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e-ta, n. a bull), tuber, ear of corn, coarse Jlour ; ex- 

 tension ; a stinr/. 



e-ta, num. three. 



6-ta, n. a fragment of a corpse brought home to the 

 family, over which funeral rites arc performed. 



e-ta-la, num. thirteen. 



e-tar), n. deceit, allurement : se ctai), to deceive. 



e-te, n. disgrace, reproach. 



e-te, n. leprosy, scrofula. 



e-te-ta, num. by threes. 



e-ti, n. a failure. 



e-t6r), n. a, bough, branch. 



e-tu, n. a kind of antelope. 



6-tu, n. gunjwioder. 



e-tu, n. checked cloth, a guinea fotol ; coolness ; a 

 jjropitiatory sacrifice. 



e-wa, num. ten ; mind, intentions. 



e-"w3, n. beauty, likeness : II ewa, to be beautiful. 



d-Ava, n. a jest, a joke. 



e-Ave, n. a kind of bean. 



e--we, conj. again, on the other hand. 



e-'we-'wa, num. by tens. 



e-"wi-ri, n. a bellows. 



e-TWO, n. a company, caravan. 



e-wo, 71. JmH. 



e-'wor), n. a thistle. 



e-'wor), n. a chain, bondage. 



e-"wu, n. which pleases ; a loose garment, shirt. 



e-'wu-ni, n. a pit covered with earth. 



e-ya, n. a kind of panther. 



6-ya, n. separation, contempt ; a division, tribe. 



e-ye, n. fitness, worthiness. 



e-yi, adv. yes (used only by males to superiors). 



e-yii), «. a palm-nut ; the eye-ball. 



e-ylr), n. an egg. 



e-yir), n. praise, that wliich is celebrated. 



e-yir)-ko-lo, n. little hills made by earth-worms. 



e-yir)-n6-gi, n. starch made of maize. 



e-y6r), n. toe-itch. 



fa, V. to scrape, sluive, tvipe, jiluck ; lo prefer. 



tk, V. to draw, lead, cratol, creep, as a melon-vino ; 

 to shrink, as a raw hide ; to abate : fa . . . li etaij 

 (see & . . . Ictaq). 



f&, adv. leisurely, freely, without restraint ; exceed- 

 ingly. 



fd-ba-da. See 4bada. 



f3.-da, n. (at Ilorii)), the aristocracy, the aristo- 

 cratic quarter of the town. 



fa-da-ka, n. silver, 



fa-dze-re, ». the dawn. 



fa-dzu-ro, V. to look sad. 



fa-gbor) (agboi)), v. to shave the chin. 



fa-gni), v. to proti-act. 



fl.-kpa, V. to withdraw, draw back. 



f 3. . . . IS., V. to lick. 



f S. . . . 16, r. to tighten, to string a bovif. 



f a. . . . le-tai) (li), V. to seduce. 



f a-mS, V. to cleave, to adhere. 



fS. . . . mo-ra (ara), v. to embrace, to hug, lo cleave 



to. 

 fa-ra-h9.r) (fi ara), v. to become visible, to appear. 

 ffi.-ra-kpfi, V. to hurt, to tvound. 

 fa'-ra-ni6 (fi), v. to adhere, to adjoin. 

 fa'-ra-'we, v. to com2xtre, make a trial of powers, 



emulate. 

 f a.-ri, V. to shave the head. 

 f a-ri, n. display, parade. 

 fa-r6, v. to be sad. 

 fa . . . se-hir) (si chiij), v. to draw back, withdraw, 



abstain ; to shun, delay, withhold. 

 fa-tS-le, n. a small canoe. 

 fa . . . ti, t". to draio aside. 

 fa-tl-la, n. a lamp. 

 fa-tu, V. to loosen, pull up by the roots. 

 fa . . . ya, v. to tear, rend : 6 fa mi sokoto ya, it 



tore my troujsers. 

 fa-yo, V. to draw out, extricate. 

 fe, adv. long (in time), for ever. 

 fe-bi-kpa (ebi), v. to famish, starve. 

 fe-fe, «. boasting : io Me, to boast. 

 fe-re, n. asthma. 

 fe-re, n. a flute, 2')ipe. 

 fe-re, v. to sip. 

 f6-re-se, n. a windovi. 

 fe-si (ii csi), V. to reply. 

 fe-ti (fi eti), v. to listen, hearken, regard. (Gen. 21, 



12.) 

 fe, V. to blozo, fan : 



to find fault with. 

 f§, V. to love, to wish, desire, to be ivilling ; to woo, 



to marry, procure in marriage. (Gen. 21, 21.) 

 f &, v. to breathe heavily, to puff, to distort the face, 



to frown ; to enlarge : fe . . . li efe (see fe Icfc). 

 fe-di. See fe idi. 

 fe-dze (idze), v. to seek food, 

 fe-dze-fe-dze, »;.' provender, food. 

 fe-dz5-ni6 (fi), v. to accuse. 

 fe-dzfl (odzfi), V. to look angry, to frown. 

 fe-dzu-fe-dzu, adv. frowningly. 

 fe-fe, V. to be few, to be near. 

 fe-fe (efe), v. to find fault, to accuse. 

 fe-fa, v. to betroth for or to. 

 fe-hig-ti (fi ehiq), v. to lean on, to trust in ; lo 



prop, support. 

 fe-i-df , V. to investigate. 

 fe-ka, V. to scatter, to strew. 



fc loll, to blotv away ; fe efe si, 



