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*    as well as his inherent dignity);



*    awe; cf. Yor. iyi [ ˧ ˩ ].



*uyiʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] act of creating;



*    creation; cf. yi 2 [ ˥ ].



*Uzama [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] the Ɔba’s council, con-



*    sisting of the following chiefs:



*    Ezɔmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], Edɔhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], Oliha



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], Ɔlɔtɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], Ɛɽo [ ˩ ˥ ], Ehɔlɔ



*    N-eɽe [ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], and the Edaikɛ̃



*    [ ˩ / ˥ ].



*uzexae [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a sandy place; cf.



*    exae [ ˥ ˩ ].



*Uzɛbu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (1) chief Ezɔmɔ’s [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    quarter at Benin City. (2) a



*    dance, v. igbuzɛbu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf.



*    Yor. Ijɛbu.



*uzɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] being proud; pride;



*    uzɛʋ̃ɛ ɽ̃uɛ̃ bũ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ] your



*    pride is very great; cf. zɛ 2 [ ˥ ];



*    v. hio [ / ].



*uzɔla [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], also izɔla (seven-day)



*    week; uzɔla n-ɔxwa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “big



*    week”: Sunday; uzɔla n-exerhe



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] “smallweek”: Saturday.



*    Of Yoruba origin?



*uzuãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] begging for food; cf.



*    zuã [ / ].



*va 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to break into pieces



*    (that are already designed by



*    nature, and therefore break



*    away without difficulty, such as



*    the parts of a kola-nut). (2) to



*    butcher.



*va 2 [ ˥ ] to branch off (e.g. a yam-



*    rope, or a branch); inya na va



*    ɣ-obɔ na (ɣe [ / ] “towards”)



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] this yam (-rope) branches



*    to this side. va [ ˥ ] mu [ ˥ ] to



*    embrace (mainly of prostitutes;



*    but cf. avamu [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; v. dede



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]).



*va 3 [ ˥ ] to ail; in uhuʋ̃u va ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I am ill (not of headache



*    only); cf. va 1 [ ˥ ] (?); v. uhu^



*    ʋ̃ova [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].