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uɽu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a big clay demijohn
    (such as are used e.g. in stores);
    y-uɽu ni yak-ɔgɔ re [ ˩ / ˦ / ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
    “take that demijohn, go (and)
    buy (ka [ ˥ ]) palm-wine (and)
    come!”: fetch some palm-wine
    in that demijohn! (2) a pot dug
    into the earth at every juju
    shrine, containing water mixed
    with chalk and charms; this
    mixture is said to drive evil
    spirits away; the priest splashes
    it (instead of chalk, v. orhue
    [ ˩ ˩ ]) over supplicants, e.g. sick
    people, men wanting an ordeal,
    or pregnant women.
    
uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ] the Borassus palm,
    Borassus flabellifera; a rattle is
    made from its leaves (v. ɛgwɛ̃
    [ ˥ ˥ ]).
    
uɽubu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) hook; barb; ifɛʋ̃-
    uɽubu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] barbed arrow.
    (2) a trap made of pointed iron
    rods.
    
uɽubu [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a smooth-skinned
    lizard, bigger than alimiɔ̃ɣɔ̃
    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]: it is said fo be able to
    kill snakes.
    
uɽuhe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Pterocarpus
    mildbraedii; an example of it is
    to be found near ɛki‿ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ],
    the central market of Benin
    City, where it is given sacrifices
    under the name of emotã [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    (It stands now in front of the
    C.M.S. bookshop, opposite the
    entrance of the market.)
    
uɽuʋa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] boil; cf. Jekri urubɛ
    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] or [ ˧ ˩ ˧ ].
    
uɽ̃ã [ ˥ ˥ ] a trap for climbing
    animals: across a long path cut
    through the forest, sticks or
    ropes are fixed by means of
    which climbing animals, e.g.
    monkeys, try to cross to the
    other side of the forest; in the