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*    nut off with one’s finger-nails;



*    this is always done when saying



*    prayers to one’s ancestors or



*    any ɛbɔ; after the prayer, those



*    pieces which have been collected



*    in the palm of the hand, are blown



*    upon (not necessary) and then



*    thrown on the shrine.



*x-ĩkɔ [ / ˩ ]; cf. xiã [ / ].



*xiɔ [ / ] to block a passage, or



*    channel; to cork a bottle;



*    xiɔ‿uɽoɽ-amɛ na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ / ˩ ] stop



*    this gutter!



*xirhixirhi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) rushing, of



*    people only (Egh. Hist.); iɽ̃ã tulɛ



*    mu xiã xirhixirhi [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] they



*    were rushing along (“ran along



*    rushingly”). (2) rapid, of speech;



*    used with the verb guã [ / ];



*    cf. Yor. kitikiti [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*xɔ [ ˥ ] to resemble; ɔx-erha‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    he resembles his father; oko ni



*    xɔ-tɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ n-ɛr-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ]



*    that fellow (oko is here a man



*    known to the speaker as well as



*    to the person spoken to) re-



*    sembles my “brother” (relative)



*    who is away (lit. “not at home”).



*xɔ 1 [ / ] bad, i.e. useless; seems to



*    be used with eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ] only, even



*    when men are spoken of; v. dã



*    [ ˩ ] which means “of bad cha-



*    racter”; eʋ̃i xɔ ɔna xĩ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    this is a useless thing; eʋ̃i xɔ‿



*    uxĩ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] you are a naughty



*    child, cf. the next item; possibly



*    eʋ̃i xɔ is only a short relative



*    sentence with the verb xɔ(?)



*xɔ 2 [ / ] to be harsh, severe;



*    uxɔ gbe [ ˩ / ˥ ] you are (always)



*    severe. x-ɔrhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be ugly



*    (of people’s appearance) (the ɔ



*    in x-ɔ is lengthened).



*x-ɔrhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. xɔ 2 [ / ].



*xɔ̃ 1 [ / ] to wage war; of indi-



*    viduals: to quarrel continuously,