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*    knees) for the sake of a palaver.



*    At last, the process is applied



*    to the toes, with the words



*    uɣuxiã rhi-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “may you



*    not go and take palaver”: may



*    you not have trouble through



*    going on a journey (?). ra is also



*    used of rubbing oneself with a



*    powdered medicine (ɛbo [ ˩ \ ]) as



*    a remedy against bad spirits, or



*    as a love medicine.



*ra 1 [ / ] (1) to catch (from the



*    air); ɔra‿ugbe n-ifi gi‿ɛe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he caught the stone



*    which I threw at him. (2) to



*    join, in a song; cf. uraʋ̃-ĩhuã



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ].



*ra 2 [ / ] to prepare a cooked



*    coco-yam for palm-oil chop.



*ra 3 [ / ] to cross; ɔra‿ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    he is crossing a river; v. gbe



*    [ / ], fiã [ ˥ ].



*rã [ / ] (1) to be warm (of soup,



*    or the body). (2) to warm up



*    (a soup); ɔrã‿ũnwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he



*    warms up the soup. (3) to be



*    healthy (with egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] “body”,



*    v. 1); egbe rã-ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ] lit.



*    “body brightens him”: he is



*    healthy. (4) to be bright (day,



*    weather); ɛdɛ n-ɛɽɛ rãɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ / ˥ ]



*    “the day of to-day is bright”:



*    to-day is a fine day.



*re 1 [ ˥ ] to be in a certain place;



*    to live at a certain place; ɔr-eʋa



*    [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] he is there; ɔr-ɛdo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he



*    is (lives) in Benin; ir-agbɛdɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] I live at Agbɛdɛ, v. ye [ ˥ ].



*    r-ɔ [ ˥ ‿ / ] to be in it (at it); also



*    equivalent to the English “there



*    is”; iɣami-eka dɛ ɽa? ɛ̃, ɔrɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ / ˩ ˩ ˧ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] can I get akara



*    to buy? Yes, there are (some);



*    ɔkpɛɽe n-ɔkeɣarɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ‿ / ] it



*    is a long time that he has been