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*    rhuã [ / ] ʋ-ɔguɔʋ̃adia [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “to



*    free (somebody) from servant-



*    hood”. (4) in rhuã‿egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    to be on one’s guard. v. rhi-



*    egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. rhuã [ ˥ ].



*rhuɛ 1 [ / ] to circumcize (males



*    and females); cf. arhuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*rhuɛ 2 [ / ] to set a trap (the trap



*    is bent when it is set)+; the verb



*    is used with all names of traps,



*    except ɔɣɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (verb: fi [ ˥ ]).



*    irhuɛ‿ifi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I am setting a



*    trap.



*rhuɛ 3 [ / ] to congeal (of oil);



*    v. ki [ / ].



*rh-ulɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to run; ɔrh-ulɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he



*    ran; v. lɛ [ / ], t-ulɛ mu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “to



*    start running”.



*rhurhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to pour; rhurhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    kua [ ˥ ] to pour out; ɔrhurh-



*    ofigbɔ̃ kua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ] he poured



*    palm-oil out. ɔfɔ rhurhɛ ku-ɔʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] lit. “perspiration is pour-



*    ing on me”: I am streaming



*    with perspiration.



*rhurhurhu [ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] staggering; tumb-



*    ling against things; ɽu rhurhu^



*    rhu [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] to move in the way



*    described above; v. ɛnyaɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*rhuʋ̃uda [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (1) a verb indicating



*    that the action of the main



*    verb is done because of some-



*    thing (followed by a pronoun);



*    ɔrhuʋ̃uda-ɽe ɣagb-ɔʋoxã-ɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] “on account of it



*    he beat his wife”; ɔrhuʋ̃uda-ɽe



*    tota [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ / ] “he is sitting



*    down because of it”. (2) also



*    used with the meaning “in



*    spite of”; irhuʋ̃uda-ɽe ɽu‿ɛe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ \ ] I did it in spite of him.



*    (3) the conjunction “because”;



*    ɔgĩ-owa-ɽe hia, rhuʋ̃uda-ɣ-ɔɽa-



*    kpaɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] he burnt all



*    his houses, because he was going



*    to leave (done by the Sobo