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*    n-ɔri‿ase [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] innocent. ri‿egie



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to obtain a title. ri‿eɽe



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to make a profit. ri‿eʋ-aɽe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to eat food”, to eat



*    something. ri‿ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “to eat



*    juju”; to swear a false oath; to



*    violate a promise given on oath



*    (e.g. of a woman who has com-



*    mitted adultery; women must



*    swear that they will be faithful



*    to their husbands; if they break



*    the oath, the jujus and ancestral



*    spirits by which the oath was



*    sworn must be pacified (v.



*    zɔ 2 [ / ]))+. ri‿ok-odɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “to



*    eat the parcel of the way”: to



*    embezzle; Ozo ri‿ok-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˨ ]



*    Ojo has embezzled (sc. money).



*    ri [ ˥ ] osa [ ˩ ˥ ] to owe a debt;



*    v. ʋ̃ɛ [ / ], ɽu [ ˥ ]. ri‿ovã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    to take, have a nickname or



*    praise-name. ri‿oya [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    suffer misfortune or disgrace.



*    ri‿ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] to be Ɔba; to reign as



*    Ɔba; ɔri‿ɔba n-ɛkp-ugie [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]



*    he reigned (as Ɔba) for twenty



*    years. ri‿uxu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to inherit



*    something. (2) to wear out



*    through long use, e.g. knife, axe,



*    shoes; but v. also nwiɛ [ / ].



*    (3) to cheat, in idiom. ɔri‿ɔɽ-obɔ



*    ri‿ɔɽ-owɛ kpɛɽɛkpɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    lit. “he ate his hand ate his leg



*    entirely”: he cheated him pro-



*    perly (the usual term is mu



*    [ ˥ ] ɽu [ ˥ ]); v. do 3 [ ˥ ].



*ɽe 2 [ ˥ ] to be, with a noun pre-



*    dicate; Ozo ɽ-akɔwe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ] Ojo



*    is a clerk; ɛɽe [ / ˩ ] ― ɛɽe [ / ˩ ]



*    neither ― nor; cf. ɔɽe 1 [ ˩ ˥ ], (eɽe,



*    ɛɽe).



*ɽe [ / ] (1) to hide (something);



*    ɽ-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to hide oneself



*    from something or somebody.



*    (2) to bury; ɔɣaɽ-oɽ̃iʋ̃i ʋ-is-eʋa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “he was burying a