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*  who is able to hold a big family
* 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-