cf. xa [ / ], sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].
axe [ ˩ ˥ ] cooking-pot, stronger
than uwawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
axĩaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] eighth innings in ayo
[ ˥ ˩ ] game; cf. xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] (?).
axiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] selling; cf. xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ].
axiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] mourning; ɔɽu‿axiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
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he is in mourning; cf. xiɛ [ / ].
axiɛxiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the smallest kind of
squirrel; lives in hollow trees,
at the upper end; they are
hunted by smoking out the trees;
edible.
axiɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] winner in a game; cf.
xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ], axĩaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
axowa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] senior house-servant
who looks after the house and
property of his master in his
absence, and until his heir is
grown up; cf. xɛ [ / ] (?), owa [ ˩ ˥ ].
axɔ̃xɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a fish with stinging
fins.
axua [ ˩ ˥ ] subordinate; of inferior
rank; axua‿ixĩ ʋ-uw-iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
I am inferior amongst them.
axũawa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] soot.
axuãxuã [ ˥ / / ] Pied Crow; dark
blue, with a yellow collar round
the neck.
axuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] joint (physiological).
axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] washing; a greeting:
axuɛ mu-ɔ̃mɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “may wash-
ing lift up a child”, used to a
junior woman as reply to her
family salute in the morning
when she is leaving the men-
struation room, i.e. when she
has finished her washings; cf.
xuɛ [ / ].
axwarhaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] lips; axwarhaʋ̃-
unu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lips; axwarhaʋ̃-unu
egilɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] underneath part
of snail; a word of abuse: oɽu‿
axwarhaʋ̃-unu dɔɣɔɽɔ ʋ-ɔɣ-egilɛ
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he has a hanging
