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*uxuɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] same as axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]:
* bathing, having a bath; cf.
* xuɛ [ / ].
*uxurhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a carved stick, a few
* feet long, forming part of the
* ancestral shrines (Erha [ ˥ ˥ ] and
* Iye [ ˥ ˥ ]) and the shrines of the
* ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] (e.g. Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ], Ɔvia
* [ ˩ ˥ ] and others). During prayers
* they are knocked on the ground
* in order to confirm the words.
* uxurh-ɔhɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a kind of tree;
* its branches form the most
* essentiaI part of an ancestral
* shrine (and of others, v. below),
* because these branches are be-
* lieved to ensure communication
* with the spirits of the dead
* (“to speak to them and to hear
* them”). The branches of uxurh-
* ɔhɔ have joints and fall off when
* old; its leaves resemble those
* of the gum tree; uxurh-ɔhɔ (i.e.
* the branch) is found on the
* shrines of the ihɛ̃ who were once
* human beings, i.e. not on that
* of Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (and some others).
* It is likewise found under some
* inyatɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], i.e. the trees where
* otɔe [ ˩ ˩ ], the ground, is worship-
* ped.
*uxuuxu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] various.
*uxuʋ̃u [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (the) top side; above;
* cf. odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], avã [ ˩ ˥ ].
*uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] time when the yam-
* creepers are still growing up
* along the poles and when there
* is no food left (in every year
* about March); then the women
* go to the abandoned farms (ogo
* [ ˩ ˩ ]) in search of is-õgo [ ˩ \ ˩ ];
* famine; uxuʋ̃u fi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] famine is
* reigning.
*uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) medicine for heal-
* ing. (2) charm eaten or used for
* washing, with the object of en-