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*    Combinations with nouns: rhi-

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*    egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to become free from

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*    being a servant (not from

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*    slavery); a young man working

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*    with a senior “brother”, i.e.

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*    relation, can leave his service

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*    only when his “brother” lets

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*    him go, not of his own free

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*    will; the trans. verb is rhuã [ / ]

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*    which is also used in reference

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*    to the emada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] at the Ɛguae

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ]; uɣurhi-egbe ʋ-ɔguoʋ̃adia

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*    ɽa [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] have you already

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*    become free from service? rhi-

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*    egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] s-otɔ ( 1 [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ] to

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*    obey; to submit; to admit some-

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*    body’s superiority (Akugbe);

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*    A. prefers: rhi-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] ri-otɔ

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*    (re 2 [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; ɔrhi-egbe ri-otɔ

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*     [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ \ ] he obeyed him

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*    (possibly rhi-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]). rhi-

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*    obɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] y-ebe [ ˩ ˥ ] “to put hand

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*    to a paper”: to sign (A. Biogr.).

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*    rhi-ɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to marry (a woman);

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*    ɔrhi-ɔha n-odɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] he was

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*    married yesterday.

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*rhiɛ̃rhiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to taste well; “to

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*    be sweet”; but not “sweet” in

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*    the strict sense of the word;

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*    ema rhiɛ̃rhiɛ̃ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] fufu

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*    tastes very well. (2) to be

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*    pleasant to look at or see; iku na

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*    rhiɛ̃rhiɛ̃ gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this dance

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*    is very pleasant; iɽoɽ̃iʋ̃i na rhi^

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*    ɛ̃rhiɛ̃ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this funeral

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*    is very “grand”; v. miɛmiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*rhigɔɔ [ ˦ ˦ ] tall and lean, of a man;

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*    used with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; v.

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*    rhiamarhiama [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].

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*rhiĩɽ̃ĩ [ ˥ ˥ ] all the time; max-ɔɽe

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*    rhiĩɽ̃ĩ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “we are (have

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*    been) waiting for him all the

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*    time” (may be followed by ke

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*    naʋ̃ũsĩ ɣade [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ / ] “from all

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*    the time to come”: since all the

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*    while); cf. rhirhi [ ˥ ˥ ].

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