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*ɛxu [ ˩ ˩ ] door, gate; xwi‿ɛxu na



*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] lock this door! bi‿ɛxu na



*    gbe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] close this door!



*    ɛxu‿ogboɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], ɛxu‿ɔgw-oɽe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] gate in odĩ [ ˥ ˥ ] leading



*    from street to compound.



*ɛxũ [ ˩ ˩ ] a person who is infirm,



*    unable to walk; cf. kũ 2 [ / ].



*ɛxũxũ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small fly, “sweat-



*    fly”.



*ɛxwia [ ˩ ˥ ] bull; cf. okpia [ ˩ / ].



*ɛyotɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] foundation of house:



*    first layer of mud; cf. otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] stream, river; ɛzɛ n-awaɽe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] a bridged river; a bridge;



*    redupl. ɛzɛzɛ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] swampy,



*    watery; ɛzɛzɛ eʋ̃a na xĩ [ ˩ \ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ]



*    this place is swampy; v. oke [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    ugboɣodo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛzi [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) tree-stump (when



*    several feet out of the ground).



*    (2) space round the base of a



*    tree; v. uɣũɣuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛziza [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a spirit in the shape of



*    a man; it roams about in the



*    bush and catches people whom



*    it may keep for years; it is



*    believed to be “a great doctor”,



*    and its hair, et-ɛziza [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (a



*    plant?) is used by “doctors” in



*    every kind of medicine in order



*    to ensure quick action; cf. Yor.



*    aaja [ ˩ ˩ ], ɛhoh-ɛziza [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ] case (in court); cf. Yor.



*    ɛjɔ [ ˧ ˥ ].



*fã [ ˥ ] to cut loose, in (1) to cut



*    palm nuts (and let them drop);



*    yaf-ɛ̃dĩ na [ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ] go and cut



*    these palm nuts! (2) to remove



*    the thatch of a house in order to



*    replace it by new leaves (or, to



*    remove old leaves from the



*    thatch?); fã‿owa na mɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    remove (the thatch of) this



*    house for me! (the ã represents