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    nut off with one’s finger-nails;
    this is always done when saying
    prayers to one’s ancestors or
    any ɛbɔ; after the prayer, those
    pieces which have been collected
    in the palm of the hand, are blown
    upon (not necessary) and then
    thrown on the shrine.
    
x-ĩkɔ [ / ˩ ]; cf. xiã [ / ].
    
xiɔ [ / ] to block a passage, or
    channel; to cork a bottle;
    xiɔ‿uɽoɽ-amɛ na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ / ˩ ] stop
    this gutter!
    
xirhixirhi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) rushing, of
    people only (Egh. Hist.); iɽ̃ã tulɛ
    mu xiã xirhixirhi [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] they
    were rushing along (“ran along
    rushingly”). (2) rapid, of speech;
    used with the verb guã [ / ];
    cf. Yor. kitikiti [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
xɔ [ ˥ ] to resemble; ɔx-erha‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
    he resembles his father; oko ni
    xɔ-tɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ n-ɛr-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ]
    that fellow (oko is here a man
    known to the speaker as well as
    to the person spoken to) re-
    sembles my “brother” (relative)
    who is away (lit. “not at home”).
    
xɔ 1 [ / ] bad, i.e. useless; seems to
    be used with eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ] only, even
    when men are spoken of; v. dã
    [ ˩ ] which means “of bad cha-
    racter”; eʋ̃i xɔ ɔna xĩ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    this is a useless thing; eʋ̃i xɔ‿
    uxĩ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] you are a naughty
    child, cf. the next item; possibly
    eʋ̃i xɔ is only a short relative
    sentence with the verb xɔ(?)
    
xɔ 2 [ / ] to be harsh, severe;
    uxɔ gbe [ ˩ / ˥ ] you are (always)
    severe. x-ɔrhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be ugly
    (of people’s appearance) (the ɔ
    in x-ɔ is lengthened).
    
x-ɔrhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. xɔ 2 [ / ].
    
xɔ̃ 1 [ / ] to wage war; of indi-
    viduals: to quarrel continuously,