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*    took the book (and) hid (it)”.



*    rhie [ / ] ma [ / ] to show some-



*    thing to somebody; to prove;



*    ɔna rhie ma-ɣ-uɽ-oʋi ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ / / / ˩ ˩ \ ] this shows that



*    you are not my son (as a re-



*    proach when the son has be-



*    haved badly, or been dis-



*    obedient to his father); ɔrhie ma



*    ʋ̃ɛ exɔe dã n-ɔgu‿ɛe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ / ]



*    “he proved to me his bad



*    character that is with him” (the



*    ma is half-long). rhie [ / ] na



*    [ ˥ ] to give somebody something;



*    rhi-eb-ɛɽe nɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ] give him



*    his book! (but v. ya [ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ]



*    “to give an a present”). rhie



*    [ / ] rɔ [ / ] (a) to (take and)



*    hang up; ɔrhi-ɛrhu ɽuɛ rɔ y-



*    egbaha [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “he took your



*    hat (and) hung it on the door



*    beam”; (b) to perch (of birds);



*    ahiaʋ̃ɛ rhie rɔ y-owa na [ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    a bird perched on this house



*    (not rhi-erɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]!). rhie [ / ] ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ / ] to (take and) hold; miɛ



*    rhie ʋ̃ɛ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] hold it for me!



*    ɔrhi-ukpɔ̃ ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ɔxiã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he



*    held a cloth when going. rhie



*    [ / ] ʋ̃ɔ‿obɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to take some-



*    body or something with oneself



*    (on a journey); ɔrhi-ɔtĩ‿ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ̃ɔ‿



*    obɔ ʋ-ɔri-ehe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he



*    took his “brother” with him



*    when he went travelling. rhie



*    [ / ] y-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] to put some-



*    thing back: to leave when



*    told to do so (but v. sɛ 1 [ ˥ ]



*    ɽae [ / ] y-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] which means



*    “to leave behind”); weri-egbe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] may be added in front of



*    y-otɔ in order to stress the idea



*    of the object being returned;



*    ɔrhi-en-ukpɔ̃ (weri-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ])



*    y-otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he left the cloth



*    (when told to put it back).