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*    at it (i.e. in some job): n-ɔdiɔ̃

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*    n-ɔrɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] the oldest one of

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*    them (lit. “who there are”);

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*    n-ɔɽ-ɔw-uɛ ɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-2) ˩ ] lit.

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*    “what is your own (scil. con-

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*    cern), is it there (or, in it)?”:

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*    is there anything of your own

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*    concern: is it your business?

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*    (as a rebuke).

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*re 2 [ ˥ ] to come (not used in the

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*    ipf., v. de [ / ]); v. yo 1 [ ˥ ].

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*re [ / ] (also rei) (1) to be far;

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*    Isiloko re gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ˦ ] Siluko is

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*    very far; (2) to be a long time

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*    (ago) (only in the perf. which

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*    can be ɔreɽe as well as ɔreɽi (!));

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*    ɔreɽe n-ɔs-unu [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] it is a

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*    long time since it happened.

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*ri 1 [ ˥ ] to tread mud or palm-

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*    kernels; iterat. rilo [ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    massage; ɔrilo ʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he

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*    massaged my body; v. mama

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ], ya 1 [ ˥ ].

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*ri 2 [ ˥ ] (1) to knot together;

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*    r-iri na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] tie me these

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*    ropes together! (2) to make a

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*    noose; r-iri na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] also:

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*    make a noose in this rope!

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*    (but for “to make a knot in”

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*    mu [ ˥ ] ri [ ˥ ] is used). Iterat.

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*    rilo [ ˩ ˥ ]: (a) to knot many ropes

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*    together; (b) in ril-iri [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    make nooses in ropes; and (c)

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*    (preceded by mu) to make knots

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*    in ropes; ril-iri na [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] tie

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*    these (many) ropes together!

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*ri; cf. also ɽe 1 [ ˥ ].

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*ria 1 [ / ] (1) to graze; to browse

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*    (of an animal). (2) in ria [ / ]

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*    ixi [ ˩ ˩ ] to take revenge; ɔria

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*    ʋ̃-ĩxi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] be is taking revenge

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*    on me; cf. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ] (?); eria [ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    iriaixi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], iriaɛkpɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], ɔriaɛ-

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*    mila [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ria 2 [ / ] to expound, analyse an

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*    oracle (iha [ ˩ ˩ ]).

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