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bi-ba, n. a small matter : Mba bo baba mole, a 



great affair covers up a small affair. 

 ba-ba-M (baba Ilia), 11. a (/randfathcr, a patri- 



arcli. 

 ba-bfi.-13.-se (ala.sc), n. a chief cook. 

 ba-bS.-ia-"WO (alawb), ?;. a priest oflfa. 

 bfi.-bi-ka, ». a. j}opular dance. 

 bfi-bu-dzfi. (abiulza), v. in surprise hi/ comim/ upon 



suddenly, to thwart. 

 ba-da, n. a title. 

 bfi. . . . d5.-kp5, V. to unite with, to join : 6 hk woi) 



dakpo, he joined them. 

 ba-de, v. to suit, agree, Jit : 6 bade, it suits or Jits : 



bata hk mi li ese de, the shoe Jits me (on the foot). 

 ba . . . dze, v. to spoil, corrupt, injure, destroy : 



badie, to he spoiled, (&c. 

 ba . . . dzi-yai), v. to contradict: 6 ba mi dziyai), 



he contradicted me. 

 ba-dzo (edzp), v. to yet into trouble : mo badzo ni 



Iloi-ir), I yot into trouble at Ilorii). 

 ba-fir) (hk afii)), n. a eunuch, in tlie King's palace, 



where tbere are six of tbem. 

 bfi.-ga-dai'! by the staff oj' Egnr) ! (an oath): 



bagadai' I igi d<i oloko sa, the tree fell and friyhtened 



the farmer, i. e. the mountain labored and brought 



forth a mouse. 

 bai, adv. See bayi. 

 b9i-b9.i, adv. dimly shining. 

 bfi-ka-nS. (bi okaq na), adv. alike, the same. 

 ba-lS.-bu-dza (ba li abndia), v. See abudza. 

 ba-la-ga (ba 16 aga), n. a youth, a young man 



ncarh) grown, an adolescent. 

 ba-16 (ile), n. a master of a house, landlord. 

 hk-lh, V. to be quiet, contented. 

 ba-le (ile), n. a governor. 

 ba . . . le-ru (li ern), v. to frighten. 

 ba-lo-gur) (li oguij), n. a military officer . 

 bS. . . . 16-hur) (li in ohuq), v. to assent to. (Luke 



23, 51.) 

 b& . . . lo-ru-k9-dze (ba dze li oruko), v. to slan- 

 der : 6 ba mi loruko die, he slandered me. 

 ba-lu-"We (ibi aluwe), n. a bath-house. 

 bam-bam, n. a beetle, for beating mud floors. 

 bfi.-m6, )'. to consult with. 

 ba-mo-le (mo ile), v. to lie in ambush. 

 bar)-gl-dzi. See obaqgidzi. 

 bfi. . . . ni'-dzam-ba, v. to do violence to, to assault. 

 bS. . . . ni-n6-dze (ba die ni ino), v. t. to vex, to 



grieve. 

 b&-0, adv. See bawo. 

 ba-ra, n. the vine of the egusi. 

 bS.-ra, n. See elegbara. 

 bfi. . . . re, V. t. to agree, to be friendly. 

 ba...re-kp5, v. t. to be adapted to. (Luke 5, 3G.) 

 bfi . . . r6, V. to iiilvise. to consult with. 



bS.-sa (Egba), n. a large room, parlor. 



bfi. . . . s5, V. to quarrel with, scold. 



bS. . . . SXII), V. to cohabit. 



bS. . . . se, V. to assist, co-operate ; to suit. (Acts 



15, 15.) 

 ba-so-rur). See ibasorni). 

 ba-ta, 71. hide, leather, shoe, sandal, hoof ; a small 



box. 

 bfi-ta, n. a kind of drum. 

 ba . . . tfi.r), V. to he akin. 

 ba . . . ti, V. to miss (as an arrow) : mo ba eiye tl, 



/ missed the bird. 

 ba-tu-re (Hausa), n. a white man. 

 bfi . . . "wl, V. to rebuke, to blame. 

 ba. . . "wi-dzo (wi edzo), v. to judge. (Acts 1, 7.) 

 ba-'WO, adv. how ? 

 bfi . . . ■wor), V. to blot, besprinkle. 

 ba-yi, adv. so : loh bayi, go in this or that direction 



(as the speaker points out). 

 ba-ni (Egba), adv. in the hand : mii oko bani, take 



a hoe in your hand. 

 be, an obsolete verb signifying to heap up (?) whence 



bebe and ebe. 

 be-be, 7i. the bank or brink of a river or ditch; a 



shoal ; a heap : bebe idi, the rump : bebe odifi, 



the cyehroiD. 

 be-kpe-dze, (ba ekpe dze), v. to swear falsely. 

 b6-re, V. to ask, to inquire, to exact : 6 here o, he 



inquired after you. 

 be-se, n. a saddle-cloth. 

 be, V. 1. to cut ; 2. tojum]} ; 3. to he of a red color ; 



4. to be imptidetit ; 5. formerly, perhaps, to descend, 



whence abe and b§re ; ■ 6. to breed, applied to 



pigeons and to carnivorous animals only ; 7. to cool 



by fanning : be le [i\e),jumj) dotvn : be sdi)sar), to 



split into .Urips : be .. . li ori (See be . . . lori). 

 be, be-be, v. to beg, entreat. 

 be-he, adv. so, thus : behe ko, no, not so ; belie 



gege, even so ; behe ni, yes, so it is ; behe ni ko, 



neither. 

 be-kpe, n. a pawpaw. 

 be-le, be-le-be-le, v. to be thin, flat. 

 be-le-dze, adv. beautifully red or 3'ellow. 

 be . . . lo-ri (li ori), v. to behead. 

 be-nde, n. a bloto with the fist : ko . . . ni bende, 



to strike with the Jist. 

 be-nte, v. to be lean, weakly : ari mi bente, I am 



lean. 

 be-re, n. a kind of grass (broom-sedge). 

 be-re (be and re), v. to be low, Jlat, sloping ; to 



stoop : k4 bere, to be lying dead. 

 be-re-sl, v. to begin. 

 be-ri (ori), v. to behead. 

 be-ru (ba eru), v. to fear. 

 be-ru-be-ru, v. to he timid ; adv. timidly. 



