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    at night so that it is choked and
    can be taken out by means of
    uk-adɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (v. uke 1 [ ˩ ˩ ]); it is
    eatable.
    
ukpɔlɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being large; big
    size; cf. kpɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ukpu [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) cup. (2) tin; ukpu‿
    enw-ɛmila [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] (cow)-milk
    tin. (3) a kind of round water-
    yam (white); v. igioɽua [ ˥ ˩ / ].
    
ukpukpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a kind of dance or
    physical training for men and
    boys accompanied by singing;
    in tightly closed files the dancers
    quickly advance and retire
    perhaps originally a war-dance,
    it is now mostly danced before
    wrestling, in order to attract
    others to join the match, or
    when a chief who has obtained
    a title goes around the town in
    a procession in order to thank
    the Ɔba and the chiefs.
    
ukputu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Bosquiea
    angolensis; its latex looks like
    blood; “doctors” rub their
    exwae [ ˥ ˩ ] charm with it in
    order to make it unbreakable,
    because the latex gums it
    together; its leaf is greatly liked
    by goats, but it intoxicates them
    and kills them if eaten in large
    quantities.
    
ukpuʋ̃ɛdugie [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ] a lump of salt
    found in salt-bags, as the re-
    sult of dampness; v. ududu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ulakpa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] red soil used in house-
    building: where the mud is too
    black or too sandy, it it mixed
    with ulakpa; cf. Yor. ilɛkpa [ ˩ ˩ ˧ ].
    
ulaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] sound, of instruments,
    bells, rattles, and any piece of
    iron; cf. la 2 [ ].
    
ulelefe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] small ant-hills in the
    bush made by the ant eriri
    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; there are two different