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*    us; e.g. a sleeping snake; xu-



*    egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to shake, move a little,



*    e.g. in sleep; v. ɽueɣe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*xuɛ̃ [ ˥ ] to set a trap; ɣa xũ‿



*    ĩfi y-okpa n-ɔr-ades-odɛ ni



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ / ] who has set a trap



*    on the track that is in the



*    middle of that road?



*xuɛ [ / ] (1) to take a bath.



*    (2) to wash (oneself, i.e. the



*    whole body), in xuɛ‿egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    (but xuɛ [ / ] gbe [ ˥ ] means: “to



*    wash oneself with a charm and



*    kill (somebody)”); v. hɔ [ / ]



*    (for things, and also the hair);



*    kpe [ ˥ ] (for parts of the body,



*    e.g. hands, feet). (3) to swim;



*    ɛgua xuɛ [ / / / ‿ ˩ ] he cannot



*    swim.



*xuɛ̃ [ / ] to cut the remnants of a



*    farm-fire; xuɛ̃-ʋ̃a na ɛse, rhuʋ̃u-



*    da-ɣ-ɔmato [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] cut



*    this place properly because it is



*    not burnt well! cf. exuɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ].



*xuɛ̃niɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to answer; xuɛ̃n-iroro



*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] to answer without being



*    called.



*xuɔ̃ [ / ] to strip off the grains



*    from the maize stalk (with the



*    fingers); also to strip leaves



*    from the mid-ribs.



*xuɔʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ] to be ill; uxuɔʋ̃i ɽa [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    are you ill?



*xurhu [ ˩ ˥ ] to become thick, to be



*    thick, of soup.



*xuɽuxuɽuxuɽu [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] describes



*    the walk of a cripple with his



*    knees together, and his feet wide



*    apart; used with the verb



*    xiã [ ˥ ].



*xwarha [ ˩ ˥ ] to thrash (somebody,



*    with one’s hands only); serves



*    as iterative verb to kiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ];



*    ixwarha‿e [ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] I thrashed



*    him, or, I gave him several



*    blows.