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*rhe [ / ] an auxuliary verb in-

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*    dicating that the action ex-

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*    pressed by the main verb stands

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*    in a concessive relation to the

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*    rest of the sentence; ɔrherha ʋ̃ɛ,

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*    ɣa iɣaɣixu‿ɛe gie [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ˥ ]

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*    “though he has stolen (from)

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*    me, who shall I drive him to

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*    (lit. send)?” used if the culprit

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*    belongs to the same family so

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*    that one cannot pursue him.

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*rhere [ ˩ ˥ ] farewell (from rherhere

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “arrive in time”); said to

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*    a man leaving the speaker, or

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*    met on the road, going in the

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*    opposite direction.

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*rherhe [ ˩ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-

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*    dicating that the main action is

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*    carried out in due time; irhe-

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*    rheɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] I did it in time;

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*    e.g. as answer to the question:

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*    urherhepos‿ebe ni yi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ / ˥ ]

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*    did you post that letter in

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*    time?

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*rhia [ ˥ ] to be, become spoilt;

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*    ɔrhiae [ ˩ \ ] it is spoilt; also

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*    ɔrhia [ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] (containing a [ / ],

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*    i.e. ɽua [ ˥ ]); cf. rhia [ / ].

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*rhia [ / ] to spoil; to squander

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*    (rhia‿iɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]); also rhia [ / ]

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*    ɽua (or, a) [ ˥ ]; cf. rhia [ ˥ ].

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*rhiamarhiama [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] lean; also

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*    used of a thin plantain; used

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*    with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; v. kãgũ-

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*    kãgũ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].

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*rhie [ / ] to take; v. mu [ ˥ ] which

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*    seems to refer to heavier things:

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*    “to lift up”, and was said to

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*    refer specially to things con-

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*    taining grains or liquids, not to

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*    whole things like rhie; v. further

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*    ya 1 [ ˥ ] which implies “to take in

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*    order to use”; ɔrhi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he

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*    took it; as answer to a question,

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*    e.g. Combinations with verbs:

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*    rhie [ / ] ba [ / ] to add. rhie

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