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*  Osũ (shrine), i.e. the spirit of
* 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-