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a-rir), n. the centre, time, previousness : li aiiij re, 

 in the middle of it : mo se e li arin kag, / did it 

 once ; mo ri li aril) k4n, / have seen it before ; li 

 aril) odzo, in the midst of the rain. 



a-rir)-dzo, n. a street dance): 



a-rir)-ko, «. a point of time ; chance. 



a'-ri -■«?&, n. the north. 



a-ri-wi, n. an excuse, cxtemtation. 



a'-ri-"wo, n. noise, uproar. 



a-ro, n. meditation : so aro, to meditate. 



a-r6, M. a corn-crib ; blue dye. 



S.-ro, n. sorrow, mourninr/ : da aro, se aro, to 

 mourn, to be sorrtj. 



a-ro, n. restlessness ; a hearth, a stand on which 2>ots 

 are set to boil. 



a-ro-bo, n. petty traffic. 



a-ro-dze, n. a rcstiny-place on the road. 



a-ro-hurj-gbo-gbo. See ariliuijgbogbo. 



a-ro-kar), n. painfal reflexion, grief, remorse. 



a-ro-ko, M. the head man of a farm. 



a-ro-kpin, n. a limit : ia arokpiij, to limit. 



a-ro-le, ». an heir. 



a-ro-m6-le, n. the afternoon. 



a-ro-ni-kfi, /;. a witch, wizard. 



a-ro-si-le, a-ro-te-le, n. a thing agreed on, terms, 

 bargain. 



a-ro-'wa, n. now : wiL li arowa, come now. 



a-ro-ye, n. grumbling, disputing : se aroyc, to 

 grumble, dispute. 



a-ro, n. one with withered limbs, a cripple. 



a-r6, n. the smiiKs trade. 



a-r6, w. affliction, lamenting. 



a-r6, n. a cjuiver made of a long gourd. 



a-ro-kir), n. one skilled in traditions. 



a-rp-ku-ro, n. the latter rains. 



a-r6-mo-bI-ino (6 ri omo), n. one who has grand- 

 children. 



A-ro-ni (aro enia), n. the name of a fairy. (It is 

 sculptured as a female, witli one arm and one log, 

 with a long queue and a ball at the end.) 



a-r6r), n. sickness : ni ibule aroi), in sickness. (Ps. 

 41,3.) 



a-r5n-ki.-r6i), n. all sorts of diseases; an evil 

 disease. 



a-ru-da, n. a propitiatory sacrifice. 



a-ru-fix), n. a law-breaker. 



a-ru-gb6, w. an old 2>erson. 



a-ru-go-gar), n. an iron hook. 



a-ru-kor), ?i. a freshet; an extra sacrifice. 



a-rui), num.. five. 



a-rur)-di-lo-gbor) (di !i, from on), num. tiventy- 

 five. 



a-rur)-le-lo-ta (lo li, laid on), num. sixty-fioe. 



a-sa, n. a saddle. 



a-S&, ». a fiight, a running. 



a-sfi. ! interj. excuse me ! said by a bailiff when he 



arrests a man. See asia. 

 a-sa-di-dze, «. afoot-race. 

 a-sa-ka-ni-l§, 7i. the square of a house. 

 a-sS.-l&, n. a feeing for safely, escape, refuge : sa 



asala, to escape. 

 a-s&-l&, n. barrenness : di asale, to be barren. (2 



Pet. 1, 80.) 

 a-s9J), n. empitiness, vanity, naught : aski) li orisa, 



idols are vain or contemiHible ; li asag, in vain, 



without excuse or cause. 

 a-sSji-k6r), n. full payment. 

 a-sa-re, n. a runner. 

 a-sfi.-sd, n. a cook. 

 a-sS.-sir), n. a runaway, who foi'sakes hi.s father to 



live with another. 

 a-se, a-se, n. paint, color. 

 a-s6, n. a meal, a feast : ase ale, a supper ; ash 



idio, a 2}ublic feast ; ase iyawo, a wedding-feast ; 



ase owuro, breakfast ; s&h osar), dinner. 

 a-se-kpor), n. a barren ivoman, used as a term of 



reproach. 

 a-se-ndze. See asase. 

 a-se-no, n. a barren woman. 

 a-se, M. a strainer ; the fetid field-rat. 

 a-se, ai-se, n. a large door. 

 a-se-mi (omi), n. a water-filter. 

 a'-si-a, w. afiag, ensign. 

 a'-si-a ! interj. excuse me ! I beg piardon ! alas ! 



See as4. 

 a-si-ki, n. good luck, success. 

 a-slT), n. service. 

 a-sir)-gba, n. an express, or the sending of things, 



generally the king's gooAs,, from jMst to post. 

 a-sir)-kpa, n. bitter service. 

 a-sir)-rir), n. the rat called ase. 

 a-sir)-'wir), 7i. a fool, a crazy person, lunacy. 

 a-si-"wa, n. the last state. (Luke 11, 26.) 

 a'-si-Twa a'-si-bb, adv. now at last : ndie, asiiva 



asibo yi 6 do, then, at last he will come. 

 a-so-fei-ye-dze (fu eiye), n. a sp)ecies of fig (lit. 



it bears for birds to eat). 

 a-so-gbo, n. ripe fruit. 

 a-s6, a-SO-kp6, n. wrangling : aso baba idia, 



wrangling is the father of fighting. 

 a-s6-d5r), n. siveet talk, fiattery, exaggeration. 

 &-s6-ni-d&-ho-ro, n. a desolation. 

 a-s6-ni-d&-y6, n. whicli quickens, or makes 



alive. 

 a-SOr)-k6r), n. increase, the dropsy. 

 a-sor)-in6, n. nearness, proximity. 

 a-s5-ro-dze-dze, a-s5-r9-ke-le, n. a whisperer, 



tatllcr. 

 a-SO-tS.13, n. compleleness of talking : sor9 li aso- 



tiVq, he spoke perfectly. (Acts IR, 20,) 



