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i-ya-fii) (afii)), 11. a queen, mistress of a house. 

 i-ysi-gbd., 71. a midwife. 

 i-ya-ko, n. a mother-in-law. 



i-ya-kpa, n. separation, a sect. 



i-ya-lfi, i-ya-nlS, n. a grandmother. 



i-ya-la-se, n. a female cook. 



i-ya-le (ile), ». ike mistress of the house (tliat is 

 tlie first wife). 



i-ya-le-ta, n. about eight o'clock in the forenoon. 



i-ya-lo-de, n. a wise woman. 



i-ya-nu, n. wonder, astonishment, 



i-y&r), H. boiled gam pounded. 



i-ykl), n. denial, contradiction, a question in dis- 

 pute, c£r. See j-aij. 



i-yar), ». famine. 



i-yar)-dze, n. a cheat, imp>osition. 



i-yar)-dztl, n. exhortation, pierseverance, constraint. 



i-yar)-fe, n. See ayaijfe. 



i-yar)-gbe, n. drgness, that which is dried. 



i-yan-gbo, n. chaf. 



i-yar)-rar), n. an oven. 



i-yar)-rir), n, sand : iyaijrir) dide, quicksand. 



i-ya-ra, n. activity, nimbleness : ar& iyara (cyi ar4), 

 the body itself. 



i-ya-ri, n. vivacity. 



i-ya-to, 71. difference, separation. 



i-ya-Av6, n. a bride : ibi-iyawo, a U'cdding. 



i-ya-'WTi, n. a sledge-hammer. 



i-ye, in composition, this, self very. Sec iyekuru. 



i-ye, n. mind, understanding. 



i-y6, n. life, (&c. See y&. 



i-ye, n. number, value, price : so iye, to value, set a 

 price on ; a reed ; in composition, mother, as, 

 ivekai). 



i-ye-'bi-ye, n. great price, preciousness. 



i-ye-kar), n. a mother^s relative. 



i-ye-ku-ru (iye), n. the very dust. 



i-ye-me-dzi,- n. doubt : se iyeniedzi, to doubt. 



i-ye-ni, n. which is intelligihle. 



i-ye-n6, n. sense, understanding. 



i-ye-re, n. black pepp>er. 



i-ye, n. fitness, comeliness ; a feather : akpa-iye, a 



wing. 

 i-ye, n. dust of loorni-eaten wood. 

 i-ye-fur), n. flour. 

 i-ye-gbe, n. a kind of troiosers. 

 i-ye-ka, n. the very bninrhcs, natural branches of 



a tree. 

 i-ye-'WO, ». investigation. 

 i-ye-VTU, n. a chamber. 

 i-yii), n. 2}i-aise. 



i-yi-S9, n. a pin to turn the iijca»er''s beam. 

 i-yo-dzO. (iye), n. the natural face. (James 1, 



23.) 

 i-yo-kuf), n. the remainder, the rest. 



i-yo, n. salt, the flood tide (see yo) : ivo oilio, 



sugar. 

 i-yO-n6, n. compassion. 

 i-yo-nu, ». trouble. ■ 

 i-ybl), n. coral, pearl. 



K. 



kfi, V. to gather, to reap, to pull a tooth ; to fold, to 



roll; to fail. 

 kS, prep, around, on ; — adv. around. 

 k&, I', to count, to read ; to regard, respect ; to set or 



pilace upon. 

 k& (ki a), adv. not. See Gram. § 179. 

 k&, adv. presumptuously. 

 ka-ba-ka-ba, adv. roughly, unevenly. 

 ka-bl-ye-si ! (ki a), let us reverence! an excla- 

 mation as the king approaclies. 

 k3.-dur) (oJui)), V. to be the space of a year. 

 ka-fo, w. tight-legged pantaloons. 

 ka-gba, v. to hang or be entangled in. 

 ka-hui). See kanq. 

 kair)-kair)-ka, n. chaff of millet. 

 kS.-ka, n. which is strong, stiff. 

 k3.-ka, adv. instead of, otherioise ; presumptu- 

 ously. 

 ka-kar)-fo, n. a military general. 

 ka-ka-ra, /(. a muscle-shell. 

 ka-ka-ra-ka, adv. strongly, stiflly. 

 kaki-ri, adv. abroad, wanderingly. 

 ka-ko, V. to curl, to twist. 

 ka-ko, V. to he stiff. 

 k§, . . . kor), V. to add to. 

 kS.-la-ni6, n. a pen to write with. 

 ka . . . la-ra (li), v. to enfold, entangle, as a net. 

 kS. . . .le-hir) (li), v. to pull a tooth of 

 ka-le (ile), v. to set down, to deposit, to establish ; — 



adv. around, abroad. 

 ka-16h (ki a loh), v. let us go tofolloiv ! 

 ka . . . mo, V. to surround, to enclose, 

 ka-na-ka-na, n. a crow. 

 k§.-na-k§.-na, n. a sling. 

 k&.-n6, V. to he cruel, harsh. 

 ka-nu, ;'. to be sorry, to grieve, mourn. 

 kai), adv. at once, quickly. 

 kai), V. ■ to he sour, morose, jminful, opiwsed to ; to 



bore. 

 kSr), num. one: awoq kaij, certain ones; mirai} 

 kai), others ; owo kaq, the last cowry ; ise kai), 

 the last action; — adv. precious. (Ps. 22,20.) 

 kSr), V. to drip, drop, as water : to pluck, nip, to 



take off, as a ring. 

 k^.!}, V. to knock upon, nail, touch ; to gore, as an ox.. 

 kar)-dzu, v. to hasten. 



