[ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] 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
