PART I. 



YORUBA-ENGLISII 



ABA 



a, a prefix, the primary use of which is to form con- 

 crete nouns from verbs. But the meaning of nouns 

 thus formed is various ; and accordingly they may 

 be classified as denoting : 



1. The actor or agent ; as, asoro, a speaker, from 



soro, to speak ; adia, a dog, lit. a fighter, 

 from dik, to fight. 



2. The patient or recipient of an action; as, aba, 



that which is met, from ba, to meet : e. g. 

 ohuq ab4, a thing which is met. 



3. The action itself; as, abS, a coming, from hb, 



to come : e. g. ayuq ab5 mi di emefa loni, my 

 goings and comings amount to six times to- 

 day. 



4. Tlie abstract quality implied in an intransitive 



verb ; as, abade, suitableness, from bade, to 

 fit ; aye, the state of being alive, from yh, 

 to live. 



6. pron. he, she, it ; and, by contraction of awa and 

 awoi), we, they. It is much used in forming a sub- 

 stitute for the passive verb ; as, d li) mi, they struck 

 m£, i. e. I was struck. 



fi, an auxiliary jmrticle equivalent to shall or will ; 

 as, eqyir) k 16h, ye reill go. 



§. ! aa ! interj. oh ! ah ! alas ! 



ab, n. a contraction of abi, that which is or has any 

 thing ; as, abeti (abi eti), that which has ears, 

 which is eared : e. g. fila abcti, a cap with ear- 

 flaps. 



ab, a-ba, a prefix formed of ' a ' and ba, to meet, and 

 occasionally of ' a ' and ba, with, implying : 



1. Meeting with, or encountering; as, abadi9 



(aba edi9), meeting with a difficulty or trou- 

 ble. 



2. With or together ; as, abase (^e, to do), co- 



operation, assistance ; abasili], a sleeping 

 together. 

 a-ba. See root ba. 



a-ba, n. a thinking of, expecting, expectation, hope : 

 aba ki li o i)da ? (^fiope what is-it thou art-making? ) 

 what do you hope for? 



a-ba, M. an iron staple ; stocks, consisting of a large 

 staple driven into a log and enclosing. the ankle. 



a-ba, n. a species of wild fig-tree, 



a-b&. See root ba. 



a-bft, (ba), ». a mat of coarse grass : eni aba, a mat 

 of the grass aba. 



3.-ba, n. a stack of corn, crib, barn, store. 



a-bS.-bu-dza, n. tohich surprises or thwarts, <S;c. 

 See abudza. 



ft'-ba-da, fS.'-ba-da, adv. for ever, used only after a 

 negative ; as, emi 6 ie e mo fabada, / will never 

 do it again. 



a-ba-de (bade), n. that which fits or is fitted ; sui- 

 tableness, adaptedness, congruity. 



a-bfi.-d6 (do), n. a camping together, a fellow en- 

 camper. 



a-bft-do (6do), n. a confiuence of streams. 



a-ba-dza (dza), n. a fighting together. 



a-ba-dze (die), n. an eating together. 



a-ba-dze (badze), n. which spoils or is spoiled ; a 

 kind of yam. 



a-ba-dzo (edzo), n. a meeting with trouble or dif- 

 ficulty. As an inteijection, ?«owrfer/MZ.' shocking! 



a-ba-dztl (ba), n. a meeting, <S:c. ; greatly, ex- 

 tremely : 6 ba mi li abadzu, it fell upon me with 

 a great or grievous falling. 



a-b4-dzu (ba), n. an excessive plaiting, <£'c. 



a-ba-fe, n. a medicinal tree. 



a-ba'-fir)-dze (ba ofiij die), n. a law-breaker ; law- 

 breaking. 



a-ba-fo (fo), n. a speaking together. 



a-bS.-g6-ke (goke), n. a going up or ascending 

 together. 



a-ba'-kpa-de (kpade), v. a chance event, accident, 

 coincidence, 



