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xwaɽaxwaɽa [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] rough; like a
    rasp, or unplastered mud-walls,
    or the fish ekpalakpala [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ];
    used with the verbs ye [ ˥ ] or
    ɽu [ ˥ ]; v. kpãnɔkpãnɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
xwaxwa [ ˩ ˥ ] to jostle one another
    (in a crowd); to be crowded; cf.
    uxwaxwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ]; v. keke [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
xwãxwaãxwã [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] strict; enya
    xwãxwaãxwã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] a strict
    promise.
    
xwɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to be soft; ɔxwɛrhɛe
    [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it is soft. (2) to soften,
    e.g. mud, fufu; ɔxwɛrh-ɔe [ ˩ ˩ \ ]
    he is softening it; also xwɛrhɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ] (ɽ)ua [ ˥ ] (both trans. and in-
    trans.); ɔxwɛrh-ɔɽ-ua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ‿ / ] he
    made it too soft, by adding
    too much water; cf. xwɛrhɛɛ
    [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
xwɛrhɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) cool, not as cool
    as the degree indicated by
    rhiɔɔ̃ [ ˦ ]; ɔfu re xwɛrhɛɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ]
    it is cool. (2) gentle, mild (of
    character), also reduplicated,
    e.g. ɔʋ̃a xwɛrhɛxwɛrhɛ ɔɽe o^
    kpia na xĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] lit. “a
    very mild man (it is) is this
    man”.
    
xwi [ ˦ ] black; ukpɔ̃ ne xwi‿ɔna xĩ
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] this is a black cloth;
    ɔʋ̃a ne xwi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “black man”:
    African; cf. xwixwi [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
xwi [ / ] to lock (box or door);
    yaxwi‿ɛkpɛtĩ ni mɛ [ / ˩ ˥ ˩ / (4-1) ˥ ]
    go and lock that box for me!
    
xwiɛxwiɛɛxwiɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] undersized; of
    human beings, animals, or corn;
    used with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf.
    d-ixwiɛxwiɛɽi [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
    
xwiiɽi [ ˦ ˦ ] very black, apparently
    not as high a degree as dũduũdũ
    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].
    
xwixwi [ ˩ ˥ ] to be black; ukpɔ̃ na
    xwixwi [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] this cloth is
    black; cf. xwi [ ˦ ].