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*riaria 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to grow (of a plantain

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*    fruit).

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*riaria 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to go around, mostly

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*    with hope of sharing food.

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*rie [ / ] (1) to go away; ɔrie [ ˩ / ]

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*    (a) he is going away; (b) he is

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*    gone. (2) to go; the place where

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*    the subject is going to follows

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*    the verb; only used in the ipf.,

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*    v. yo 1 [ ˥ ], e.g. ɔri-ɛdo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    he is going to Benin. Idiom.:

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*    ɔri-ɛʋo n-a‿iwua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] “he

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*    is going to a country which is

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*    not taboo”, i.e. where everybody

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*    must go; where to go is not for-

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*    bidden to anybody: he is dead;

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*    said of a “big” man; a respect-

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*    ful term. ri-eria [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to go

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*    grazing. ri-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “to go

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*    to ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i”: to die; v. yo 1 [ ˥ ],

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*    xiã [ ˥ ].

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*rieriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to turn something over

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*    the fire; e.g. to turn a yam or

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*    plantain with the hand over a

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*    small fire in order to roast it;

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*    ya rier-inya ni n-ɔɣɛgiɛ̃

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*    [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ (2-1) / ] go and turn that

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*    yam for me (so) that it does not

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*    burn! cf. weriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*riɛ [ ˥ ] to become, be smooth;

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*    ɔriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] it is getting smooth;

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*    ɔriɛe [ ˩ \ ] it is smooth; cf.

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*    riɛ [ / ].

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*riɛ [ / ] to smooth; ɔriɛ‿erhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    he is smoothing a plank; ɔri-ɔɽe

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is smoothing it; cf.

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*    riɛ [ ˥ ].

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*riɛriɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] lukewarm (of water);

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*    ɔfu re riɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] it is luke-

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*    warm; v. rhiɔɔ̃ [ ˦ ].

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*riɛriɛriɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] yellow (not of fire);

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*    used after the verb ba [ / ]; v.

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*    ɽuɛɽuɛɽuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*r-iri [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ri 2 [ ˥ ].

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*ro [ / ] to be durable, of any

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*    breakable thing, e.g. a pot.

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