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* people) (-ɣ- from iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ]).

* (4) because of (noun or pre-

* position?); iɣayo rhuʋ̃ud-ɔse ʋ̃ɛ

* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] I shall go because of

* my friend; rhuʋ̃ud-ɔni and

* rhuʋ̃ud-ɔɽ̃ĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “because of

* that”: therefore; rhuʋ̃ud-ɔni

* imaɣinagwi gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “(it

* is on) account of that (that)

* I never quarrel any more”: rhu^

* ʋ̃ud-ɔni ɔɣazɛ-ɣ-iyo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ]

* lit. (it is) account of that (which)

* will cause me to go (-ɣ- from

* iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ]).

*ɽa [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb denoting

* imminence of the action ex-

* pressed by the main verb;

* “going to”, “about to”; ɔɽa^

* su‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ] he is going to ac-

* company him; ɔteɽasu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ]

* he was going to accompany him

* (but it did not happen).

*ɽa [ ˩ ] (1) or; mɛ ɽa‿iɽ̃ɛ̃-ɽ-ɔɣayo

* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “I or he (it is who)

* must go”. (2) particle indicating

* a question: t-uxiã ɽa [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] are

* you going?

*ɽae [ / ] to go; iɣiɽae [ / ˥ (4-1) ] I am

* not going again; ɔɽae [ ˩ / ] he is

* gone (same as ɔrie [ ˩ / ]); cf. ɽa

* [ ˥ ].

*ɽaɣoɽaɣo [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] light (of the sky);

* blue; ɔye ɽaɣoɽaɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] it is

* blue.

*ɽe 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to eat; in front of vow-

* els, ɽe becomes ri-. This occurs

* in the following combinations:

* ri‿abe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to be, become guilty

* (in a lawsuit); ɔri‿abe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he

* is guilty (he has lost the law-

* suit). ri‿aɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to be bitter.

* ri-arha [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to be accepted in

* ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], of a dead man.

* ri‿ase [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to be, become in-

* nocent (especially in court);
