4 INTRODUCTION'. 



and la, to he safe. Such nouns arc easily analyzed, by ascertaining the meaning first of the verbal root 

 or middle syllable, and then of the prefix and of the snflix. 



III. Adverbs, or adverbial phrases, composed of a noun and the preposition ni or li, in, are often omitted ; 

 as, lola (li ola), to-morroio ; lokere (li okere), in the distance, far off. The meaning of such words is 

 obvious so soon as we ascertain that of the noun to which ' 1 ' or ' n ' is prefixed. 



The student is requested to observe that the accent of Yoruba words in the Dictionary is marked 

 only in those cases where it cannot readily be determined from the rules laid down in the Orammar, 

 §§ 25-27. 



