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axasɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] prophet, soothsayer;
    cf. xa [ / ], sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].

axe [ ˩ ˥ ] cooking-pot, stronger
    than uwawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

axĩaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] eighth innings in ayo
    [ ˥ ˩ ] game; cf. xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] (?).

axiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] selling; cf. xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ].

axiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] mourning; ɔɽu‿axiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
    xxxxx
    he is in mourning; cf. xiɛ [ / ].

axiɛxiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the smallest kind of
    squirrel; lives in hollow trees,
    at the upper end; they are
    hunted by smoking out the trees;
    edible.

axiɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] winner in a game; cf.
    xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ], axĩaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

axowa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] senior house-servant
    who looks after the house and
    property of his master in his
    absence, and until his heir is
    grown up; cf. xɛ [ / ] (?), owa [ ˩ ˥ ].

axɔ̃xɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a fish with stinging
    fins.

axua [ ˩ ˥ ] subordinate; of inferior
    rank; axua‿ixĩ ʋ-uw-iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
    I am inferior amongst them.

axũawa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] soot.

axuãxuã [ ˥ / / ] Pied Crow; dark
    blue, with a yellow collar round
    the neck.

axuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] joint (physiological).

axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] washing; a greeting:
    axuɛ mu-ɔ̃mɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “may wash-
    ing lift up a child”, used to a
    junior woman as reply to her
    family salute in the morning
    when she is leaving the men-
    struation room, i.e. when she
    has finished her washings; cf.
    xuɛ [ / ].

axwarhaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] lips; axwarhaʋ̃-
    unu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lips; axwarhaʋ̃-unu
    egilɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] underneath part
    of snail; a word of abuse: oɽu‿
    axwarhaʋ̃-unu dɔɣɔɽɔ ʋ-ɔɣ-egilɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he has a hanging