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hfi . . . ni6, V. to lock up, imprison. ' 



ha . . . mS-ra (ai'A), v. to gird ; to be armed, har- 

 nessed. 

 h§.-na, n. to he crazy, to act the madman. 

 ha-na-ha-na, n. rouyhness. 

 ha-nta, adv. scraionily : 6 ril luinta, he is very 



lean. 

 ha-ntu, ha-ntu-ru (Hausa), v. to write. 

 har), V. to scrape, to he worn out, as land ; to scream. 

 ha.r), V. to appear, hecome visible ; to draw out a nail ; 



to hany up. 

 ha.1) . . . 16-m5 (li), V. to maltreat. 

 ha-ri (ori), v. to do homage, to worship, to reve- 

 rence ; to share. 

 hau ! See ho. 



he, V. to piick up things scattered. 

 he . . . so, V. to collect netvs to tell, to pick up crude 



knowledge, to smatter. 

 he-'WOl (own), v. to grow grey-headed. 

 he, adv. yes (addressed by females to superiors). 

 hee, n. malignant envy. 

 he-le, adv. pantingly. 

 he-yi, adv. used for he by males. 

 hi-ha, 11. narrowness. 

 hi-hil, n. conduct, behavior. 



h6, v. to boil, ferment, lather, foam ; to shout, roar, 

 hoot at ; to peel, strip : ho iho, to make a noise ; 

 bdio 5h6 bo, the rain is close at hand, lit. roaring 

 to come. 

 ho-kug, V. to shout, applaud. 

 h6-l§, V. to salute by acclamation. 

 h6, V. to be narrow ; to peel or j^re ; to scratch ; 



to move hastily ; to retreat. 

 h6, k6, adv. not : eyi h6 ! is it not this ? 

 ho ! ho-hu ! an exclamation of contempt or of op- 



2)osition. 

 ho-ho, n. a kind of crorv. 

 hoi). See huij. 

 h6l), V. to itch, be irritable. 

 hdr), V. to caw : kanakana die, 6 yo, a hor), the 



crow has eaten, he is full, he caws. 

 hog-rur), v. to snore. 

 hfi, II. to pull up by the roots, to disinter. 

 h.\X, V. to moulder, rot ; to he feeble ; to germinate, 

 come up, as a plant ; to behave ; to occur, to come 

 into notice, to he notable, distinguished : lailai li 

 hil, he flourished in anciait times. 

 hu-ko (oko), V. to piroduce herbs, as the earth ; to 



spring up). 

 hu-ko, V. to cough. 

 hu-mb, V. to meditate, devise, originate an idea or 



notion. 

 h\lr), V. to grunt. 



htt-vri (l^'a), "• fo behave, to conduct oneself. 

 hu-ye (iye), v. to he fedged, feathered. 



i, a pirejix forming nouns of action, and occasionally 

 other nouns from verbs ; as, iba, a meeting, from 

 ba, to meet. It is also used with the subjunctive 

 mode. 

 i, i^ron. he, she, it. 

 J, pron. him, her, it. 



i, adv. not : odudua igba nla medzi, 4 dc i si, the 

 universe is two large calabashes, which are shut 

 and can not be opened. 

 i-ha, n. the act of meeting, &c. (see ba) ; a hiding, 



an ambuscade ; a coincidence, a lucky hit. 

 iba, aux. part, should, ought, might, sujjptose 

 that : iba se ^nia, if he were a man ; awa iba ti 

 kpada, loe might have returned ; iba se ! would 

 that! if that! 

 i-ha. See ba. 



i-ba, n. fever : iba i)se e, he is sick of a fever. 

 i-ba-de, n. fitness, accordance. 

 i-ba-di (idl), n. the hips or loins. 

 i-ba-dze, n. a spoiling, corruption, injury. 

 i-ba-dzo, n. a meeting loith trouble, a difficulty. 

 i-ba-fir). See bafiq. 



i-bai-ye-dze, n. mischief, a stirring up of strife. 

 i-ba-ka, n. a mule. 

 i-ba-ka'-si-e, n. a camel. 

 i-ba-kpa-de, h. a chance meeting. 

 i-ba-le (ile), n. quietness, contentment ; the train 

 or tail of a loose garment ; a throwing or casting : 

 ibale oko, a stone's throw. 

 i-ba'-lo-gui), n, a military officer. Sec balogui). 

 i-ba-16h, n. accompaniment, attendance. 

 i-ba-in6-le, n. an ambuscade. 

 i-ba-nte, n. an apron. 

 i-bfi.-ra, n. the piassage of migratory birds : awodi 



16h Ibara, the hawks are gone to Ibara. 

 i-ba-re, n. friendship, alliance. 

 i-ba-ro, n. consultation. 

 i-ba-so-kp5, n. a talking together, conference. 

 i-ba-so-rur), n. a prime minister. 

 i-ba-tai), n. a relative, kinsman. 

 i-ba-wi, n. a judging, rebuke. 

 i-be-dzi (bi edil), n. twins. 

 i-be-kpe-dze, n. perjury. 

 i-b6-re, n. an inquiry. 

 i-bfe, adv. that place, yonder, there : nibe, there ; 



sibe, to there, yet ; niha ibe, near there. 

 i-be-be, n. entreaty, supipUcation. 

 i-be-kpe, n. a pawpiaiv. 



i-be-re, n. a stoojnng ; a beginning, commencement. 

 i-be-ru, n. fear, dread, a fearing. 

 i-be-ru-bo-dzo (ba odio), n. fear and trem- 

 bling. 



