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rCl, ('. lij hear, carrij ; to he lean : ru loli, to remove 



a tliiiiL;- ; n"l pbo, to offer a sacrifice. 

 rtl-bo (>'l".')i ''• 'o sacrifice. 

 ru-bu-tu, II. a writinff, a manuscript. 

 ru-di (iili), ('. to bud. 

 ru-du-ru-du, n. confusion. 

 ru-fir) (iifiij), )'. to break the law, Iransffress. 

 rtJ-gu-du, ('. to be thick and short. 

 ru-ke-ru-do (6ko 6Jo), v. to make a tumult. 

 ru . . . lai-ya (li), v. to make one vomit. 

 ru-lu (ilu), ('. to stir up the tmvn, to cause sedition. 

 ru-lu-ru-lu, a-ru-lu, n. a seditious 2>erson. 

 ru-n6 (iiio), V. to be vexed, indignant. 

 rfiij, ('. to consume, destroy ; to break to pieces, to 



perisli. 

 rtlr), V. to stink ; to chew a stick, to rub the teeth 



with a stick. 

 rur)-le (ile), v. to dig into a house, as thieves. 

 ru-ru, adv. confusedly. 

 ru-AVe (iwe), v. to put forth leaves, flourish. 



s. 



sa ? adv. where l 



SS, !'. to run, to fiee, to fear ; to dry in the sun : sa 

 kuro iiino or lodo, to fiee from. 



S&,conj. for; — adv. now, only : s4gbo! hear now! 



bSl, v. to aim or point at, as with a gun ; to attemiit, 

 to make : sit akpere, to make a model or pattern. 



sd^ adv. a while, for a time. 



si.-ba (sill)), V. to sit, as a hen, to incubate. 



sa-di (idi), v. to take refuge under a 2)erson''s jyro- 

 tection. 



sa-ga-da-ga, v. to become a close confiict or battle. 



s4-ga-ti (aga), v. to encamp against, to cast up 

 icorks before a town, to besiege. 



sa-gba-ra-ka (so agbara ka), v. to fortify, espe- 

 cially with stockades. 



sa-gur) (ogui)), V. to make a charm. 



sa-ka-ni, n. the surrounding neighborhood. 



sS.-ka-s§.-ka, n. hay, dried provender. 



sa-kpa-mo, v. to abscond, hide. 



sa-kpa-ra, n. Ijarren land. 



sa-kpe-re, v. to make a pattern, sign, or token. 



sa-ku-sa, n. a bird noted for its song. 



sa-la-hfi, sS.-la-ia, n. a kind of apron. 



s3. . . . la-mi (li), v. to set a mark or seal on. 



sa-lar)-ga, n. a privy. 



sa . . . lo-dza, v. to slip from the memory. 



sa-16h, V. to run away, desert. 



sa-ltl-bfi-ta, n. a sandal. 



sa-ma, n. See saqma. 



sa-mi (ami), !'• to mark, to moke a sign on. 



sar), V. to be in health ; to pay, recompense, benefit : 



sai) tele, to prepay ; sai) esai), to retaliate ; 6 saq 



die, he is a little better ; aiya sai) woij, they prosper 



in the world. 

 sar), adv. loudly, vividly, straightforward. 

 sS.r), v. to gird, to tie around ; to crack, to split ; to 



thunder. 

 sar)-ina, n. a cloud. 

 sar)-ra (ar4), v. to be healthy, to be fat. 

 sar)-sar), adv. in strips or sUjjs. 

 sar)-yai), n. silk. 



sa-ra (si), prep, on, in (after a verb of motion). 

 sa-ra, sa-ra-h&, n. alms (Mohammedan). 

 sa-re (ire), )'. to run. 

 sS.-re, ». the square of a house. 

 sa-re-kpe-gbe, n. the messenger of a society, who 



calls the members together. 

 sa-ri, n. the Mohammedan meal before day during 



the fast. 

 sSl-tii) (si), 2)>'(2'- '" "'*' midst, among (after a verb 



of motion). 

 sa-r6-ta, n. a cigar. 



sa-ru-ba, n. a border sewed to a blanket or sheet. 

 S£L-se, )'. to make a feast. 

 sa-ta, n. a household, a group of buildings under 



one head man. 

 sS.-w6 ! interj. behold ! look ! 

 S§, V. to shut a door, to close up ; to be barren, to 



miss, in shooting. 

 s5, V. to cook, to dye cloth or leather. 

 se-bo {\ho, feeding), v. to grow fat, to be gross. 

 se-d6 (odo), v. to dam. 

 se-gi-ri (sa), v. to be chilly. 

 se-kpor), v. to be barren or unfruitful. 

 se ... mo, )'. to shut up, imprison. 

 se . . . m.o-le, v. to shut in. 

 se-se, n. the stinging bean. 

 se-SO (so), V. to bear fruit. 

 se-si, adv. perhaps, haply. (Acts 5, 39.) 

 se, adv. enijyhatic and nearly expletive: as, q 6 



didc se, / will arise (Luke 15, 18) ; 6 mho se o, 



he is really coming ('o' pleonastic), 

 se, ('. to strain, as milk ; to deny : 6 se Oluwa re, 



he denied his Lord. 

 se, V. to distil, as dew, or water from the ground ; 

 . to quake, as the earth ; to interrogate, inquire. 

 se-gi, ". a kind of bead, ancient Egyptian beads 



" duii' from the earth at lf§ and other places. 

 se-hir) (si), prep, behind, outside ; — adv. back, 



backward (after a verb of motion). 

 sf-mi (omi), V. to drip, to filter. 

 se-mi (slq), V. to preserve one's life or breath : 



Olorui) semi re, God preserve thee! (said to supe- 

 riors). 

 si, V. to be. 



