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*    be easy, in: ɔɽɔxɔ ʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    I have an easy life, i.e. I have



*    all I want; cf. egbeɽɔxɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ];



*    v. fu [ ˥ ] egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɽu [ ˥ ] (1) to do; ɔɽu‿ɛe fo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ]



*    he finished doing it. ɽu [ ˥ ]



*    dɔɣɔrɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] to let the lip hang



*    down. ɽu [ ˥ ] xɔ [ / ] to ill-treat.



*    Combinations with nouns: ɽu‿



*    egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (a) to drag one



*    another; (b) to kick. ɽu ekɛ̃



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to collect and mix mud



*    for house building (v. hɔ [ / ]).



*    Idiom.: ɽu eʋ̃i n-egb-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]



*    “to do the things of his body”:



*    to bury him (Ɔxw. song 7).



*    ɽu‿ɛse [ ˩ ˩ \ ] to be kind (in the



*    meaning: “to bestow favours”,



*    i.e. to give “dashes”); ɔɽu‿ɛse



*    mɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] he always favours



*    me (viz. with presents). ɽu‿iko



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to hold a meeting. ɽu‿ohuɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to hunt. ɽu [ ˥ ] osa [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    to owe a debt (v. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ], ʋ̃ɛ [ / ]);



*    n-aɽu‿ɛɽ-osa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “to whom



*    people owe a debt”: creditor.



*    ɽu‿ɔbafi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to hunt (also



*    ri-ɔbafi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], v. rie [ / ]). ɽu



*    [ ˥ ] uhe [ ˩ ˥ ] to cohabit with



*    (direct object) (indecent, worse



*    than ho [ / ]; for decent ex-



*    pressions v. (gu [ ˥ ] “with”) ku



*    [ / ]). (2) to offer a sacrifice (to



*    ancestors, the guardian spirit,



*    and deities). ɽu‿ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to make



*    the annual ancestral festival



*    (including the sacrifice); also



*    ri‿ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (ɽe 1 [ ˥ ]). ɽu‿erha



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] to sacrifice to one’s father.



*    ɽu‿ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to offer a sacrifice



*    to a deity. ɽu ɛhi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    sacrifice to one’s guardian spirit.



*    ɽu‿ɛɽiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to sacrifice to the



*    dead people (used of sacrifices



*    to the deities as well). ɽu‿uhuʋ̃u



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to make a sacrifice to