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ɛxu [ ˩ ˩ ] door, gate; xwi‿ɛxu na
    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] lock this door! bi‿ɛxu na
    gbe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] close this door!
    ɛxu‿ogboɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], ɛxu‿ɔgw-oɽe
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] gate in odĩ [ ˥ ˥ ] leading
    from street to compound.
    
ɛxũ [ ˩ ˩ ] a person who is infirm,
    unable to walk; cf. kũ 2 [ / ].
    
ɛxũxũ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small fly, “sweat-
    fly”.
    
ɛxwia [ ˩ ˥ ] bull; cf. okpia [ ˩ / ].
    
ɛyotɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] foundation of house:
    first layer of mud; cf. otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] stream, river; ɛzɛ n-awaɽe
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] a bridged river; a bridge;
    redupl. ɛzɛzɛ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] swampy,
    watery; ɛzɛzɛ eʋ̃a na xĩ [ ˩ \ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ]
    this place is swampy; v. oke [ ˩ ˥ ],
    ugboɣodo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ɛzi [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) tree-stump (when
    several feet out of the ground).
    (2) space round the base of a
    tree; v. uɣũɣuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ɛziza [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a spirit in the shape of
    a man; it roams about in the
    bush and catches people whom
    it may keep for years; it is
    believed to be “a great doctor”,
    and its hair, et-ɛziza [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (a
    plant?) is used by “doctors” in
    every kind of medicine in order
    to ensure quick action; cf. Yor.
    aaja [ ˩ ˩ ], ɛhoh-ɛziza [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ] case (in court); cf. Yor.
    ɛjɔ [ ˧ ˥ ].
    
fã [ ˥ ] to cut loose, in (1) to cut
    palm nuts (and let them drop);
    yaf-ɛ̃dĩ na [ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ] go and cut
    these palm nuts! (2) to remove
    the thatch of a house in order to
    replace it by new leaves (or, to
    remove old leaves from the
    thatch?); fã‿owa na mɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
    remove (the thatch of) this
    house for me! (the ã represents