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ei-ye-le (ile), )?. apir/con; Wi. house-bird, 



e-ka-do-rir), num. the seventieth. 



e-ka-do-rur), num. the ninetieth. 



e-ka-do-ta, imm. the fiftieth. 



e-ke, n. the cheek, the jaio-bone. 



e-ke-dzo, num. the eif/hth. 



e-ke-ril), num. the fourth. 



e-ke-sar), num. the ninth. 



e-ke-ta, num. the third. 



e-ke-Awa, num. the tenth. 



e-ko-kar)-la, num. the eleventh. 



e-ku, «. a running plant. 



e-kvl-ku, n. a very viscous plant. 



e-le-bu, n. one who owns or occupies a house, or a 



kiln for making oil or burning earthen-imre. 

 e-le-gbe i-na, n. companion of fire, a bird wliicli 

 liovers over tlie fire (to catch insects) •when the 

 prairie is burning. 

 e-le-yiq-dzQ (eyiq otMix), n. a person toith pro- 

 minent eyes, pop-eyed. 

 e-li-ri, e-lu-ru, n. a mouse. 

 e-lu i-AVa-se, n. the small-leaved indigo, an her- 



baeeons plant much like the American indigo. 

 e-lu 0-gt)0, w. the broad-leaved indigo, a small tree 

 with very long vii-gate branches. The fine indigo 

 of Sudan is the product of this plant. 

 e-mo, n. a kind of brown rat. 

 §-rir)-di-16-gur), num. sixteen. 

 6-rir)-dl-16-gbor), num. twenty-six. 

 e-rii, n. a kind of spice, used as medicine. 

 E-ru-mu, n. (caught by deceit), a town east of 



Ibadai). 

 e-rur), n. a medicinal tree. A fumigation of the 



bark is employed to drive away evil spirits. 

 e-ta, n. a kind of leopard. 

 e-wa, w. grain, i. e. corn of any kind ; a mixture 



of boiled corn and beans. 

 e-AWTl-ru, n. a pit-fall covered 7cith earth. 

 e-yir)j "• '^"^ which protrudes or is prominent. 

 e-yil), n. charcoal. 

 e-yir)-dztl, n. the eyeball. 



F. 



fel-ti, adv. freely, leisurely, greatly. Sec fa. 

 fe-ri-b8.-le, v. See fovibah;. 

 fe-ri-'b9, v. Sec foribo. 

 fe-ri-ti, v. Sec foriti. 



fe-ti-si (fi), V. to put the ear to, to listen attentively, 

 to hearken. 



fo . . . kpe-te-kpe-te, v. to destroy. 



fo . . . rau-rau, fo . . . ru-ru, fo . . . tutu, v. to 



destroy entirely. 



fo . . . y§.r)-yar), v. to break to 2>ieccs, to smash. 



fo-nu, n. an elastic wood used for bows. 



fo-nu (eiui), V. to boast, brag. 



fo-'w6-le (fi), V. to place the hand on ; to under- 

 take. 



fu-la, n. a kind of beer. See fura. 



fu-le-fu-le (fu ile, for the earth), adv. freely, co- 

 piously. 



fii-le-f9-lo-rur), fuq-le-fu-lo-rurj, adv. (lit. for 

 the earth and for God), of one's own accord, freely, 

 of choice. 



ftlQ-kuT), f9r)-kur), v. to discharge mucus. 



fi-la, n. a cap. 

 fi . . . se-sir), v. 

 fo-ri-si (fi), V. 

 mind to. 



to put to shame, to shame, disgrace, 

 to }Kiy attention to, to apply the 



G. 



ga-ga-dze, n. a tree which grows near the ivater. 

 gbfi., V. to wrap up, to envelope. 

 gbS. a-du-ra, v. (lit. to take prayer), to pray. 

 gbS. i-da-ra-ya, v. to take exercise or recreation. 

 gb^ i-kpe, V. to take comfort, to be comforted. 

 gbe (to be), a pleonastic particle much used after 



adverbs and nouns of place ; as, nihiijyi li k gbe 



ko ar4 wa {here it-is we to-be met selves our), ive 



met here. 

 gbil)-gbi-nd6 (gbiiigbii) odo, planted by the water), 



a tree growing near streams which bears an esculent 



bean. 

 gbo-do-gi (gbA odo igi), n. the name of a plant. 



I. 



i-ba-do (odo), n. the tcate/s edge, coast, shore. 

 I-ba-dar) (iba 9dai)), n. {the meeting of the woods 



tvith the prairie), a large town fifty miles east of 



Abeokuta. 

 I-ba-ra (ba ra?), n. a town near Abeokuta. 

 I-ba-ra-kpa, n. oyie of the Voruba tribes, living 



west of Idzaye and south of Isaki. 

 I-b6, n. {loho is peeled), a proper name. 

 I-bo-lo, n. one of the Yoruba tribes, in the N. E. of 



the kingdom. 

 I-d§, n. {hunting), a large town east of Ibadaij. 

 I-d6, n. {camjnng), the name of a town. 

 i-do-do, n. See adodo. 

 idu-kpe, n. a thanking, thanks. 

 I-dza-ka, n. {a fighting around), the name of two 



foivns on the Yeriwa river, called Idzakoke or Idza- 



kauke (oke), upper Idzaka, and Idzakodo (odo), 



loiver Idzaka. 

 I-dz§.-le, n. {a fighting for home), a town in Iketu. 



