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    erhã [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “wood-worm”: lar-
    vae of wood-beetles (?); ɔxɔ-ehe
    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “menstruation worm”:
    pains before menstruation.
    
ɔxɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a sick person; cf.
    xuɔʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ɔxɔxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] fowl; hen; ɔxɔxɔ ʋ-ibiɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “hen and chicken”: the
    Pleiades (N.W.Th.).
    
ɔxuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Brachystegia
    eurycoma (? F.D. list has ok-
    wen); very hardy, like oxixã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
    
ɔxuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] expensive food; “dandy-
    chop”; uri‿ɔxuɛ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] you
    eat too much costly food!
    
ɔxuɛ̃niɛzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “law-suit-answer-
    er”: defendant; cf. xuɛ̃niɛ [ ˩ ˥ ],
    ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. tie [ / ].
    
Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] (1) a river. (2) an
    ihɛ̃ said to have been a great
    hero and magician during the
    reign of the Ɔba Ɛwuaɽe [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ].
    He then transformed himself
    into the river bearing the same
    name. His cult is one of the
    most important cults in Benin;
    v. ahĩaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ].
    
ɔxwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] parrot; among parrots
    there are believed to be some
    that report anything they may
    see in a house to witches; v.
    eba [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ɔxwɛ̃xwɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a thorny creeper.
    
ɔyara [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a man who is careless
    in behaviour or untidy, e.g. with
    remains of spilt food on his
    garments. The reproach of being
    an ɔyara is mostly made towards
    poor people; ɔyara‿uxĩ, ɣe ʋ-uy-
    unwɔʋ̃ɛ fũ-egbe hia [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    “you are an untidy man, look
    how you have taken (ya [ ˥ ])
    soup smeared (fuɛ̃ [ ˥ ]) all (over)
    the body!”: look how you have
    smeared yourself all over with
    soup!