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*    who is able to hold a big family



*    together and look after them.



*ɔxaɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] porcupine (?); “hedge-



*    hog”; ɔxaɛ̃ rhiɛ̃rhĩ-ũnwɔʋ̃ɛ gbe



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] porcupine is very tasty



*    as soup, lit. “makes soup tasty”.



*ɔxaɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. e-) “palaver-



*    decider”: chief; it applies now-



*    adays to “warrant-chiefs”



*    mostly, i.e. such as take part in



*    the jurisdiction of the country;



*    ɔxaɛʋ̃ɛ is not as important as



*    ogie [ ˩ ˩ ] “ruler”, though all the



*    ogies are exaɛʋ̃ɛ at present in



*    their quality as members of the



*    Council: cf. xa [ / ], ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔxɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] stick at the back of a



*    yam stack (or rather rack, eru



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]) sustaining the ugãs (strip-



*    ped palm branches) which are



*    tied to the main poles (utɔ̃yotɔ).



*ɔxɛ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] hunter’s ambush in



*    the bush: the ground is cleaned



*    and strewn with ashes on ac-



*    count of the visibility (ɔxɛ is



*    used at night-time); bananas



*    are put in the middle to entice



*    animals, esp. civet-cats. The



*    hunter sits on egba [ ˩ ˥ ], a stick



*    with two perches tied across;



*    cf. xɛ [ / ].



*ɔxɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. e-) anybody going to,



*    or coming from the market:



*    (a) passer-by; (b) trader; cf.



*    xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ] (?); v. ɔduɛki [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔxɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a young palm tree (if



*    nothing is added, the oil palm



*    is understood); ɔxɛrh-ivĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    young coco-nut palm; cf. Jekri



*    ɛkɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɔxiɛ̃kuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] selling on credit; cf.



*    xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ]; v. ɔdɛkuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔxɔ [ ˩ / ] bad deed; cf. xɔ [ / ].



*ɔxɔe [ ˥ ˩ ] worm; ɔxɔ-tɔ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] earth-



*    worm (found in dust-heaps;



*    different from ikolo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]); ɔxɔ-