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*exuɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] the remnants, ashes, of

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*    a farm-fire; they must be burnt

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*    once again; cf. xuɛ̃ [ / ].

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*exuɔxuɔ, exwɔxwɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a rat trap.

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*exwae [ ˥ ˩ ] a group of charms of

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*    oval shape, made of a pounded

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*    “medicine” that has been mixed

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*    with water or, when making a

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*    “stronger” exwae, with coco-

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*    nut milk or blood. Those

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*    “stronger” exwaes must not be

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*    made in one’s house (in the

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*    ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ]) but in the bush. The

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*    exwae is usually kept in the ɛgũ,

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*    i.e. the apartment where one’s

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*    Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ] stands; in that case it is

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*    used to “push” one’s enemies

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*    into danger (v. sua [ / ]), and

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*    also in cursing and blessing. In

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*    other cases it stands under a

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*    small thatched shelter outside

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*    the wall of the compound; those

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*    exwaes are of a “stronger”

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*    nature: they are called exwae

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*    n-odĩɔʋ̃a [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “main exwae”,

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*    lit. “exwae that is senior to

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*    man”, and they give strength to

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*    the particular god whom the

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*    owner of the exwae follows.

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*    Others are found in the shrines

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*    of gods; they are given the

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*    blood of sacrifices (v. wa [ / ];

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*    ɔwaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]). Possibly the

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*    exwaes always have some rela-

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*    tion to the Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ]; they are

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*    also said to be “moving with

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*    witches”, and, therefore, the

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*    witch-doctor holds an exwae

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*    when “giving chop to witch-

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*    craft” in order that it may com-

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*    municate with the witches and

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*    tell them that they are given

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*    food. A curse is: exwaa (exwae

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*    ɔ-) sua ɽuɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ] “may exwae

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*    push you”: v. asua [ ˩ ˥ ], ɛbo [ ˩ \ ].

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*exwe [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) tomato. (2) garden-egg.

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