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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