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*ukobozo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] also ukoɣobozo,
* Latham’s or Forest Francolin
* (or bush-fowl).
*ukohuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “head-supporter”:
* pillow; cf. ke 1 [ / ], uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
*ukoko [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] pipe.
*ukoko [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) swelling, e.g. ukok-
* od-iyeke [ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ] swelling on
* the back. (2) Something bulg-
* ing out, in ukok-owɛ [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ]
* ankle; ukoko-bɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] can be
* used instead of igu-abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
* “elbow”; v. igwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˩ ].
*ukokɔɣɔ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] calabash used for
* storing medicines; cf. uko [ ˥ ˥ ].
*ukoni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] kitchen, at the women’s
* side of the Bini house.
*ukotĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] hair-pin; cf. Yor.
* ikoti [ ˩ / ˥ ].
*ukɔ 1 [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) messenger; uk-ɔba
* [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] messenger of the Ɔba; ukw-
* ekɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] attendant of an Ɔba
* or chief, going in front of his
* master; also supposed to be with
* the ihɛ̃s Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] and Ɔx-
* wahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] and Igbaɣɔ̃ [ ˥ / ˩ ]
* when they are “travelling”;
* uk-ɛbɔ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] (a) (invisible) mes-
* senger of a god affecting offen-
* ders against the god with
* sickness; (b) man employed by
* a Native Court to lead litigants
* to a shrine in order to take an
* oath; (c) man leading a proces-
* sion of juju masqueraders. He
* picks up anything that drops
* out of the masquerade-dress;
* uk-usuɛbɔ [ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ] “messenger of
* accompanying (or, leading)
* juju”: same as uk-ɛbɔ. (2)
* worry; v. kãɛ̃ 4 [ / ].
*ukɔ̃ɣɔ̃ɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (idiomatic) (1) irre-
* parable damage; ɔna ɽ-ukɔ̃ɣɔ̃ɽ̃ɔ̃
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (ɽe [ ˥ ]) this damage
* cannot be recovered; v. also
* mu [ ˥ ]. (2) action of always