Crossword-Solution: UMO 3 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 5

Still, on the day of which we are now speaking, a voice arose from the thicket, calling aloud,-- "Umo,--'grandfather!'"[1] "To ima satyumishe,--'come hither, my brother,'" another voice replied in the same dialect, adding, "See what a big fish I have caught." It sounded as though this second voice had issued from the very waters of the streamlet.

Then he said, "hoa umo," and turned and sauntered back to where his little brother was still squatting and pouting, morose and silent.

FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: The word "umo" properly signifies "grandfather;" but it is used indiscriminately for all ages and sexes in calling.

Starting in surprise and hastily rising, Okoya called into the house,-- "Yaya, sa umo,--'Mother, my grandfather!'" The old man gave a friendly nod to his grandchild, and crossed the threshold, stooping low.

Then the woman lifted her head, and began entreatingly,-- "My father, I do not ask you to tell me how you come to know all this; but tell me, umo, what are these Delight Makers, the Koshare? At every dance they appear and always make merry.