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Dru 



di, V. to be, become, to he changed : 6 i)cU arugbo 

 \6h, he is ffroioiiiff old ; di bfo, to disappear, vanish; 

 titi 6 fi di isisiyi, till now (lit. till it made to he- 

 come now) ; 6 di oUl, xoait till to-morrow (lit. till 

 it becomes to-morrow); 6 di idzo kodzi iiwor) l(ili, 

 thei/ ivent the next day. 



di (di), ^rf/;. from, employed in composition : 

 medzi di li ogui) {two from on twenty), eighteen. 



di-ba-dze, v. to spoil, he corrupted. 



di-"bi. See da-bi. 



dl-bo (da), V. to cast lots. 



di-da, n. which is made, which is healthy : dida 

 ebi, condemnation ; dida arti, health ; se dida ara, 

 to heal. 



di-de, V. to arise. 



di-di, n. which is bound, wreathed. Sec di. 



di-di, n. the game of drafts. 



di-dza, V. to cause war, to become a fijhi. 



di-dze, V. to co)n2)lete, to emulate. 



di-dzi, V. to be afraid, to be disappiointed, mistaken : 

 mo didzi bab4 ml ni, / thought it was my father, 

 but was mistaken. 



dl-dzu, V. to be entangled. 



di-e, n. a little, a few, some. 



di . . . e-le-se mu-le or ni-le, v. to eslublish, con- 

 firm. 



di-fe, V. to bloom, to blossom.. 



di-gba-ro, ?'. to remain standing, to wail. 



di-gba-ti, conj. till. 



di-gbo-se, adv. by and by. 



di-gi, n. a glass, a mirror. 



di-go, n. a hreeeh-cloth. 



di . . . ha'-mo-ra, v. to gird. 



di . . . ka-le, v. to establish, confirm. 



di-kpa-ra, v. See dakpara. 



di . . . la'-mu-re (li), v. to gird. 



di . . . le-ti (li), v. to deafen, to refuse to hear. 



di-le, V. to be dilatory, at leisure. 



di . . . le-ru (li), v. to enslave. 



di . . . le-AVOr) (11), v. to chain. 



di-lo-dzfi (li), V. to tangle, to blindfold. 



di-lu, ('. to congeal. 



di-mo, V. to fasten on, to cleave or cling to. 



di-m5, V. to agree upon, covenant. 



di-mu, V. to hold, uphold, Icuj hold on. 



di-na, v. to block up the road, impede, hinder. 



di-nl-bo (ni), V. to grasp, enclose in the hand. 



di-nl-gbe-sir) (ni), v. to take capitive. 



dir), di, v. to hake, paixh, fry. 



dir)-ka-ra (akara), v. to hake bread. 



di-ri-ki-si, v. to co7ispirc, 2)lot against. 



di-roQ (ii'oi)), V. to plait the hair. 



di'-si-si-yi, adv. till now, hitherto. 



di-ti (eti), V. to be deaf. 



di-w6, V. to be in a strait or difficulty. 



di-ye-le, v. to set a price on, charge for. 



do, ('. to encamp), to cohabit (an indecent word) : do 



ti kti, to encamp against, to besiege. 

 do-do, n. the navel ; in the Iketu dialect, a room. 



in a lunise. 

 d6-d6, do-do-d6, n. truth, righteousness : sc dodo- 

 do, to he upright. 

 do-dzu-bo-le, v. to turn the face towards the 



ground, to hang down the head. 

 do-dzu-de, i'. to turn upside down. 

 do-dzu-ko-do, v. to hang down the head, to medi- 

 tate, 2M>ndcr. 

 do-dzu-ti, I', to make ashamed, to put to shame, to 



abash. 

 d6-gi-ri, ?■. to gallop. 

 do-go-tl, V. to dun. 

 do-gur), V. til rust. 

 dom-dom-ai-ye (<li)i) doij), n. comforts, lu.ruries 



of life. 

 do-ri-ko-do (ori). See dodzukodo. 

 do-ba-le (da ibale), v. to prostrate, to lie fiat. 

 d9-de, w. a raven. 

 do-do, adii. much shrivelled or cool. 

 do-gba, V. to he equal, right, straight. 

 do-ko-du-ro (oko), v. to anchor. 

 d6i3, V. to cry, as any beast or bird. 

 dog, V. to he sweet, pleasant ; to affect pleasantly or 



painfully: ino mi doi), ?»y mind is pleasant, i. e. / 



am jileased ; ino doi) mi, my belly aches or pKiins 



me ; ino mi doq si i, 1 atn pleased with him (Mat. 



3, 17) ; ki li o doi) o, lohat ails thee. 

 dori-doi), n. a kind of drum. 

 doQ-mo, V. I. to please. 

 dH, V. to be black. 

 dd, v. to deny, to refuse, to grasj) : 6 du mi li owo, 



he refused me money. 

 du-bu-le, V. to lie down : dubnle aroq, to be sick 



a-hed. 

 du-du, n. blackness. 

 du-dze, V. See didze. 

 du-gbo-lu, n. a stumhling-block. 

 du-ke-lu-ke, adv. merrily. 

 du-kpe, v. to thank. 

 du-lu-in6, V. to slander. 

 dfir), dCir). See doij, dSi). 

 du-ra, V. to make an effort to jirevent fdliiig when 



one stumbles. 

 du-ro, V. to stand, to wait, stay : duro ti, dure tiri 



si, to stand by, wait on ; nni . . . duro, to make or 



cause to stand. 

 du-ru, n. a violin, a guitar : h\ duru, to j^lay the 



violin ; li od^u okug duru, on the harp. (Ps. 



49,4.) 

 du-ru-du-ru, ?;. greatness (applied to tlie works of 



God). 



