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a-de, n. a cliariii to brimj home the ;//wst of one 

 /tilled in tear. 



a-de-bi-kpa-ni (da L'bi), ;(. l/uit which starves one. 



A-de-gb6, n. Tlie luxuie of a man, meaning who 

 comes to hear. 



a-de-hdr), n. barr/ain, covenant ; contractor. 



a-de-ke, n. a liar. 



a-de'-le-b5 (ilc), n. a neiohj married woman, a 

 bride. 



a-de-mo, a-de-mu, n. a water-r/otird. 



a-de-na (ona), n. leho lies in ambush ; an impe- 

 diment. 



a-de-bi, n. condemnation. 



a-de-te (da ete), n. a leper. 



a-de-ti-si-le, n. a listener to private conversation. 



a-di, n. a bindinff, tanf/linff, d'c. See di. 



a-dl, n. oil of the palm-nut kernel. 



a-dl, conj. notwithstanding, after all. 



a-di-d6r), n. floxir of parched corn, anything savory. 



a-di-dz^ (di idza), n. coming to blows or to a fight. 



a-di-dzi, n. a scarecrow, a fright. 



a-di-dzu, n. a blinder or deceiver. 



a'-di-e. Sec adire. 



a-dl-gba-ro, n. a colander. 



a-di-lu, n. chiWa game of casting lots. 



a-di-ini-ni6 (da mimo), n, a sanctificr, sancti- 

 fication. 



a-di-in6, n. he who shuts one in, state of being 

 shut in. 



a-di-in5, n. a secret covenant, a plot. 



a-di-mu, n. who holds fast, a holding fast ; used 

 also as a proper name. 



a-dir)-gbe, ?«. tohich is dried over the fire, jerked 

 meat. 



a'-di-re, n. a domestic fowl. 



a-di-ro, n. a colander. 



a-di-si (da isi), n. an inventor. (Rom. 1, .30.) 



a-di-tar)-in5 (da itaij), n. a tracing of kinshi]}. 



a-dl-tl (eti), n. a deaf p)er son. 



a-do, n. a small gourd used for a vial. 



3.-6.6, n. an adulterer; leiudness. 



a-do-do-dze, num. one hundred and thirty (cow- 

 ries) eath .• elo o ta a ? how dost thou sell it ? 

 adododze, one hundred and thirty each. 



a-do-dze, num. one hundred and thirty. 



a-do-gur) (da ogug), n. which causes war. 



a-do-dzo, num. one hundred and sixty. 



a-d6-dzo-dzo, num. one hundred and sixty each. 

 See adododze. 



a-do-do-fa, num. one hundred and ten each. 



a-do-fa, 7iu7)i. one hundred and ten. 



a-dor), n. flavor, taste, staeetness. 



a-do-rir), num. seventy. 



a-do'-r9-rir), num. seventy each. 



a-d9'-ro-l:ur), nu7n. ninety each. 



a-do-rui), ntun. ninety. 



a-do-sai), num. one hundred and seventy. 



a-d9'-so-sar), num. one humlred and seventy each. 



a-do-ta, nu7n. fifty. 



a-do'-t9-ta, num. fifty each. 



a-du, J(. a few : adu enia, «/<??« ^eo/)^e. 



a-dO, n. a very black perscni. 



a'-du-gb6, n. an old acquainta/ice, a neighbor. 



a-du'-gbo-lvi. a stu7nbli7ig block. 



a-du-kpe, n. tha7iks, thankfulness : adukpe lodo 



Oloruij, thanks to God. 

 a-du-ra, n. jtrayer to God only, 

 a-dza, ?i. a dog ; a fairy skilled i/i i/iedici7ie. 

 3.-dza, 71. an attic, a loft, a ceiling overhead. 

 a-dza. See adzara, of which it is a contraction. 

 a-dza-ba, n. trouble, unhapjnness. 

 a-dz3.-b9, )i. escape through hard struggling. 

 a-dzadi, ?i. which is broken in the botto7n ; adzadi 



agboij, a broken bottom basket. 

 a-dza-dze, ?i. a low, mca7i fellow. 

 a-dza-e, ». a cord with which a ■priso7ier''s ha7id is 



bound to his neck. 

 &-dza-ga, 71. a 7ieck-shackle, a yoke. 

 a-dza-ga-dzi-gi, 7i. a violent jerking at something 



solid. 

 a-dza-gb9r), ?«. the tamarind-tree. 

 .a-dza-gun, n. a soldier, a title of respect much like 



" esquire." 

 a-dza-i-ld, w. a ceiling over the 7nouth of a grave 



or p)it- 

 a-dza-ka, a-dza-ka-le, 7i. an epidemic, pestilence. 

 a-dza'-ka-su (dze akasu), w. one who eats the large 



loaf, i. e. ivho has }jlenty. 

 a-dza-ko (oko), n. a kind of toild dog. 

 a-dza-kpa, n. a petty trader, a nickname given to 



the tortoise. 

 a-dz3.-13.. See adzabS. 



a-dza'-na-kpa, n. a bird-snare 7/iade of cloth. 

 a-dza'-na-ku, 7t. the elephant. 

 a-dzar), w. meat cut small to retail. 

 a-dza-O, ». a kind of large bat. 

 S.-dza-6-SU, 71. the mooii's dog, i. e. the evcni7ig star. 



See aguala. 

 a-dza-ra, ?». a climbing 2'>l<-int the leaves of tvhich 



impart a black stain. 

 a-dze, n. the god of money, fo7-tu7ie. 

 a-dze-dze, 7i. a stranger or alien : adzedze ihi, a 



strange or foreig7i toivti ; se adzedze si, to be es- 



tra7iged from. (Ps. 78, 30.) 

 a-dze-re, ?«. an earthen pot pierced full of holes to 



dry 7neat in. 

 a-dze, n. a paddle, on oar. 

 a-dz§, n. a 7vitch. 



a-dze-kCir), ». a 7-e7imuHt after eating. 

 a-dze-kp6, n. the cud, an eating together. 



