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uxuɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] same as axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]:
    bathing, having a bath; cf.
    xuɛ [ / ].
    
uxurhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a carved stick, a few
    feet long, forming part of the
    ancestral shrines (Erha [ ˥ ˥ ] and
    Iye [ ˥ ˥ ]) and the shrines of the
    ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] (e.g. Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ], Ɔvia
    [ ˩ ˥ ] and others). During prayers
    they are knocked on the ground
    in order to confirm the words.
    uxurh-ɔhɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a kind of tree;
    its branches form the most
    essentiaI part of an ancestral
    shrine (and of others, v. below),
    because these branches are be-
    lieved to ensure communication
    with the spirits of the dead
    (“to speak to them and to hear
    them”). The branches of uxurh-
    ɔhɔ have joints and fall off when
    old; its leaves resemble those
    of the gum tree; uxurh-ɔhɔ (i.e.
    the branch) is found on the
    shrines of the ihɛ̃ who were once
    human beings, i.e. not on that
    of Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (and some others).
    It is likewise found under some
    inyatɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], i.e. the trees where
    otɔe [ ˩ ˩ ], the ground, is worship-
    ped.
    
uxuuxu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] various.
    
uxuʋ̃u [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (the) top side; above;
    cf. odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], avã [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] time when the yam-
    creepers are still growing up
    along the poles and when there
    is no food left (in every year
    about March); then the women
    go to the abandoned farms (ogo
    [ ˩ ˩ ]) in search of is-õgo [ ˩ \ ˩ ];
    famine; uxuʋ̃u fi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] famine is
    reigning.
    
uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) medicine for heal-
    ing. (2) charm eaten or used for
    washing, with the object of en-