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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-