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*rɔ 1 [ / ] to bear a weight; ɔrɔ ʋ̃ɛ



*    ʋ-itota nya-ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] it bore



*    me when I sat on it, e.g. a plank



*    or rope.



*rɔ 2 [ / ] to stir (e.g. porridge);



*    ɔrɔ‿akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he is stirring



*    the akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*r-ɔ [ ˥ ‿ / ]; cf. re 1 [ ˥ ].



*rua [ / ] to push (with hand, foot,



*    or the whole body, but not in



*    a magical sense); irua-wɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    “I pushed foot”, i.e. I hurt



*    my foot by knocking against



*    a stone, etc. rua [ / ] fua [ ˥ ]



*    to push away; irua-ɽe fua



*    [ ˩ / ˦ / ] I pushed him away;



*    v. sua [ / ], keke [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ruɔruɔruɔ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] stammering; ɔguã



*    ruɔruɔruɔ [ ˩ / ˦ ˦ ˦ ] he is stam-



*    mering; v. b-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ].



*(e)rh- a possible, but rare, alter-



*    native to the particle (e)t-; used



*    perhaps only before pronouns



*    of the 2nd pers. sgl.; rh-uwɛ ʋexiã



*    [ ˥ ˩ / \ ] are you going, too?



*rha [ / ] to steal. The verbal noun



*    urhaʋ̃ɛ is not used.



*rhã [ / ] to untie; rhã [ / ] hĩ [ \ ]



*    to detach; irhã-ɽ̃ɛ̃ hĩ [ ˩ / ˦ (3-1) ]



*    I detached it. rh-ãɽo [ / ˩ ] to



*    become, be civilised (lit. “to be



*    unfolded as to the eyes”); cf.



*    irhãɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*rhãrhaãrhã [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] loud.



*rhaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to touch; idiom.:



*    iyarhaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “I take to



*    touch”: slave; the etymologi-



*    cal connection seems doubtful.



*    (2) to dip in, e.g. fufu into a



*    soup before eating it; mi-ema



*    ya rhaʋ̃-ũnwɔʋ̃ɛ mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit.



*    “take (miɛ [ / ]?) fufu to take



*    dip (into) soup give me!” dip



*    some fufu into the soup and give



*    it me!