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*    be easy, in: ɔɽɔxɔ ʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    I have an easy life, i.e. I have

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*    all I want; cf. egbeɽɔxɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ];

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*    v. fu [ ˥ ] egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɽu [ ˥ ] (1) to do; ɔɽu‿ɛe fo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ]

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*    he finished doing it. ɽu [ ˥ ]

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*    dɔɣɔrɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] to let the lip hang

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*    down. ɽu [ ˥ ] [ / ] to ill-treat.

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*    Combinations with nouns: ɽu‿

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*    egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (a) to drag one

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*    another; (b) to kick. ɽu ekɛ̃

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to collect and mix mud

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*    for house building (v. [ / ]).

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*    Idiom.: ɽu eʋ̃i n-egb-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]

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*    “to do the things of his body”:

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*    to bury him (Ɔxw. song 7).

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*    ɽu‿ɛse [ ˩ ˩ \ ] to be kind (in the

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*    meaning: “to bestow favours”,

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*    i.e. to give “dashes”); ɔɽu‿ɛse

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*     [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] he always favours

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*    me (viz. with presents). ɽu‿iko

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to hold a meeting. ɽu‿ohuɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to hunt. ɽu [ ˥ ] osa [ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    to owe a debt (v. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ], ʋ̃ɛ [ / ]);

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*    n-aɽu‿ɛɽ-osa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “to whom

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*    people owe a debt”: creditor.

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*    ɽu‿ɔbafi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to hunt (also

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*    ri-ɔbafi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], v. rie [ / ]). ɽu

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*    [ ˥ ] uhe [ ˩ ˥ ] to cohabit with

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*    (direct object) (indecent, worse

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*    than ho [ / ]; for decent ex-

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*    pressions v. (gu [ ˥ ] “with”) ku

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*    [ / ]). (2) to offer a sacrifice (to

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*    ancestors, the guardian spirit,

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*    and deities). ɽu‿ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to make

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*    the annual ancestral festival

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*    (including the sacrifice); also

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*    ri‿ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (ɽe 1 [ ˥ ]). ɽu‿erha

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] to sacrifice to one’s father.

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*    ɽu‿ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to offer a sacrifice

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*    to a deity. ɽu ɛhi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to

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*    sacrifice to one’s guardian spirit.

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*    ɽu‿ɛɽiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to sacrifice to the

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*    dead people (used of sacrifices

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*    to the deities as well). ɽu‿uhuʋ̃u

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to make a sacrifice to

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