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"be-ru-ke-ru (era ki eru), v. to fear somelhmg ; 



goiicv.'illy employed in the negative : cmi 6 beru- 



kcru, I fear nothing. 

 be . . . "WO, V. to visit, to investigate. 

 bi, V. to ask ; to affect, or cause to suffer ; bi . . . li 



ebi (See bi . . . lebi) ; bi ino die (Sec binodze). 

 bl, V. to generate, beget, hear, breed ; to folloio or 



succeed. 

 bi, V. to push, vomit : bl kiri, to beat or drift about 



oil the water, 

 bl, conj. if, as, though, whether : bi 5nia, like a 



2)erson ; bi ofii), according to law. 

 bl ? a sign of interrogation : 6 m6 bi 1 does he knmv ? 

 bi-ba-'WO ? adv. wherebg ? in lohat loay ? how ? 

 bi-be, n. a begging, supplication. 

 bi-bi, n. birth, a bearing : 6 dekui) bibi, she left 



off bearing. 

 bi-bo, n. a covering, which is covered. 

 bi-bo-mo-le, w. which is overwhelmed. (Ps. 77, 3.) 

 bi-bu, n. a patch in a roof. 

 bI-6-ni-a, adv. humanlike, humanely. 

 bi-e-ru-kpe, adv. like dust. 

 bi-e-ni-kpe, adv. as, as if. 

 bi-e-rar)-ko, adv. brutishly. 

 bi'-ki-ta, v. to notice or regard. 

 bi-ko-se, bi-k6-se-kp6, conj. but, except, unless. 

 bi-13., V. to open a way or give place in a crowd. 

 bi . . . le-bi (li ebi), v. to ask, inquire : bi oi) lebi, 



ask him. 

 bi . . . le-re (li ere), v. to question, interrogate. 

 bi . . . le-dzo (li edio), v. to arraign, interrogate a 



person in a court. 

 bi . . . 16-hur) (li ohui)), v. to reproach for a fault, 

 bi-lvl, ('. to beat against, as waves. 

 bl-mo (onio), V. to beget, or bear a child. 

 bl-na-bl-na, n. abusive language. 

 bi . . . nl-n6 (in6), v. to grieve, to vex. 

 bi-n6 (ino), V. to be angry. 

 bi-no-dze, v. to feel grieved or vexed. 

 bi-o-SU-ma-rfe (osumare), adv. in the form of a 



semicircle. 

 bi-0-kor)-ri, adv. manly. 

 bi-o-16-ruri, adv. godlike, godly. 

 bi-ri, a suffix, contr. from obiri, a woman : q\ao 



biri, a girl. 

 bl-rl, V. to be small (applied to land). 

 bi-ri, V. to be large (applied to land). 

 bi-ri, bi-ri-bi-ri, n. darkness ; — adv. darkly, very 



dark. 

 bi-ri-ga-mi, «. a haversack, satchel. 

 bi-ri-ko-to, v. to be small, as a hole in the ground 



da ilio birikoto, dig a small hole. 

 bi-si, V. to increase or multiply. 

 bi . . . ti, adv. and pron. as, hotv, tohat, that : sc bi 

 ti enia, do like a persoti ; bi emi 6 ti se ? hoiu or 



what shall I do ? eni bi ti Egba, a mat like those 

 of the Egbas ; bi ti ino r?, according to your mind 

 or will ; ni bi ti, inasmuch as. 



bl . . . ti-le, conj. though, if even : bi 4 tile ^ote si i, 

 though we have rebelled against him. 



bi-ye-sl (bil), to respect or reverence the great. See 

 kabiyesi. 



b6, V. to peel, to strip off, to bray like a he-goat. 



bo, V. to cover, to be full of leaves, to overwhelm. 



bo-bo, adv. very or intensely (hot). 



bo-de (ba ode), n. a custom-house. 



bo-dzo (bi odzo), adv. like a coward, cowardly. 



bo-dzu-m6 (ba odzu), v. to chide, reproach. 



bo-dzu-to, b6-dzu-w6, v. to look iqmn, to care 

 for, to sec after. 



bo-dzu-'WO (bii), ('. to look at, visit. 



bo-dzu-y ar) (ba odzu), v. to blind loith brightness : 

 orur) bodzuyai), the sun is blinding. 



b6-l§ (ile), V. to rob a house, to confiscate. 



bo-le, V. to cover or thatch a house. 



bo-le-bo-le, n. a robber. 



bo-le-bo-le, «. a thatcher. 



bo-le-se-bl, bo-le-se-kp§ (bi), adv. if possible. 



bfi-le (ile), v. to cover the ground ; to flourish. 



b6-lo-b6-lo, n. a honey-making gnat without sting. 



bo-mi-'wor) (bit omi), v. to sprinkle with loater. 



bo-mo, the lohite-grained Guinea-corn (a species of 

 Sorghum). 



bo . . . m6-le, v. to ovenohelm. 



bo-ni (Eglia), v. to be large. 



bo-ni-bo-ni, ;'. to be very large. 



b6-ra (ara), v. to cover, to cover the body. 



bo-ri (bo ori), v. to suipass, to pircvail, to cover the 

 head or top. 



bo-ro, very near (as to distance). See gboro. 



bo-rO.-ko . . . dze (ba oruko dze), v. to slander. 



bo-ti, V. to tear half-way open, to half strip. 



bo-ti-bo-ti, adv. foolishly (talking), sillily. 



bo-yur) (abi oyu;)), v. to he pregnant. 



bo, V. 1. to drop (as of a solid) ; hence 2. to slip 

 or slide ; 3. to take down, as from a peg ; 4. to 

 taA;e q^ one's clothes ; 5. to feed ; hence, 6. to wor- 

 ship ; 7. to wash any part of the body, as the face ; 

 8. to heat, as a mud-floor ; 8, to empty (Ps. 10, 8) : 

 oral) n4 bo li ow6 mi, that business failed in (lit. 

 fell out of) my hands ; mo bo li ewu nd, I escaped 

 (lit. slipped out of) that danger. 



b6, V. 1. to insert ; 2. to pierce ; to boil or cook in 

 water; 4. to put on a garment; 5. to shake (lit. 

 insert) hands ; 6. to enter or go out of a house ; 

 7. to arrive, to be in the act of coming : bo le, get 

 down ; sokale b5, come doion ; 6 ijtutu \>h, it is 

 getting wet ; nwoq sare bo, they are coming on a 

 run ; 6 mbo wah, he is coming. 



bo-dzu (odzu), V. to wash the face. 



