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fe . . . kur), V. to miss what is lost : mo fe iwo uii 



kuij, / miss my book. 

 fe-le, fe-le-fe-le, v. to be fine in textui-e, smooth, 



flat, thin. 

 fh .. . le-fe (li efe), v. to accuse, find fault with. 

 fe . . . lo-dzu (li odiu), v. to choke. 

 fe-ni-fe-ni, n. dry jna-hulls. 

 fe . . . nl-ya-'wo, v. to court, woo. 

 fe-nd, ('. to fan or ioinnow away, blow ofi'. 

 fe-nu-ko (ti enu), v. to kiss. 

 fe-nu-si (enu), v. to rei^ly, intermeddle. 

 fe-ra (ar^), v. to be selfish: 

 fe-re, v. to be light, as to weight. 

 fe-re, adv. almost : fei'c mah, with difficulty, 



scarcely. 

 fe-re-fe-re. See fefe. 



fe-ri (ori), i'. to cool the head, to rest ; to seek, in- 

 quire after. 

 fe-Sl, v. to find fault with. 

 fe ... s5-na (si), v. to betroth : 6 ti fe aya sona, he 



has betrothed a wife. 

 fi, V. to make ; to place, put, apply to a purpose. 

 &, prep, with, in, by, for, during : 6 fi ida sa 



wor), he smote them with a sword y fi i se baurj, do 



thus with it; fi oruko oba, in the name of the 



king ; ami wo li d 6 fi m6 eyi ? by what sign shall 



we knoio this ? fi gbogbo odio, for or during the 



whole day. 

 fi, V. to swing, vibrate, loave, sling, incline to one 



side. 

 fi . . . ba-le (ile), V. to place on the ground, to put 



down ; to reject : fi agboi) bale, set the basket down ; 



mo fi okai) bale, / laid my heart on the ground, 



i. e. / rested, was contented, satisfied. 

 fi . . . Tdo, v. to put into, to put on, as a garment ; to 



dip, to soak : fi 9ka b9 di 6tir6, soak the corn till 



morning. 

 fi . . . bo-mi (omi), V. to dip, immerse, soak in 



water. 

 fi . . . bu, ('. to put on oath, to swear one ; to accuse. 

 fi . . . btl, r. to abuse, vilify, curse. 

 fi . . . da-le (il§), V. to throiv, as a horse his rider. 

 fi-di-ba-le (idi ile), V. to sit down. 

 fi . . . dzS-fa-ra, v. to slight, to treat ivith dis- 



respcct. 

 fi . . . dza-re, v. to justify, in a forensic sense. 

 fi . . . dze, V. to place in authority, to appoint. 

 fi . . . dze-bi (ebi), v. to condemn, to regard as 



guilty. 

 fi . . . dze-TVO ai-ye, ;■. to condemn to death. 

 fi . . . dzi, V. to forgive, to remit sin, repeal a law. 

 fi . . . dzi-yS. (d^e), v. to punish, to give up to 



misery. 

 fi . . . dz6-na, v. to bum : \\ \'f\ dy^ona, burn the 



wood. 



fi . . . dzo-ye (dze), v. to appoint to office. 



fi . . . dzo-ba (ilie), v. to a2)point one to be king. 



fi-f&, n. a tearing, that tohich is torn or to be torn. 

 Sec fa. 



fi-fa-yo, 71. toliich is drawn out, extricated. 



fl-fl, flQ-flr), n. dimness, twilight. 



f i-fi, n. a siuinging, which sioings, &c. : ebo fifi, a 

 wave-offering. 



fi-f9, n. which is broken. Sec fo. 



fi-f 6, n. which is washed. See fo. 



fi . . . fu, V. to give to, endoiv with. 



fi-fCi. Sec fLiijfui). 



fi . . . gbe, v. to give up to destruction, to destroy. 



fi-gbo-na, V. to heat, to ivarm. 



fi . . . gur), V. to put to the male. 



fi . . . ha, V. to hang up, to suspend. 



fi . . . har), V. to show, exhibit, reveal, betray. 



fi . . . k4, V. to p)lace or set upon. 



fi . . . k6r), ('. to add to : fi omirai) koi) o, add an- 

 other to it. 



fi . . . kpd, V. to suppiose, to pretend, to mean (Gen. 

 33, 8) : nwoi) fi i kpe woli, they su^jposed him to 

 be a prophet ; 6 fi ar4 r§ kp6 ijkar), he pretended 

 to be something great. 



fi . . . l&-lh (il|), fi . . . 16, fi . . . si-le, ('. to put 

 doivn, leave, forsake : fi eye le, /o abdicate, resign 

 office. 



fi . . . l§-lo-'\vo, V. to deliver to. 



fi . . . li-kpo, V. to substitute. 



fi . . . lo, v. to investigate, inquire, interrogate. 



fi . . . m6, V. to sus2)ect, attach to, impute. 



fi . . . mo, V. to cause to know, to shoio, inform of. 



fi . . . mu, V. to take hold of grasp : fi esc mu ilu 

 (or ile), to grow firmly, to be established, confirmed. 



fi . . . mu-le (iI5), v. to establish, confirm : 6 fi ese 

 mu lie wayi, he is now established. 



fi-na, n. a leather string. 



fi-na, fe-na (fc ina), v. to blow the fire, kindle. 



fi . . . ni-le. See fi-le-15. 



fir), v. to terminate, to be perfected ; to discover ; 

 to engrave, embellish ; to be fine, nice : bo . . . li 

 abo fix], to peel off the bark. 



fir), V. to fill with smoke, smother, suffocate. 



fir)-dzu (odi<i), v. to be neat, tidy, tasteful in re- 

 gard to one's appearance. 



fir)-fir), n. which is carved, engraved, dr. See fiij. 



fiX)-flt), n. dimness, tioilight. 



fir)-rii), n. a thread. 



fi-0-fi-O, adv. very (high) : ile ga fiofio, the house 

 is very high. 



fi . . . ra-na. See fi . . . gbona. 



fi-rar) (orai)), v. to aggress, to seek a qnarel. 



fi . . . r§, V. to curse : fire, to be accursed. 



fi-ri (fi and ri, to be), a complement of diO, to sur- 

 pass, employed in the sense of more ; as, 6 tobi 



