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*    one’s head, when advised to do



*    so by the oracle (ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]);



*    (gwɛ [ / ] means: to sacrifice to



*    one’s head at the igwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] day).



*    ɽu can further be used with the



*    name of the particular deity to



*    whom one offers the sacrifice,



*    e.g. ɽu ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] to offer a



*    sacrifice to Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ]; v.



*    rhi-eɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] and mi-eɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ],



*    y-eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ] na [ ˥ ], zɛ [ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ],



*    wa [ / ] na [ ˥ ], mu [ ˥ ] ze [ ˥ ] na



*    [ ˥ ], gwɛ [ / ], rhɔ [ / ]. (3) to be-



*    come, be, of a certain quality



*    which is indicated by a re-



*    duplicated collective noun; cor-



*    responds to English construc-



*    tions like “to be sandy, watery”,



*    etc.; ɔɽu‿exexae (exae [ ˥ ˩ ])



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] it is becoming sandy (e.g.



*    a path that is frequently used).



*    ɔɽu amaamɛ (amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] it



*    is becoming watery (of soup);



*    ɔɽu‿amaamɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] it is watery.



*ɽua [ ˥ ] second part of verbal



*    combinations which seems to



*    intensify the meaning of the



*    first part in some way, or, to



*    indicate that the action implied



*    by the first part is carried out



*    to its utmost limit, e.g. gbe [ ˥ ]



*    “to hit”, gbe [ ˥ ] ɽua [ ˥ ] “to



*    kill”, z-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ] and z-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ]



*    ɽua [ ˥ ] “to squander money”,



*    rhi-a [ ˥ / ] “to be spoilt (en-



*    tirely)”. After nasalised vowels



*    the word occurs in a nasalised



*    form: ɽ̃uã [ ˥ ], and shortened



*    forms are frequent: -ua, -a [ ˥ ]



*    (-uã, -ã).



*ɽubuɽubu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] entirely round



*    (like a ball; used with the verb



*    ye [ ˥ ]).



*ɽue [ / ] to be jealous (of women).



*ɽueɣe [ ˩ ˥ ] to shake; ɔɽueɣ-erhã ni



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] he shook that tree; v.