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*  ĩyeke [ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ] hollow line along
* the back; ʋ̃aʋ̃a‿ɛ̃ y-uvĩ-ũviɛ̃
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] arrange it line by line,
* systematically (probably also:
* group by group). (2) in divining,
* group of combinations belong-
* ing together; v. ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
*uviɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] weeping; uviɛʋ̃-ɔ̃kpa
* [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] the cock’s crow.
*uvũ [ ˩ ˥ ] small hole, also of an
* animal; uvũ‿ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] ear-hole;
* uvũ‿ĩhue [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] nostril; v. uye
* [ ˩ ˩ ].
*uvua [ ˩ ˩ ] a small clay pot used
* for fetching water or preparing
* “medicine”; idiom.: k-iri k-
* uvua de‿uhae [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “rope as
* well as water pot have fallen
* into the well”: a woman who
* was with child has died.
*uʋeʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] scarcity; dearth;
* uʋeʋ̃-ĩgaɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] scarcity of gari;
* cf. ʋe 2 [ / ].
*uʋi [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) girl, in ɔʋox-ũʋi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
* (besides ɔʋox-õxuo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]) also in
* uʋi n-esã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the girl of
* Ishan”: a timber-tree, Entan-
* drophragma cylindrium; very
* tall, straight and smooth; other-
* wise the word is rarely used in
* that sense, and when standing
* alone it mostly means (2)
* daughter of the royal house of
* Benin and the Ezɔmɔ’s [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]
* family; v. okoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].
*uʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ] salt; uʋ̃ɛ mu‿ɛ̃ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ]
* “salt has caught it (too) much”:
* it is salty (food).
*uʋ̃ɔʋ̃uʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] (in quick speech
* also uʋ̃ɔuʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]) (1) equal (in
* height e.g.); iɽ̃ã ya y-uʋ̃ɔuʋ̃ɛ
* [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ˩ ] they are equal (in height,
* said of people, trees, etc.). (2)
* also used in the meaning of ɛrɛe
* [ ˩ \ ].
*uwa 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] pronoun (disjunctive)