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    [ ˥ ˥ ] “bush”) same as asuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ]
    (A.) (?); a shrub, Grewia coria-
    ceae. The unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã is kept in
    all ihɛ̃ and ɛbɔ shrines (except the
    ancestral shrines, Erha [ ˥ ˥ ] and
    Iye [ ˥ ˥ ]) as the juju’s whip. When
    the oracle has found out that a
    man is a witch, or has sworn ɛbɔ
    to kill somebody, the priest of
    the shrine whips him three times
    with the unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã in telling
    him so, and the man will
    confess. (Women keep it at the
    Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] shrine.) The urho
    n-isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] use unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã on
    many occasions to whip on-
    lookers away, e.g. when fetching
    palm-wine for the royal house-
    hold, as nobody must see the
    contents of their loads, or when
    fetching water for the Ɔba (he
    never drinks water from Ɔgba).
    It is (was) also used by the
    Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] and Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] societies.

unwɔnwɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ] a small tree,
    Alchornea cordifolia; its leaves
    are used by the Yoruba people
    as a mild purgative for chil-
    dren.

unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] soup; its main in-
    gredients are: ize n-ɔfua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    (crayfish); ɛhiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (native
    popper); eʋ-ariɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] ( “native
    butter”); uʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ] (salt), and
    ofigbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (palm-oil). There is
    also ocro soup: unwɔʋ̃-ĩxiaʋɔ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] and afɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] soup: unwɔʋ̃-
    ãfɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the latter prepared
    e.g. with oɽiwo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] ( “bitter
    leaves”) or eb-itɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (spin-
    ach) or eb-ɔdɔ̃dɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ], ikp-ogi
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ], etc.

unyɛgbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] tray; unyɛgb-emuɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] ash-tray.

unyɛɣɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Monodora
    cornifolia.