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PHILOLOGY. 



Leka, an age, generation. 



Leka, lekaleka, short ; brevity ; a dwarf. 



Lekdi, almost, nearly. 



Lekutu, land not under cultivation, wood- 

 land. 



Lele, a lascivious dance. 



Leleou, great. 



Lelewa, to see, consider. 



Lemba, a tree bearing a flower which is 

 worn as an ornament. 



Lemu, the buttocks. 



Leyga, to turn back, turn away. 



Leru, a bracelet of shell. 



Lesu, to return. 



Leva, blind of one eye. 



LevaSi, indignant. 



Levata (M.), ignorant of; not to know. 



I^eve, to start, to dodge, to flinch. 



Levu, great. 



Lewa, woman, female. 



Lewd, to see, consider. 



Lewasusuvdki, a betrothed female, a bride. 



Lewe, a particle used in numbering persons. 



Lewe, flesh. 



Leice, the contents of a box ; the inhabi- 

 tants of a town, country, &c., as, a 

 lewe ni Sumbou, the people of Sum- 

 bou ; a lewe ni vuravura, the inhabi- 

 tants of the earth. 



Lewe-levu, many. 



Lewe-lailai, few. 



Leyareya, a betrothed female. 



Lia -Sa, to steal ; to inquire. 



Lialia, foolish, absurd ; folly. 



LiSa, to stir about. 



Liku, the cincture or dress of women. 



Lilili, to swing. 



Lima, five. 



Lima-say avulu, fifty. 



Lindi, to break or burst ; a thunderclap. 



Liya, the arm, hand, finger. 



Liya, narrow. 



Li-gamundu, having a finger cut off". 



Lisega, to knock with the fingers. 



Lisi, a black pigment ; black native cloth. 



Liu, to pluck out. 



Liva, a flash, lightning ; to flash. 



Livi -a, to pour ; to swing. 



Liiva, to blow, as wind. 



Lo, lolo, an ant. 



Lo, quietly, secretly, suddenly. 



Loa, a cloud ; dirt. 



Loaloa, black, dirty. 



Loa-ni-mata, the eye-ball. 



Loka, heavy breakers on a reef. 



Loka (S.), an egg. 



Lokiloki, lame, unable to walk. 



Lokitayane, a felling axe. 



Lokoloko, a child's pillow. 



Lokomikomi, harmless, righteous. 



Loku, lokuvi -Sa, to appoint a time. 



Lolo, to fast; -vak., to fast through love 

 for an absent person. 



Lolo, to flow as the tide. 



Lolo, a preparation of the pulp of the cocoa- 

 nut used as a seasoning for puddings. 



Loloku, to die at the death of another. 



Lololo, a store-house. 



Loloma, love, affection, kindness, mercy. 



Lolou, to stoop, bow down (used only of a 

 woman who has lost her husband). 



Loma, the mind, the centre, the inside ; 

 i loma, within. 



Lomaasa (?), to attend, listen ; to be stable. 



Lomakao, having a thoughtful, intelligent 

 mind. 



Lomaloma-ni-mboyi, midnight. 



Loma-ni-koro, a chief's house. 



Lomba -ka, to wring, to milk. 



Lombi -a, to fold. 



Lombo, to squeeze out, to express. 



Lombolombo, soft, as moistened sand. 



Lomo, to dip. 



LomoSi, a flood ; a painted face. 



Lomoi, to dip, to inundate. 



Lomo-ni-luvu, sunk. 



Loya, a bedstead, a mat, the elevated dais 

 on which they sleep ; a piece of ground 

 on which any thing is planted ; a loga 

 uvi, a yam bed ; a loya mbiti, a bed 

 of the arum. 



Loga, a sign of the plural. 



Loyga, a club. 



.Loygi, the inner part of a house. 



