*uguɔmaifiã [ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ] lit. “you do not

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*    help an old man to cut it”: a

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*    tree with very soft wood, Disco-

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*    glypremna coloneura.

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*ugwe [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) lid, cover (e.g. of a

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*    pot); ugw-ɛkpokĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “cover

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*    of leather box”: a tree, Hannoa

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*    klaineana. (2) ugw-akpata [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    “cover of native harp”: (besides

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*    the literal meaning) a curved

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*    tuft of hair above the forehead,

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*    worn by the Ɔba and by all the

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*    chiefs as a sign of their rank;

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*    also: tuft of feathers on the

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