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le . . . S0-n6, v. to drive away in theft. 



1§ . . . se, V. to compel : 6 le mi se e, he compelled 

 me to do it. 



le-ti (li, to hai'c), V. to be obedient, docile. 



le-ti (li, on), prep. by. 



le-"wu (li), V. to be grerj-haired. 



le, V. to he shiggish, lazy. 



le, V. to he evening ; to lay one thing lightly on an- 

 other, to engraft, transplant : ale le, it is evening 

 (nearly dark). 



15, V. to replenish, to patch ; to he elastic, 2)liahle ; 

 to be strong, as the wind. 



\h, for nile, adv. down, on the ground. 



le-ba (li), prep, by, at, <S:c. ; by the side of, applied 

 to things near the ground. 



le-"be, n. anything narrow and flat, a fn. 



If-bu-le-lJU, n. neio ashes. 



le-he, adv. well, thafs right. 



le-hir) (li), prep, and adv. after, behind, outside : o 

 iiilii) lehii) wa, he is coming behind us. 



le-hir)-le-hir), adv. backwards. 



le-kS.r), «(/>'. once, first : lekedzi, secondly ; lerae- 

 dzi, twice ; lemeta, leketa, &c. 



16-16, n. which is yielding, elastic, as air. 



le-rir)-kar). See lekaij. 



le-ro, V. to be skilful. 



le-ru (li), V. to he terrible, dreadful : ibi yi leru t6 ! 

 how dreadful is this place .' 



le-se-se, le-se-e-se, adv. in a roio, in regular or- 

 der. 



le-se-kar)-nS., adv. immediately. 



le-S9-le-SO, adv. carefully, strictly. 



le-wu, n. down at the foot of palm leaves, used for 

 tiuder. 



li, euphonic for ni, to be, to have, to say. See ni. 



li-bi-si ? (ibi), adv. where ? 



li-bo ? (li), adv. where ? 



li-dze-ta (li), adv. three days ago. 



li-kpo (li), prep, for, instead of. 



li-le, li-le-li-le, n. which is hard, violent, strong. 



li-li, n. a kind of porcupine. 



li-li-ll, adv. by littles, scattcringly. 



16, V. to use ; to bend, to be elastic : 16 gbo, to wear 

 ont ; 15... ni mim6, to use sacredly, to sanctify. 

 (Ex. 20, 8.) 



16-'bo-tti-dz§, n. the 2>hysic-nut (curoans). 

 lo-de (li), adv. outside. 

 lo-di (li), adv. contrarily. 

 16-do (li), adv. belotv. 

 lo-dzi-dzi, adv. suddenly, ahrnptly, 

 lo-dzo (li), V. to be timid, cowardly. 

 lo-dzo-dzu-in6, adv. daily. 



lo-dzQ. (li), V. to be attentive, observant : orai) mi 

 lodzfi, my affairs are prosperous, in good condition. 

 lo-dz(i, jncp. before, in the presence of. 



lo-dz1i-kar)-nS, adv. immediately. 

 lo-dzfl-rfe-re, adv. favorably, graciously. 

 16-ke (li), adv. above, upi, on,beyond. 

 lo-ki-ti, n. a false-bottomed vessel for straining 



potash. 

 lo-ni (li), adv. to-day. 

 16 . . . ni-nii-ni6, v. Sec 16. 

 lo-ri (li), 2irep. on, upon. 

 16-ri, V. to whirl. 

 lo-ru (li), adv. by night. 

 lo-SO, V. to squat like a dog, to crouch. 

 16-ti-t6 (li), adv. truly. 

 16-t6 (li), adv. truly, verily. 

 lo-yGi) (li), V. to conceive, be pregnant. 

 lo, V. to play a stringed instru7nent. 

 lo, V. to be lukeivarm. 

 16, V. to engraft, to transplant ; to wring, to grind ; 



to be twisted, crooked, contrary ; to wrest the mean- 

 ing of one's words ; to cry lost goods ; to investigate, 



compare. 

 lo-do (li), prep, by, with, among. (Gen. 24, 40.) 

 lo-do-dui) (li), adv. yearly. 

 lo-dzo-dzo (li), adv. daily. 

 16-fe, adv. early in the morning. • 



lo-gar) (li), adv. instantly, immediately. 

 16h, to go, used adverbially in the sense of off, away : 



gbe e loh, take it away, pleonastic after dzii, very ; 



as, dara diil loh, very good. 

 lo-hur) (li), adv. yonder. 

 lo-ko-kai) (li), prep, towards, opposite to. 

 l9-kpo-k6, V. to grow, fill up, as an ear of corn. 

 lO-lS. (li), adv. to-morrow. 

 I0-I6, adv. lately. 

 lo . . . lo-ror), '('. to strangle, choke. 

 lo-ra (li), v. to be slow, to lingo: 

 lo-ro (li), v. to he rich. 

 16-ro (li), V. to he cloqtient. 

 lo-sai) (li), adv. by day, at noon. 

 lo-SO (li), V. to be adorned, ornamented. 

 lo-to (li), V. to he distinct, separate, different. 

 lo-'vrg, 2'i'ep- from: yidhbre re]ovfq T)jiij, he will 



demand it of or from you ; 4 se e lowo mi, it was 



done by me. 

 lo-WO-lO-AVO. See lolo. 

 lo-AVO-'WO, adv. lukewarmly : — n. lukewarm- 



ness. 

 lu, V. to bore, to scuttle ; to be discovered. 

 Ifi, v. to mingle, adulterate. 

 lil, V. to strike, knock ; to make a move, as in chess ; 



to beat a drum, to play a stringed instrument : sA, 



111, toffee againH. (Ex. 14, 27.) 

 Ill . . . to-le, v. to heat down, destroy. 

 Itl . . . dza, V. to break into, as a house. 

 lu-ha, V. to be difficult, abstruse. 

 lu-k6-ro, V. to hint or insinuate against one. 



