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    of the 2nd pers. pl.: you; cf.
    wa [ ˩ ].
    
uwa 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] riches; pleasure (old
    word).
    
uwawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a clay pot for cooking
    soup; uwaw-ugwe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] soup pot
    with cover; uwaw-ezɛxɛrhɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of flat pot, used
    by the Jekri people for cooking
    pepper soup; uwaw-axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
    wash basin.
    
uwaya [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] telegraph; cf. Engl.
    wire.
    
uwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] pronoun (disjunctive) of
    the 2nd pers. sgl.: you; cf. u- [ ˩ ].
    
uwiʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] being lost; cf. wi [ / ].
    
uwɔwɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ] a tree, Albizzia, oc-
    curring in the following species:
    uwɔwɛ n-ugu [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ] Albizzia fer-
    ruginea; uwɔwɛ n-aba fũ [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]
    Albizzia sassa, cf. ba [ / ], fũɛɛ̃
    [ ˩ ] (“that glows faintly”);
    uwɔwɛ n-ɔlaɣ-abɔ [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] Al-
    bizzia sassa, cf. laɣa [ ˩ ˥ ], “to
    spread” abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] ( “waving, or,
    spreading, branches”); uwɔwɛ
    n-ɔl-ema ɽe [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] Albizzia
    zygia ( “that cooks fufu and
    eats”). All of them are used as
    firewood only.
    
uwu [ ˥ ˥ ] inside; ʋ-uw-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
    in the house; v. odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
uwu [ ˩ ˥ ] death; cf. wu [ ˥ ], Ogi-
    uwu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].
    
uwu [ ˥ ˩ ] boundary between two
    villages, or between the farm-
    land of different families culti-
    vating the same plot.
    
uwusã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a timber tree.
    
uxaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] act of telling, de-
    ciding; decision; uxaʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ na
    ke gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˩ / ˦ ] the decision of
    this matter is very wise ( “suit-
    able”); cf. xa [ / ].
    
uxãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (process of) tiring;
    uxãʋ̃ɛ n-ɛʋ̃ɛ na xã ʋ̃ɛ kpɔlɔ gbe