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    suring success or protection, but
    never harmful, like ɛbo [ ˩ \ ], not
    even when used for protective
    purposes; uxuʋ̃u n-aya xu-awa
    n-aya xu‿ɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “me-
    dicine for bathing the dog one
    takes to hunt in the bush”; v.
    edae [ ˩ / ], exwae [ ˥ ˩ ], awasɛ
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    
uxuxue [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] different; uxuxu-eʋ̃i
    n-ɔviɔ re hia bũ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˧ (2-1) ] “the
    different (sorts of) things he has
    brought are many”: he has
    brought many different things.
    
uxwaxwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being crowded;
    jostling each other; cf. xwaxwa
    [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
uxwerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a round stool (cut
    from a block of wood, without
    legs; carried by means of holes
    in the sides); uxwerhe na ma yo sɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˥ ˥ \ ] this stool is not high
    enough (lit. “reaches”).
    
uxwerhe [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] sugar-cane; v. ɔɣɔd^
    ɔgbɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    
uxwɛrhɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] being mild; mild-
    ness; cf. xwɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
uye [ ˩ ˩ ] big hole, or pit, natural
    or dug by men; idiom.: uye de
    gbe n-ɔtɔ̃‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ] “the hole
    fell against him who dug it”:
    machinations, or, intrigues, have
    turned against the one who
    perpetrated them. uy-egwi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    “tortoise-hole” (perhaps “in-
    terior of tortoise-shell”): deep
    round cavity in the bottom of a
    pond (e.g. at ok-uwu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]) made
    to enable it to hold more water.
    
uyeʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] act of remembering;
    memory; uyeʋ̃-eʋ-aɽu‿ɛse‿iwi
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] the memory of a
    good deed (“of what is done
    well”) is not lost; cf. ye 1 [ / ].
    
uyi [ ˥ ˩ ] honour; dignity (the
    honour bestowed upon a man