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gbo-ro, «. a kind of snare. 



gb6-ro, V. to be narroio. 



gbo-ro, V. to he wide. 



gbo-rur) (gb6 oruij), v. to smell, lit. (o hear a 



scent. 

 gb6, I', to hear, heed : gbo ti, to hearken. 

 ghd, r. to flourish, as a plant. 

 gbo-do (gba ecl9), v. to dare, presume : o gbodo, 



ko gbodo, no, not (emphatic). 

 gbo-go-do, adv. (falling) with a crash. 

 gbo-hir) (iliii)), v. to hear news. 

 gbo-hug (ohui)), tK to hear a voice, to hear. See 



ghobui). 

 gb6-kar)-lg. See gbekelo. 

 gb5-ko (gba), v. to be navir/able. 

 gboi), V. to be deep, great. 

 gbor), V. to be wise, cunning ; to strike ; to bale out 



water. 

 gbor), V. to shake ; to move to tears, to be in dis- 

 tress, to sling a stone, to cast, throio. 

 gbor)-gbor), n. depth ; — adv. headlong. 

 gbor)-gbor)-gboi)-gbor), adv. clumsily. 

 gbd-rar) (orai)), v. to hear a cause, to hear. 

 gbo-ro, n. greens of squash-leaves. 

 gb6-ro, v. to be long and slender. 

 gbu-ro (gb6 iro), v. to hear of. 

 gbu-ru, adv. violently (raining). 

 ge (Egba for ke), v. to cut. 

 ge, n. a kind of cloth. 

 ge-ge, n. a lot : se gcge, to cast lots. 

 ge'-ge-le, n. a bank of earth, a furrow. 

 ge-gur), ji. a curse. 

 ge-le, H. a handkerchief. 



ge-le, V. to be elevated, raised above the surface. 

 ge, adv. exactly, 

 ge-de-ge-de, n. dregs, sediment. 

 ge-ge, adv. even so, well : gege bi, even as. 

 ge-ge, n. a wen. 

 ge-ne-ge-ne, n. dilatorincss : se genegene, to be 



dilatory. 

 ge-re-ge-re, adv. in a lambent manner, as flame. 

 ge-re-ge-re, n. descent, slope, or brow of a hill. 

 ge-sir) (gui) esiij), v. to mount, to ride. 

 gi-di, a 2)leonasm in the Egba dialect : libisi 6 ijloli 



gidi, ivhither art thou going ? 

 gl-di-gl-di, adv. very much. 

 gl-di-gl-ni, n. tumult, uproar. 

 gi-ga, n. height. 



gi-ga-gi-ga, n. great height ; — adv. loftily. 

 gi-gar), n. which is pierced or to be 2'nerced. 

 gi-gart, n. tvhich is despised. (Acts 19, 27.) 

 gi-gi, gi-gi-le (ile). See g^gele. 

 gi-gi-e-se, n. the heel. 



gi-go, n. which is slender ; which isinirzUng. 

 gi-g5, n. tvhich is stupid, awkward. 



gi-gur), n. which is long ; which is to be ridden. 



(Acts 2.3, 24.) 

 gir)-gir), ». a very little quantity or thing. 

 gi-ri, gi-ri-gi-ri, adv. closely, firmly, diligently. 

 gl-ri-gl-ri, n. a corn cob. 

 go-go, n. sharp pioints ; — adv. sharply, severely: 



ara mi liai) gogo, I am lean. 

 go-ke (gni)), go-ri, v. to go up, mount, ascend. 

 gor)-gO, V. to be shar}), acute. 

 go-ri. See goke. 

 go-ro, adv. shrilly. 



go, V. to be long and slender, to stoo]}, to hide. 

 g6, v. to jmzsle, pierplex. 

 g5, V. to be stupid, aiokward. 

 go-go, V. a horse's mane; a stick with a hook at the 



end, for plucking fruit from trees; a chihrs play 



of lots. 

 gO-g9-wu, n. a sheet. 

 goi-goi, adv. sluggishly. 

 go-mbo, n. a table-sjioon. 

 gor)-gor), V. to be inomincnt, as tbe eyes ; to be 



large, as a bird's beak. 

 gor)-gor), g9r)-gor)-gor)-gor), n. a height, a steep. 

 gu. See guq. 



gu-de-gu-de, n. cloudiness. 

 gH-du-gH-du, n. scrambling : se gudugudu, to 



scramble; — adv. entirely. (Gen. 31, 15.) 

 gCl-du-g<l-du, n. a poisonous wild yam. 

 gu-fe, V. to belch. 



gu-na (Iloriij), n. the esculent watermelon. 

 gu-nu-gu-nu, n. a buzzard. 

 gui), V. to climb, to ride ; to be long. 

 gui), V. to eneam}) ; to land, as a boat ; to piond, as 



water. 

 gill), V. to strike against, pound, stab,2)ierce : guijgi 



(igi) fo, to be torn or broken, as a busli in travelling. 

 gur)-le (ile), v. to land, to run aground. 

 gur)-r9r), v. to recline. 



gur)-'wa, V. to 2>ut on stately dress, to sit in state. 

 gur)-ye (iye))"- '" be fledged, feathered. 

 gCl-SU (Hausa), n. the south. 



H. 



ha, V. to scrape, scratch, bruise. 



hS., V. to lock, to wattle, to be entangled, crowded, 

 narrow. 



hS, an expletive auxiliary. 



h&, n. astonishment : ha, se woi), they were asto- 

 nished. 



ha ! interj. denoting wonder. 



ha-ha, n. a blade of corn, fodder. 



ha-kur) (ekuq), v. to shut a door. 



ha . . . la-ye (li), v. to throng, crotod. 



hfi.-le (ile), ('. to boast. 



