together and look after them.
ɔxaɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] porcupine (?); “hedge-
hog”; ɔxaɛ̃ rhiɛ̃rhĩ-ũnwɔʋ̃ɛ gbe
[ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] porcupine is very tasty
as soup, lit. “makes soup tasty”.
ɔxaɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. e-) “palaver-
decider”: chief; it applies now-
adays to “warrant-chiefs”
mostly, i.e. such as take part in
the jurisdiction of the country;
ɔxaɛʋ̃ɛ is not as important as
ogie [ ˩ ˩ ] “ruler”, though all the
ogies are exaɛʋ̃ɛ at present in
their quality as members of the
Council: cf. xa [ / ], ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
ɔxɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] stick at the back of a
yam stack (or rather rack, eɽu
[ ˩ ˥ ]) sustaining the ugãs (strip-
ped palm branches) which are
tied to the main poles (utɔ̃yotɔ).
ɔxɛ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] hunter’s ambush in
the bush: the ground is cleaned
and strewn with ashes on ac-
count of the visibility (ɔxɛ is
used at night-time); bananas
are put in the middle to entice
animals, esp. civet-cats. The
hunter sits on egba [ ˩ ˥ ], a stick
with two perches tied across;
cf. xɛ [ / ].
ɔxɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. e-) anybody going to,
or coming from the market:
(a) passer-by; (b) trader; cf.
xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ] (?); v. ɔduɛki [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
ɔxɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a young palm tree (if
nothing is added, the oil palm
is understood); ɔxɛrh-ivĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
young coco-nut palm; cf. Jekri
ɛkɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
ɔxiɛ̃kuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] selling on credit; cf.
xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ]; v. ɔdɛkuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
ɔxɔ [ ˩ / ] bad deed; cf. xɔ [ / ].
ɔxɔe [ ˥ ˩ ] worm; ɔxɔ-tɔ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] earth-
worm (found in dust-heaps;
different from ikolo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]); ɔxɔ-
