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*    Osũ (shrine), i.e. the spirit of



*    Osũ has left the place. All



*    transformers have the powers



*    of witches, but they are not



*    necessarily harmful like witches;



*    cf. xiɛ̃ [ / ]; v. fi egbe del-egbe



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ] (1) to sell; t-ixĩ-ũkpɔ̃ na,



*    uɣadɛ ɽa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] I am selling



*    this cloth, can (or, will) you



*    buy? by traders in the market,



*    to passers by; n-ɔxĩ eʋ̃i kuɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] “he who sells things on



*    credit”: a trader buying on



*    credit and paying when he has



*    sold his goods; creditor, v. dɛ [ ˥ ].



*    (2) to beat somebody in a game;



*    v. axĩɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*xiɛ [ / ] to mourn for; ɔxi-ɔtĩ‿ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃



*    n-ɔwu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] he is mourning



*    for his dead “brother” (re-



*    lative). xiɛ-gbe [ ˩ ˥ ] to mourn;



*    to sit lonely and thinking of



*    one’s affliction; cf. axiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    ixiɛegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*xiɛ̃ 1 [ / ] (1) to move like a snake;



*    ɛnyɛ xiɛ̃ yo xiɛ̃ re [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ / ˥ ] the



*    snake is moving here and there.



*    (2) to twist (round); ɔxiɛ̃ ʋ̃-obɔ



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] he twisted my hand



*    (round); e.g. in order to bring



*    me down on my knees.



*xiɛ̃ 2 [ / ] to wipe; xiɛ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ / ˩ ] wipe



*    it! iy-ukpɔ̃ xĩ-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I took



*    a cloth (towel) and rubbed



*    myself. xiɛ̃ [ / ] hĩ [ \ ] re [ ˥ ]



*    to wipe off; xĩ-ũnwɔʋ̃ɛ n-ɔr-uhuʋ̃-



*    ɛ̃kpɛtĩ ni hĩ re [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ / ˦ (3-1) ˥ ]



*    “wipe off the soup that is on



*    (top of) that box!” (boxes are



*    often used as tables).



*xiɛ-gbe [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. xiɛ [ / ].



*xiɛ̃xiɛ̃xiɛ̃ [ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] winding; e.g. of a



*    rope; used with the verb ye [ ˥ ];



*    cf. xiɛ̃ 2 [ / ].



*xio [ / ] to break pieces of a kola-