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*    Osũ (shrine), i.e. the spirit of

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*    Osũ has left the place. All

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*    transformers have the powers

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*    of witches, but they are not

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*    necessarily harmful like witches;

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

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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

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

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*    this cloth, can (or, will) you

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*    buy? by traders in the market,

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*    to passers by; n-ɔxĩ eʋ̃i kuɛ̃

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

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*    credit”: a trader buying on

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*    credit and paying when he has

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

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*    (2) to beat somebody in a game;

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*    v. axĩɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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

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

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*    for his dead “brother” (re-

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

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*    to sit lonely and thinking of

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

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*    ixiɛegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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

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

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*    snake is moving here and there.

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

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] he twisted my hand

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*    (round); e.g. in order to bring

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*    me down on my knees.

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

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

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*    a cloth (towel) and rubbed

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

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

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

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*    “wipe off the soup that is on

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*    (top of) that box!” (boxes are

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*    often used as tables).

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*xiɛ-gbe [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. xiɛ [ / ].

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

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

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*    cf. xiɛ̃ 2 [ / ].

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

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