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*rhiɔ [ ˥ ] (1) when used by itself: to

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*    start early. (2) with another

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*    verb: to be early in doing some-

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*    thing; ɔrhiɔ kpaɔ‿ugbɛ hia

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he always leaves early;

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*    ɔrhiɔ xiã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he went early.

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*    rhiɔ [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ] to wake up, lit.

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*    “to be early in coming”, is

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*    especially important; ɔrhiɔ re

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is awake.

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*rhiɔɔ̃ [ ˦ ] very cold; e.g. of rain-

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*    water; a higher degree than

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*    xwɛrhɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]; ɔfu re rhiɔɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]

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*    it is very cold; v. riɛriɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*rhirhi [ ˥ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-

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*    dicating: (1) that the action

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*    expressed by the main verb is

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*    continuous, or, at least, fairly

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*    extended (when used in the pf.:

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*    “for some time”); ɔrhirhiɽu‿ɛe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] he is doing it all the

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*    time; or (2) expressing the

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*    idea translated by “whoever”,

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*    “whatever”, etc.; n-ɔrhirhiɣaxĩ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “whoever he may be”:

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*    anyone; cf. rhiĩɽ̃ĩ [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*rhixã [ ˩ ˥ ] to become solid, of mud

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*    in house-building.

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*rho 1 [ / ] to praise somebody for

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*    some achievement; ɣɛrho ʋɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ \ ] don’t praise me!

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*rho 2 [ / ] in rho [ / ] da [ / ] (Ɔba

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ]) to insult the Ɔba (by a

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*    mistake in etiquette, or by

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*    irreverence); gua guã n-uɣɛ rho

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*    [ / / ˦ (4-1) / ‿ ˩ ] “know how to talk

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*    lest you make a mistake in

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*    etiquette!”.

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*rhoʋiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to insult; to abuse; cf.

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*    the preceding (?).

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*rhɔ 1 [ / ] to rain; amɛ rhɔ [ ˩ ˩ / ]

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*    it is raining.

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*rhɔ 2 [ / ] (1) to pick up small

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*    things from the ground; irhɔ-ɽe

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*    si koko [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I picked it up

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*    (and) gathered (it) together, e.g.

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