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y &.,>'■ to tear apart ; to comb, adjust ; to pluck cars. 

 of corn ; to caoe in, as a -well ; to depart, separate 

 from companj', give place m a crowd. 

 y3., V. to be: 6 jk urn, he is a cripple. (Acts 14, S.) 

 ya-bo-de, v. to smur/'/le. 

 ya-di (odi), v. to be dumb. 

 ya-dzu (oilzu), v. to be sauci/. 

 ya-gS.r) (a^'uij), v. to be barren. 

 ya-gbe (ig'ie), v. to evacuate fceces. 

 ya-hti-di (Arab.), ?(. a Jeio (so called at Ilorii)). 

 ya-kpa (ikpa), v. to separate, to go astray, to err. 

 ya-kpa.. .si-16, v. to separate from, avoid, shun. 

 ya-ku-ro, v. to leave, clear out, to be absent. 

 ya-la, conj. tvhclhcr. 

 ya . . . lo-to (li), V. Sec 3'a . . . soto. 

 ya-ma, n. the tvest. 

 yam-yam, n. a inuxkclo. 

 ya-na (ina), v. to ^vann at ilte Jirc. 

 y§.-na (ona), v. to step oat of the road, to get out of 



the way. 

 ya . . . ndze, v. to cheat. 

 ya-ndzu (ni odz.'i), v. to be beautiful. 



ya . . . ni ha, v. to chagrin, to mortify. 



ya-nu (enu), v. to open, the mouth : j-anu si, to 

 gape or wonder at. 



yar),r. to bake, fry, parch ; to icalk leisurely, jJroudly. 



yar), adv. brilliantly (shining). 



yfir), v. to gape, to yawn, to neigh ; to kick. 



yS.1), ('. to choose, select, appoint, to take out from 

 among several, to buy food from a cook, to extract 

 a thorn : yaq le, to a}>point over. (Exod. 5, 14.) 



yar)-gar), n. maize. 



yar)-gi, n. claystone cemented with iron. 



yar)-gi-di, n. a bundle of cou'rics. 



yar)-h.ar), ya-ui), n. a cat. 



yar)-hui;) (oluu)), v. to threaten. 



yar)-kor), v. to add select things to. 



yar) . . . kpa-mo, v. to lay up, as money. 



yar) . . . ni-kpa, v. to set at variance. 



yar) . . . ni-kpo-si, v. to set at naught. 



yar) . . .ni-tete, ;'. to kick (applied to beasts). 



yar)-rar), v. to boast of one's knowledge, to be 

 obstinate in one's opinion. 



yarj-'we (owe), v. to be plump, as a young bird. 



yar)-yar), adv. entirely.. 



yi.r)-yar), adv. roughly, unevenly. 



ya-ra, n. a room : yara oke, an upper room. 



ya-ra, ". a ditch around a toivn. 



ya-ra (ani), v. to hasten, to be active. 



ya-ra (ara), v. to warm oneself. 



ya . . . SO-to (si), v. to separate, or set apart to a 

 purpose. 



ya-to (oto), V. to be different, to differ. 



ya-ur), v. to mew ; — n. a cat. 



ya-ya, adv. nimbly, briskly. 



yfi-y6 (ay6), v. to rejoice. 



ye, V. to lay eggs ; to be pleased ; to cease doing a 

 thing ; to be comprehensible : 6 ye mi, 6 ye woq, / 

 understand it, they understand it. 

 ye ! inteij. oh ! alas ! 

 yd, V. to live, to be sound in health. 

 ye'-me-dzS., n. the goddess of streams. 

 ye-ye, ». mother. 

 ye, V. to he fit, worthy, suitable. 

 ye, V. to make much of, indulge, praise. 

 ye, adv. a little, lightly (sleeping). 

 ye, i'. to turn out of place, change, postpone. 

 ye-mo-tl. See yoqmoti. 

 ye-na (ona), v. to open a road. 

 ye-ra (ara), v. to change one''s position, to turn 



aside, to depart. 

 ye-tu-ye-tu, n. a blossom. 

 ye-AVU, n. a chamber. 

 yi, V. to turn, revolve, move, pervert, 

 yi, V. to be tough, fibrous. 

 yi, piron. this, 



yi . . . da-nb, v. to overturn, spill. 

 yi-gbi, V. to be dull or slow in hearing or believing. 

 yi-gi, n. marriage. 

 yi-hur) (ohuij), v. to prevaricate. 

 yi-ka, v. to encircle, to surround. 

 yi . . . ku-ro, v. to avert, to cross the hands in salu- 



ta tion. 

 ylr), V. to move, to shake slightly, to lay eggs, to 



attract attention, excite covetous desires. 

 yir), V. to praise, admire ; to eject suddenly, 

 yiO-bor) (iboi)), v. to fire a gun, to shoot, 

 ylQ-flr) (ofii)), v. to break a law. 

 yi . . . kpa-da, v. to turn, convert, pervert, avert. 

 yi-kpo, V. to turn aside, to pass away. 

 yil) . . . lo-go (li), ;'. to extol, glorify. 

 yir) . . . ni-bor), v. to shoot, to shoot at. 

 yir)-yir), ». hail. 

 yi-si ? pron. which ? 

 yi-ye, V. cessation, failure, healthiness. 

 yi-yi, n. which is rough, scaly. 

 y6, V. to be full, satisfied with food, 

 yd, adv, deeply (red). 

 yo, v. to pull out, to drau', as a sword; to deliver, 



to escape ; to put forth young leaves; to appear, 



as the new moon. 

 y6, V. to melt, to feel compassion ; to slip, to be 



slippery, to tvalk stealthily : in9 mi yo si i, I pity 



him. 

 yo, V. to rejoice, to be glad, to triumph over. 

 yo-dza-de, t'. to protrude. 

 y5-dzfl (odzu), V. to be conspicuous, to appear, 

 yo . . . le-nu (enu), v. to harass, annoy, 

 yo-nu (enu), v, to wash the mouth ; to be trou- 

 blesome. 



