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*  dais, where the Ɔba or a chief
* receives visitors. (3) couch, bed,
* a raised niche in Bini houses; ukp-
* ekɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] mud-bed; ukp-erhã
* [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] wooden (European) bed.
* (4) (modern usage) Government
* road, the point of comparison
* being either its being broad and
* smooth; or perhaps its being
* cut out and, therefore, having
* high borders. (5) rank, position
* (relative to that of others);
* ukpo n-uye kpɔlɔ gbe [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the
* rank in which you are is very
* high (lit. “great”).
*ukpoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] pl. ikpiɣo a single
* cowrie; many cowries. ukpoɣ-
* uzo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “cowrie of antelope”:
* something white in the eye-ball
* of the uzo [ ˥ ˩ ] antelope; hence,
* a disease of the eye; the affected
* eye looks like that of uzo, i.e.
* the middle of the eye-ball has
* a white spot; it impairs the sight
* considerably. (Not identical
* with aɽo n-ɔs-oze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].) cf.
* iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ].
*ukpokpo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] staff, stick, for
* walking or fighting.
*ukpokpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] trouble.
*ukpomobiɛ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] the Black Bee-
* eater (and also name for all
* the sunbirds, e.g. the Scarlet-
* Breasted Sunbird); “a yellow
* bird, smaller than ɔkpã [ ˩ ˥ ]; has
* no nest, but digs holes in the
* sides of pits”.
*ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] cloth; ukp-ẽhe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
* cloth worn during menstruation.
*ukpɔbiã [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a squirrel similar
* to uxɔrhɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], but a little
* smaller (ɔtã [ ˩ ˩ ] is still smaller,
* and axiɛxiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the smallest).
* It lives in tree-holes, but it is
* not “smoked out” like axiɛxiɛ;
* its holes are covered with mud