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*    [ / ] fi [ ˥ ] to (take and) throw



*    something. rhie [ / ] fua [ ˥ ] to



*    throw away, off; ɣa rhie ʋ̃-ũkpɔ̃



*    fua ʋ-iri [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] who threw my



*    cloth off from the rope? (rhie



*    kua is not possible, as rhie im-



*    plies taking one entire object,



*    and kua, a collective object like



*    a liquid or grains, v. however



*    mu [ ˥ ]). rhie [ / ] gb-axua [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    to save; more idiomatic than



*    rhie [ / ] hĩ [ \ ]; instead of rhie,



*    ya [ ˥ ] may be used here; ɔrh-



*    iɣo ni gb-axua xɛ ɛzɔ n-ati-ɛɽe



*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ (3-1) ] he saved that



*    money for the law-suit to which



*    he was summoned. rhie [ / ] gb-



*    otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] to knock the ground with



*    something; irhi-unwɛrhiɛ̃ gb-otɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] I knocked the whip to



*    the ground (in order to frighten



*    somebody). rhie [ / ] hĩ [ \ ]



*    “to take away”: (a) to keep;



*    to save; rhi-abɛ na hĩ mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ]



*    keep this pen-knife for me!



*    irh-iɣo hĩ [ ˩ / ˥ (4-1) ] I have saved



*    money (v. rhie [ / ] gb-axua



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]); (b) to take out; igbã r-ɔʋ̃-



*    owɛ, dorhi-ɛɽe hĩ mɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ]



*    “a thorn is in my foot, come



*    (and) take it out for me!” (fua



*    [ / ], though possible, need not



*    be used, as its idea of “throwing



*    away” is understood in the



*    sentence). rhie [ / ] lele [ ˩ ˥ ] “to



*    take (and) follow”: (a) to take



*    something together with some-



*    thing else; ɔrhi-emiowo lel-



*    ema ɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “he took meat



*    (‘along’) with fufu (and) ate



*    (it)”; (b) to rub something along



*    a surface; ɔrhi-ɔdã lel-ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ]



*    he is painting along it (viz. the



*    surface of a wall, etc.). rhie



*    [ / ] lɛ ɽe [ ˩ / ] to (take and) hide;



*    ɔrhi-en-ebe lɛ ɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ / ] “he