Osũ has left the place. All
transformers have the powers
of witches, but they are not
necessarily harmful like witches;
cf. xiɛ̃ [ / ]; v. fi egbe del-egbe
[ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ] (1) to sell; t-ixĩ-ũkpɔ̃ na,
uɣadɛ ɽa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] I am selling
this cloth, can (or, will) you
buy? by traders in the market,
to passers by; n-ɔxĩ eʋ̃i kuɛ̃
[ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] “he who sells things on
credit”: a trader buying on
credit and paying when he has
sold his goods; creditor, v. dɛ [ ˥ ].
(2) to beat somebody in a game;
v. axĩɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
xiɛ [ / ] to mourn for; ɔxi-ɔtĩ‿ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃
n-ɔwu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] he is mourning
for his dead “brother” (re-
lative). xiɛ-gbe [ ˩ ˥ ] to mourn;
to sit lonely and thinking of
one’s affliction; cf. axiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ],
ixiɛegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
xiɛ̃ 1 [ / ] (1) to move like a snake;
ɛnyɛ xiɛ̃ yo xiɛ̃ re [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ / ˥ ] the
snake is moving here and there.
(2) to twist (round); ɔxiɛ̃ ʋ̃-obɔ
[ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] he twisted my hand
(round); e.g. in order to bring
me down on my knees.
xiɛ̃ 2 [ / ] to wipe; xiɛ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ / ˩ ] wipe
it! iy-ukpõ xĩ-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I took
a cloth (towel) and rubbed
myself. xiɛ̃ [ / ] hĩ [ \ ] re [ ˥ ]
to wipe off; xĩ-ũnwɔʋ̃ɛ n-ɔr-uhuʋ̃-
ɛ̃kpɛtĩ ni hĩ re [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ / ˦ (3-1) ˥ ]
“wipe off the soup that is on
(top of) that box!” (boxes are
often used as tables).
xiɛ-gbe [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. xiɛ [ / ].
xiɛ̃xiɛ̃xiɛ̃ [ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] winding; e.g. of a
rope; used with the verb ye [ ˥ ];
cf. xiɛ̃ 2 [ / ].
xio [ / ] to break pieces of a kola-
