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    hind the Ossiomo River”; and:
    Ugo n-iyek-ikpoba [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “the
    Ugo behind Ikpoba” (lying on
    the road to Agbor).
    
ugoʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) act of shouting.
    (2) songs accompanying the
    akaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] dances of the
    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] cult; sung by the
    head-dancers while the women
    dancers clap hands. When the
    head-dancers pause, the women
    sing uke [ ˥ ˩ ] songs, and both
    groups stamp their feet as
    accompaniment (gb-uke [ ˥ ˩ ]);
    cf. go [ ˥ ].
    
ugɔ̃gie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] worship (Akugbe): cf.
    gɔ̃ [ / ], ugie [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ugɔ̃gɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (1) Bini name for the
    Sobo tribal marks: a straight
    line leading from the middle of
    the forehead to the tip of the
    nose. (2) ugɔ̃g-ĩyeke [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ]
    spine (same as uv-ĩyeke [ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ],
    v. uviɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ]); cf. gɔ̃gɔ̃ɔ̃gɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
    
ugu [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Saccoglottis gabo-
    nensis; its bark is pounded and
    mixed with palm wine in order
    to make it red; ugu mu‿anyɔ
    na‿ɛsɛse [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] the ugu has
    changed this wine very much.
    
ugu [ ˩ \ ] vulture, Common or
    Hooded V.; cf. Yor. igũ [ ˧ ˥ ].
    
uguɔmaifiã [ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ] lit. “you do not
    help an old man to cut it”: a
    tree with very soft wood, Disco-
    glypremna coloneura.
    
ugwe [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) lid, cover (e.g. of a
    pot); ugw-ɛkpokĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “cover
    of leather box”: a tree, Hannoa
    klaineana. (2) ugw-akpata [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]
    “cover of native harp”: (besides
    the literal meaning) a curved
    tuft of hair above the forehead,
    worn by the Ɔba and by all the
    chiefs as a sign of their rank;
    also: tuft of feathers on the