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le-bi (li), i: to be <juUUj, U, In' rondemned. 

 le-se (li), V. to be uliifuL 



li-ia, II. which is split or to be sjilit, tf-c. See la. 

 li-16h, n. a f/oinr/, a dcparttu-c. 



M. 



Ma-dS-ri-ke, n. aproixr name. 



IVTdh-ktri, n. a proper vame. 



mal-ki-ri, v. embroidcri/. 



Ma-ma, n. a proper name. 



ma-na, «. o J,-iii</ of bird. 



me (eiiii /, not), ill the Ei;b:i, (Jialeet, I will not: 



1110 dehii) I'a aso, I will not biuj eloth uijain. 

 me-dzi-lfi, num. tivelve. 

 me-dzi-me-dzi, num. two hi/ two. 

 me-yar)-me-yaQ, adt: in small pieces, (liroken) 



til alonis. 

 mo-ko-ko (ikoko), V. to make earthenware. 

 mo-nu-mo-nu, n. See moilumoJu. 

 mo-huri-gbo-gbo (obuij), r. to /enow all Ihine/s, 



to be all-wise. 



o. 



O-bo-ni, n. a secret society of great power ami 

 influence, connected with .the religious and civil 

 government of Yoriiba. See ogboni. 



0-dz6, n. a dancer ; a proper name. 



O-fi-ki, n. a proper name. 



O-fu-a, n. a kind of kola-nut ; the name of a me- 

 dicinal tree. 



0-gbo-m9-BO, n. [tfte wild cat eauijht the sen- 

 tinel .''), a lareje town in Yoruba. 



O-gbo-yS, n. a small carnivorous animal. 



O-gbu-gbu, n. a ivild duck (?) ; a kind of rp-ass ; 

 dyed cotton wool. 



O-gu-ba-na, n. a 2)roper name. 



O-gu-bo, )/. a proper name. 



o-gu-du-gbe, n. See ogodugbe. 



0-gU-m9, n. an esculent herb. 



O-gu-nto-ro, )/. a proper name. 



o-gur)-gur), n. a kind of tree. 



O-gu-ro-do, n. [standing erect), a kind of bird. 



o-ki-ti-kp6, n. name of a tree. 



O-ki-yai), n. a small animal which lodycs under 

 rocks. 



0-kpe-re, n. a bird which is said to be almost 

 always aslerj). 



6-kpO-kpo, n. a kind of banana. 



O-lo-fe-re, n. name of a bird. 



0-lo-gi-ri, n. a species of oriole. 



O-lo-gU-ni, n. a small r/reyeerious bird. 



O-lO-kpi-ri, n. name of a bird. 



O-lu-ko-ntO, n. a proper name. 



O-ni-se, n. (« doer), a proper name. 



o-ra, •/(. a medicinal tree. 



O-ri, n. a kind of wild piiyeon. 



6-ri, n. a large fruit similar to the black haiv. 



O-ri e-ya, n. a tribe. 



o-ri o-ya, n. a kind of hedgehog. 



o-ri ... si, o-ri . . . ya, v. to feel liei_ !y, be well 



pleased : oii woij si, they are delighted, lit. their 



head opens. 

 o-ri . . . ^wu, v. to be delighted with the conduct or 



■words of an inferior who is much beloved ; to yearn. 

 0-r6, n. custom, habit, fashion. 

 O-ro-fo, n. a kind of wild pigeon. 

 0-ro-gbo, n. a kind of kola-nut. 

 o-ro-re, ;;. the name of a bird. 

 o-ru-kpa, /(. the name of a. tree. 

 O-ru-wo, ;/. a kind of tree, useful for timber. 

 6-sir) i-wefa, n. {the left hand eunuch), a eunuch 



of the third rank. 

 o-sir) i-ya-lo-de, n. [a wise yeoman of the left 



hand), a title ne.ft to that of otoi)-iyalode. 

 o-sir) i-ya-ma, n. {the left hand of leesl), the 



south. 

 O-se, n. name of a tree. 

 o-si-kpi, n. name of a tree. 

 o-su-su, n. a kind of prickly bush. 

 O-Awe, n. young leaf cjf the plant ewerc. 

 o-Awe a-wor), ?*. a trailing legaminous pilant . 

 o-we-re-dze-dze, n. a kind of trailing shrub. 

 o-wu a-ke-se, ;/. a kind of cotton tvith small pods. 

 O-AVU 6-gO-do, n. a kind of cotton with large pods. 



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o-bai-ye-dze. See abai_vedze. 



0-ba-kar)-bI-ke-dzi, n. a frst cousin on the fa- 

 ther s side. 



Oba Ku-so, n. the King of Kuso, a title of Shango 

 wlio was a king of Knso or Koso in Yoruba, at 

 wliicli place he descended alive into the ground, 

 and for that reason was deified. 



o-ba-ni-dze, n. See abaiiidze. 



O-ba 0-g6, n. King of Glory, a title of God. 



0-dar)-ko, n. a spiecies of wild fig-tree. 



O-dze-re, n. a medicinal plant. 



O-fa, n. a toion in Yoruba. 



6-ka, n. the name of a plant employed to cure the 

 disease called oka. 



0-kpe-re, n. the pepper-bird. 



o-kp9i3 si-b6, n. the pine-apple. 



O-kpo-to ki-ti, n. a kind of wild fig-tree. 



O-lo i-n6, n. the kidneys. 



O-mo-ia-la, n. a great-grandchild. 



