fruit).
riaria 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to go around, mostly
with hope of sharing food.
rie [ / ] (1) to go away; ɔrie [ ˩ / ]
(a) he is going away; (b) he is
gone. (2) to go; the place where
the subject is going to follows
the verb; only used in the ipf.,
v. yo 1 [ ˥ ], e.g. ɔri-ɛdo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
he is going to Benin. Idiom.:
ɔri-ɛʋo n-a‿iwua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] “he
is going to a country which is
not taboo”, i.e. where everybody
must go; where to go is not for-
bidden to anybody: he is dead;
said of a “big” man; a respect-
ful term. ri-eria [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to go
grazing. ri-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “to go
to ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i”: to die; v. yo 1 [ ˥ ],
xiã [ ˥ ].
rieriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to turn something over
the fire; e.g. to turn a yam or
plantain with the hand over a
small fire in order to roast it;
ya rier-inya ni mɛ n-ɔɣɛgiɛ̃
[ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ (2-1) / ] go and turn that
yam for me (so) that it does not
burn! cf. weriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
riɛ [ ˥ ] to become, be smooth;
ɔriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] it is getting smooth;
ɔriɛe [ ˩ \ ] it is smooth; cf.
riɛ [ / ].
riɛ [ / ] to smooth; ɔriɛ‿erhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
he is smoothing a plank; ɔri-ɔɽe
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is smoothing it; cf.
riɛ [ ˥ ].
riɛriɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] lukewarm (of water);
ɔfu re riɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] it is luke-
warm; v. rhiɔɔ̃ [ ˦ ].
riɛriɛriɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] yellow (not of fire);
used after the verb ba [ / ]; v.
ɽuɛɽuɛɽuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
r-iri [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ri 2 [ ˥ ].
ro [ / ] to be durable, of any
breakable thing, e.g. a pot.
