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*  n-ɔri‿ase [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] innocent. ri‿egie
* [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to obtain a title. ri‿eɽe
* [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to make a profit. ri‿eʋ-aɽe
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to eat food”, to eat
* something. ri‿ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “to eat
* juju”; to swear a false oath; to
* violate a promise given on oath
* (e.g. of a woman who has com-
* mitted adultery; women must
* swear that they will be faithful
* to their husbands; if they break
* the oath, the jujus and ancestral
* spirits by which the oath was
* sworn must be pacified (v.
* zɔ 2 [ / ]))+. ri‿ok-odɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “to
* eat the parcel of the way”: to
* embezzle; Ozo ri‿ok-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˨ ]
* Ojo has embezzled (sc. money).
* ri [ ˥ ] osa [ ˩ ˥ ] to owe a debt;
* v. ʋ̃ɛ [ / ], ɽu [ ˥ ]. ri‿ovã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
* to take, have a nickname or
* praise-name. ri‿oya [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to
* suffer misfortune or disgrace.
* ri‿ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] to be Ɔba; to reign as
* Ɔba; ɔri‿ɔba n-ɛkp-ugie [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]
* he reigned (as Ɔba) for twenty
* years. ri‿uxu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to inherit
* something. (2) to wear out
* through long use, e.g. knife, axe,
* shoes; but v. also nwiɛ [ / ].
* (3) to cheat, in idiom. ɔri‿ɔɽ-obɔ
* ri‿ɔɽ-owɛ kpɛɽɛkpɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]
* lit. “he ate his hand ate his leg
* entirely”: he cheated him pro-
* perly (the usual term is mu
* [ ˥ ] ɽu [ ˥ ]); v. do 3 [ ˥ ].
*ɽe 2 [ ˥ ] to be, with a noun pre-
* dicate; Ozo ɽ-akɔwe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ] Ojo
* is a clerk; ɛɽe [ / ˩ ] ― ɛɽe [ / ˩ ]
* neither ― nor; cf. ɔɽe 1 [ ˩ ˥ ], (eɽe,
* ɛɽe).
*ɽe [ / ] (1) to hide (something);
* ɽ-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to hide oneself
* from something or somebody.
* (2) to bury; ɔɣaɽ-oɽ̃iʋ̃i ʋ-is-eʋa
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “he was burying a