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DZI 



dza, V. to jerk, to break, as a rope ; to break loose, 

 as a horse ; to match, to drop from aloft, to find 

 out a tbing ; to reach the road. 



dia, ;>ny. through, throiujhout a place. 



dza, V. to fight, quarrel, strive; to rage, as a 

 storm : dia 61c, to steal ; nwoi) dza a to bale lob, 

 they dragged him to the governor ; dza . . . li ole 

 (see dia.. .lole). 



dza-lJO, V. to escape by struggling. 



dza-de, v. to go out ;— adv. out, forth: diade ! 

 turn out ! 



dza-fa-ra (die alara), v. to be slow, to loiter. 



dzS-gar), v. to be rough, Jiursh. 



dzfi.-gb§., V. to 2>erform a job (applied to pawn- 

 servants, who must do jobs for the pawnee, when 

 called on) 



dza-gba-dzfi-gba, adi\ 

 dza-gi-di-dza-gar), n. 



17, 5) ; base conduct. 

 dza-gu-da-kpa-li, adv. 



confusedly. 



a low, mean fellow (Acts 



on any account. 

 dza-gu-du, V. to struggle together, tug at each other. 

 dza-gur), «'. to fight, m wav; — n. a title. 

 dzS.-hir)-dza-hir), adv. through, from side to side. 

 dzai-ye (die), v. to enjoy the world, to act extra- 



vuyautly. 

 dza-ka, n. a mug. 

 dza-ka-di, v. to wrestle. 

 dza'-ka-re, n. soldiers. 

 dza-ko-ro, v. to contradict, oppose. 

 dza'-ku-in6, w. a leopard. 



dza-kui) (okuij), V. to break a ro2)c, to break loose. 

 Dz i-ku-ta (okuta), n. the stone-caster, a name of 



Saijrfo, the god of thunder. 

 dza-ia, r. to escape by fighting, to fight one's way 



through. 

 dza.-le (61c), V. to steal, pilfer. 

 dz§. . . . le-ka-na (li ekana), v. to pinch, to scratch. 

 dza-le (ile), V. to go through the country ; — adv. to 



the ground (see koro) ; flatly, utterly refusing. 

 dza-le, dzl-le-dza-le, adv. thoroughly. 

 dza . . . le-nu (li enu), v. to xoean. 

 dza. . . 16-le (li ole), v. to steal from. 

 dzEl-ltl, V. to attack by surprise. 

 dza-ma, n. a soldier. 

 dza-mba, n. damage, violence : ba ni dzaniba, to 



assault, to do violence to. 

 dza-na (6na), v. to reach the road, to be reasonable 



in one's position. 

 dza . . . ni-de (ni idc), v. to release one by force. 

 dza. . ni-ko-ro (ikoro), ?'. to contradict. 

 dza . . . ni-yar) (iyai)), v. to dispute loith. 

 dza-nu (cnu), v. to boast. 

 dzai)-dzai), adv. intensely hot: oru nu'i diaij- 



dzai), the sun is very hot. 

 dza-r)gbo-ro, *'. the knee-cap. 



dza-i)ka--w5, n. soot. 



dza-re, )■. to be right ; to justify, to be justified ; 



if you please. 

 dza-si, V. to reach, arrive at, drop into ; to be or act 



as : dzasi bi, to be according to. 

 dza . . . ti-le (ti ile), v. to cast down. 

 dze-gbe-dze-gbe, adv. childishly, foolishly. 

 dze-ni-a-dzfe-ni-a, n. a cannibal. 

 dze-re, v. to gain, deserve, earn. 

 dze-re-dze-re, adv. sparklingly, dazzlingly. 

 dze, V. to be, to act in a capacity: bi Qlorui) ba 



dze kpclu mi, if God shall be with me. 

 dze, V. to eat, to consume ; to owe ; to deserve, to 

 (lain, earn, get ; to perform, to make ; to reply, to 

 deliver (a message) ; to let or 2xrmit, to be ivilling, 

 will, would ; to mean, as a word, to be named : die 

 fii, to consent to (Gen. 34, 23) ; die ...li eri (see 

 die...leri). 

 dze, dze-dze, adv. quietly, still. 

 dze-bi (ebi), v. to be guilty, to be condemned. 

 dze-di-e-di-§, n. a kind of cockatoo, so called from 



its cry. 

 dze-dze-dze, adv. very gently, quietly. 

 die . . . gbe-se.- See diigbese. 

 dze-gfi-du-ra-gG-du, n. a vagabond, a loafer. 

 dze-bui) (ohui)), V. to cat : dii;lim) lai'a (li ara), to 



feed on. (Vs. 49, 14.) 

 dze-ka, v. to snore. • 

 dze-la-ra (li av.-i), v. to feed on. 

 dze-le-ri (li eri), v. to bear witness. 

 dze-lo-"we (li owe), v. to aid in work. 

 dze-ni-ya (iya), v. to punish, afflict. 

 dze-ri, >•. See die-lcri. 

 dze-rur)-, v. to devour. 

 dze-ui), ('. See diehni). 

 dze-"WO (owo), V. to confess. 

 dzi, V. to steal. 



dzi, V. to awake, awaken, quicTcen, frighten. 

 dzi, dzir), v. to full into a hole, to tap a cask, to 

 knock ; to be deep, obscure, or hard to undetstand, 

 to be distant : dii li ese (see dii . . . lese). 

 dzi . . . di-de, v. to arouse, to raise from the dead. 

 dzi-dza, n. which is lustrous. 

 dzi-dza. See dia. 



dzi-dza-du, v. to scramble for a thing. 

 dzi-dze, n. food. See die. 

 dzi-dzlr) (dii), n. depth, distance, loimiess. 

 dzi-dzo, n. resemblance. See dio. 

 dzi-dzu, n. tvhich is cast, etc. See diu. 

 dzi-gbe-se (die), v. to go in debt, to owe. 

 dzi-gbi-ni, adv. abundantly fruitful. 

 to he deep, as a pit. 

 to deliver a message, to answer 



dzl-gor)-ror), v. 



dzi-hir) (d^e), v. 



for an offence. 

 dzi-ka-nu (Nufc 



brick. 



