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*    erhã [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “wood-worm”: lar-



*    vae of wood-beetles (?); ɔxɔ-ehe



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “menstruation worm”:



*    pains before menstruation.



*ɔxɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a sick person; cf.



*    xuɔʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔxɔxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] fowl; hen; ɔxɔxɔ ʋ-ibiɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “hen and chicken”: the



*    Pleiades (N.W.Th.).



*ɔxuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Brachystegia



*    eurycoma (? F.D. list has ok-



*    wen); very hardy, like oxixã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɔxuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] expensive food; “dandy-



*    chop”; uri‿ɔxuɛ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] you



*    eat too much costly food!



*ɔxuɛ̃niɛzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “law-suit-answer-



*    er”: defendant; cf. xuɛ̃niɛ [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. tie [ / ].



*Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] (1) a river. (2) an



*    ihɛ̃ said to have been a great



*    hero and magician during the



*    reign of the Ɔba Ɛwuaɽe [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ].



*    He then transformed himself



*    into the river bearing the same



*    name. His cult is one of the



*    most important cults in Benin;



*    v. ahĩaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ].



*ɔxwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] parrot; among parrots



*    there are believed to be some



*    that report anything they may



*    see in a house to witches; v.



*    eba [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔxwɛ̃xwɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a thorny creeper.



*ɔyara [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a man who is careless



*    in behaviour or untidy, e.g. with



*    remains of spilt food on his



*    garments. The reproach of being



*    an ɔyara is mostly made towards



*    poor people; ɔyara‿uxĩ, ɣe ʋ-uy-



*    unwɔʋ̃ɛ fũ-egbe hia [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “you are an untidy man, look



*    how you have taken (ya [ ˥ ])



*    soup smeared (fuɛ̃ [ ˥ ]) all (over)



*    the body!”: look how you have



*    smeared yourself all over with



*    soup!