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*rhe [ / ] an auxiliary verb in-



*    dicating that the action ex-



*    pressed by the main verb stands



*    in a concessive relation to the



*    rest of the sentence; ɔrherha ʋ̃ɛ,



*    ɣa iɣaɣixu‿ɛe gie [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ˥ ]



*    “though he has stolen (from)



*    me, who shall I drive him to



*    (lit. send)?” used if the culprit



*    belongs to the same family so



*    that one cannot pursue him.



*rhere [ ˩ ˥ ] farewell (from rherhere



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “arrive in time”); said to



*    a man leaving the speaker, or



*    met on the road, going in the



*    opposite direction.



*rherhe [ ˩ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-



*    dicating that the main action is



*    carried out in due time; irhe-



*    rheɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] I did it in time;



*    e.g. as answer to the question:



*    urherhepos‿ebe ni yi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ / ˥ ]



*    did you post that letter in



*    time?



*rhia [ ˥ ] to be, become spoilt;



*    ɔrhiae [ ˩ \ ] it is spoilt; also



*    ɔrhia [ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] (containing a [ / ],



*    i.e. ɽua [ ˥ ]); cf. rhia [ / ].



*rhia [ / ] to spoil; to squander



*    (rhia‿iɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]); also rhia [ / ]



*    ɽua (or, a) [ ˥ ]; cf. rhia [ ˥ ].



*rhiamarhiama [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] lean; also



*    used of a thin plantain; used



*    with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; v. kãgũ-



*    kãgũ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].



*rhie [ / ] to take; v. mu [ ˥ ] which



*    seems to refer to heavier things:



*    “to lift up”, and was said to



*    refer specially to things con-



*    taining grains or liquids, not to



*    whole things like rhie; v. further



*    ya 1 [ ˥ ] which implies “to take in



*    order to use”; ɔrhi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he



*    took it; as answer to a question,



*    e.g. Combinations with verbs:



*    rhie [ / ] ba [ / ] to add. rhie