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,
