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*  [ ˥ \ ˩ / ˩ ] put it on top of it!
* (2) a pad used to raise women’s
* hair in some styles of hair-
* dressing, e.g. okuku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; it was
* mostly made of itaxuɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ].
* (3) a stopper put into native
* guns in order to prevent the
* powder and charge from falling
* out; it is made from rolled coco-
* nut fibre; the gun is charged as
* follows: first the powder (exae
* [ ˥ ˩ ]) is put in, then uke, then
* igele [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (shot) or efu [ ˩ ˩ ]
* (bullet) which is again followed
* by an uke. (4) a small round
* drum used by men.
*uke [ ˥ ˩ ] stamping (in dancing);
* v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].
*uke 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. ike) (1) (cross-legged)
* cripple. (2) porter at the Ɛguae
* [ ˩ ˩ ]: cripples are doing the
* service of porters at the Ɛguae,
* because they are reliable: they
* do not steal nor commit adultery
* at the Ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (harem), because
* they cannot run away. (3)
* crooked, in uk-adɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] hook
* for picking fruit; v. aɽɔe [ ˩ ˩ ].
*uke 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] something hollow:
* (1) tortoise-shell, also uk-egwi
* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]. (2) lap, when followed by
* egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] “body”: uk-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ];
* ɔmu‿ɛ̃ nya uk-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] she
* (or, he) took it on her (his) lap
* (a baby e.g.).
*ukeke [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] stick; ukeke n-aya
* gbẽbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “stick for writing”:
* pen; ukeke n-aya kpɛ̃ma [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]
* “stick for playing drum”: drum-
* stick; ukeke n-aya bowa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
* “sticks for house-building”:
* beams put on the walls in order
* to support the rafters (n-aya:
* lit. “which one takes”); ukek-
* ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “sticks of Ɔvia”: two
* sticks knocked against each