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*    scattered palm nuts when the



*    bunch has been cut off; rhɔ‿eʋ̃-



*    ĩzobo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] to gather the



*    things necessary, for izobo [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*    (2) to sort out; same as hãnɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ].



*rhu 1 [ ˥ ] to light a lamp, also



*    rh-ukpa [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. urhukpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*rhu 2 [ ˥ ] (1) to cover; not with a



*    lid, v. gue [ / ], but e.g. by



*    putting some big object over a



*    small one. (2) to be leafy, of



*    yam (the poles and yam ropes



*    are covered by the leaves). (3)



*    to be blind, in rhu‿aɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ];



*    cf. arhuaɽo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]. (4) to blind



*    somebody (not only “to dazzle”,



*    v. gb-ebibi [ ˥ / ˩ ], but in the full



*    sense of the word); (5) in rhu



*    [ ˥ ] gba [ ˥ ] ma [ ˥ ] to come



*    closely together.



*rhuã [ ˥ ] (1) to wear; to put on;



*    to dress; irh-ũkpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (a) I have



*    put clothes on; I have dressed;



*    (b) I wear a cloth, clothes;



*    ɔrhuã-ɽ-ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he is wear-



*    ing his (i.e. somebody else’s)



*    cloth(es); (ɔrh-ũkpɔ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] he



*    wears his own dress). (2) to



*    dress somebody; ɔrhuã-ɽ̃-ũkpɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he dressed him (with



*    nasalised ɽ̃); cf. rhuã [ / ].



*rhuã [ / ] (1) to peel off (skin of



*    snakes, or of human beings after



*    some kinds of illness; or the



*    bark of certain trees, v. ugbɔ̃gbɔ̃



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]); egbe ʋ̃ɛ rhuãɽ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]



*    “my body peeled”. (2) “to be



*    clothed”, of an ɔmada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; the



*    emada used to go naked during



*    the term of their service so that



*    “to be clothed” is an equivalent



*    to “to terminate one’s time of



*    service with the Ɔba”. (3) to



*    clothe, i.e. to terminate the term



*    of service of an ɔmada; also