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*    dais, where the Ɔba or a chief

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*    receives visitors. (3) couch, bed,

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*    a raised niche in Bini houses; ukp-

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*    ekɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] mud-bed; ukp-erhã

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] wooden (European) bed.

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*    (4) (modern usage) Government

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*    road, the point of comparison

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*    being either its being broad and

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*    smooth; or perhaps its being

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*    cut out and, therefore, having

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*    high borders. (5) rank, position

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*    (relative to that of others);

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*    ukpo n-uye kpɔlɔ gbe [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the

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*    rank in which you are is very

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*    high (lit. “great”).

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*ukpoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] pl. ikpiɣo a single

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*    cowrie; many cowries. ukpoɣ-

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*    uzo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “cowrie of antelope”:

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*    something white in the eye-ball

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*    of the uzo [ ˥ ˩ ] antelope; hence,

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*    a disease of the eye; the affected

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*    eye looks like that of uzo, i.e.

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*    the middle of the eye-ball has

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*    a white spot; it impairs the sight

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*    considerably. (Not identical

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*    with aɽo n-ɔs-oze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].) cf.

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*    iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*ukpokpo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] staff, stick, for

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*    walking or fighting.

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*ukpokpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] trouble.

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*ukpomobiɛ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] the Black Bee-

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*    eater (and also name for all

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*    the sunbirds, e.g. the Scarlet-

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*    Breasted Sunbird); “a yellow

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*    bird, smaller than ɔkpã [ ˩ ˥ ]; has

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*    no nest, but digs holes in the

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*    sides of pits”.

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*ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] cloth; ukp-ẽhe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    cloth worn during menstruation.

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*ukpɔbiã [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a squirrel similar

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*    to uxɔrhɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], but a little

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*    smaller (ɔtã [ ˩ ˩ ] is still smaller,

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*    and axiɛxiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the smallest).

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*    It lives in tree-holes, but it is

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*    not “smoked out” like axiɛxiɛ;

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*    its holes are covered with mud

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