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    people) (-ɣ- from iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ]).
    (4) because of (noun or pre-
    position?); iɣayo rhuʋ̃ud-ɔse ʋ̃ɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] I shall go because of
    my friend; rhuʋ̃ud-ɔni and
    rhuʋ̃ud-ɔɽ̃ĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “because of
    that”: therefore; rhuʋ̃ud-ɔni
    imaɣinagwi gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “(it
    is on) account of that (that)
    I never quarrel any more”: rhu^
    ʋ̃ud-ɔni ɔɣazɛ-ɣ-iyo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ]
    lit. (it is) account of that (which)
    will cause me to go (-ɣ- from
    iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ]).
    
ɽa [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb denoting
    imminence of the action ex-
    pressed by the main verb;
    “going to”, “about to”; ɔɽa^
    su‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ] he is going to ac-
    company him; ɔteɽasu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ]
    he was going to accompany him
    (but it did not happen).
    
ɽa [ ˩ ] (1) or; mɛ ɽa‿iɽ̃ɛ̃-ɽ-ɔɣayo
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “I or he (it is who)
    must go”. (2) particle indicating
    a question: t-uxiã ɽa [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] are
    you going?
    
ɽae [ / ] to go; iɣiɽae [ / ˥ (4-1) ] I am
    not going again; ɔɽae [ ˩ / ] he is
    gone (same as ɔrie [ ˩ / ]); cf. ɽa
    [ ˥ ].
    
ɽaɣoɽaɣo [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] light (of the sky);
    blue; ɔye ɽaɣoɽaɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] it is
    blue.
    
ɽe 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to eat; in front of vow-
    els, ɽe becomes ri-. This occurs
    in the following combinations:
    ri‿abe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to be, become guilty
    (in a lawsuit); ɔri‿abe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he
    is guilty (he has lost the law-
    suit). ri‿aɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to be bitter.
    ri-arha [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to be accepted in
    ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], of a dead man.
    ri‿ase [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to be, become in-
    nocent (especially in court);