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*axasɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] prophet, soothsayer;



*    cf. xa [ / ], sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].



*axe [ ˩ ˥ ] cooking-pot, stronger



*    than uwawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*axĩaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] eighth innings in ayo



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] game; cf. xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] (?).



*axiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] selling; cf. xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ].



*axiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] mourning; ɔɽu‿axiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    xxxxx



*    he is in mourning; cf. xiɛ [ / ].



*axiɛxiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the smallest kind of



*    squirrel; lives in hollow trees,



*    at the upper end; they are



*    hunted by smoking out the trees;



*    edible.



*axiɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] winner in a game; cf.



*    xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ], axĩaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*axowa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] senior house-servant



*    who looks after the house and



*    property of his master in his



*    absence, and until his heir is



*    grown up; cf. xɛ [ / ] (?), owa [ ˩ ˥ ].



*axɔ̃xɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a fish with stinging



*    fins.



*axua [ ˩ ˥ ] subordinate; of inferior



*    rank; axua‿ixĩ ʋ-uw-iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    I am inferior amongst them.



*axũawa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] soot.



*axuãxuã [ ˥ / / ] Pied Crow; dark



*    blue, with a yellow collar round



*    the neck.



*axuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] joint (physiological).



*axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] washing; a greeting:



*    axuɛ mu-ɔ̃mɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “may wash-



*    ing lift up a child”, used to a



*    junior woman as reply to her



*    family salute in the morning



*    when she is leaving the men-



*    struation room, i.e. when she



*    has finished her washings; cf.



*    xuɛ [ / ].



*axwarhaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] lips; axwarhaʋ̃-



*    unu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lips; axwarhaʋ̃-unu



*    egilɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] underneath part



*    of snail; a word of abuse: ɔɽu‿



*    axwarhaʋ̃-unu dɔɣɔɽɔ ʋ-ɔɣ-egilɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he has a hanging