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*riaria 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to grow (of a plantain



*    fruit).



*riaria 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to go around, mostly



*    with hope of sharing food.



*rie [ / ] (1) to go away; ɔrie [ ˩ / ]



*    (a) he is going away; (b) he is



*    gone. (2) to go; the place where



*    the subject is going to follows



*    the verb; only used in the ipf.,



*    v. yo 1 [ ˥ ], e.g. ɔri-ɛdo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    he is going to Benin. Idiom.:



*    ɔri-ɛʋo n-a‿iwua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] “he



*    is going to a country which is



*    not taboo”, i.e. where everybody



*    must go; where to go is not for-



*    bidden to anybody: he is dead;



*    said of a “big” man; a respect-



*    ful term. ri-eria [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to go



*    grazing. ri-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “to go



*    to ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i”: to die; v. yo 1 [ ˥ ],



*    xiã [ ˥ ].



*rieriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to turn something over



*    the fire; e.g. to turn a yam or



*    plantain with the hand over a



*    small fire in order to roast it;



*    ya rier-inya ni mɛ n-ɔɣɛgiɛ̃



*    [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ (2-1) / ] go and turn that



*    yam for me (so) that it does not



*    burn! cf. weriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*riɛ [ ˥ ] to become, be smooth;



*    ɔriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] it is getting smooth;



*    ɔriɛe [ ˩ \ ] it is smooth; cf.



*    riɛ [ / ].



*riɛ [ / ] to smooth; ɔriɛ‿erhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    he is smoothing a plank; ɔri-ɔɽe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is smoothing it; cf.



*    riɛ [ ˥ ].



*riɛriɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] lukewarm (of water);



*    ɔfu re riɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] it is luke-



*    warm; v. rhiɔɔ̃ [ ˦ ].



*riɛriɛriɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] yellow (not of fire);



*    used after the verb ba [ / ]; v.



*    ɽuɛɽuɛɽuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*r-iri [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ri 2 [ ˥ ].



*ro [ / ] to be durable, of any



*    breakable thing, e.g. a pot.