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*    your appearance pleases me very



*    much (attracts me); cf. yɛ [ / ].



*ixã [ ˩ ˩ ] bad smell (used as a com-



*    plement of the verb wia [ / ]);



*    in human beings it is attributed



*    to the individual not having



*    heen properly washed after his



*    birth; it also refers to the smell



*    of some animals, e.g. the rat



*    oxã [ ˩ ˩ ]. Other bad smells are



*    ɛwia [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. oxã [ ˩ ˩ ]: v. nwihĩ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ixaɽo [ ˥ \ ˩ ] tribal marks on the



*    forehead used by men (a vanish-



*    ing custom) and women; cf. aɽo



*    [ ˩ ˩ ]: v. iwu 1 [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ixi [ ˩ ˩ ] revenge; cf. iriaixi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ];



*    v. ria [ / ].



*ixiã [ ˩ ˥ ] transformation, spec. into



*    an animal, etc. by magic; ixiã



*    m-ohã gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ˥ ] transformation



*    is terrible ( “frightens much”);



*    cf. xiã [ / ].



*ixiaʋo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] Ocro, Hibiscus escu-



*    lentus; the best species is: ixiaʋ-



*    eʋu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] “mist-ocro”, i.e. ocro



*    planted during the time when



*    mist falls (from September to



*    February). Probably of foreign



*    (Port. ?) origin; v. ɔɽa [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    ohukpɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], gbe [ ˥ ].



*ixiɛ(e)gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] mourning; affliction



*    (Akugbe, but there written



*    without the e- following ixiɛ-);



*    ixiɛegbe keʋ-irioya ɽuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ]



*    “your affliction and disgraced



*    state” (Akugbe); cf. xiɛ [ / ],



*    egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ixiʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Newbouldia



*    laevis; it is believed to be the



*    oldest tree in the world; planted



*    as inyatɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] at every newly



*    founded village or “camp” (agɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]), and used in the composi-



*    tion of the shrines of all the gods



*    (but not of erha [ ˥ ˥ ] and iye [ ˥ ˥ ]).