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a-ba-lS, n. See balB. 



a-ba-in5 (imi)), n. ■painful rejlection on what has 

 hapiyened, chagrin. 



a-ba-mo-le (111919), n. ambush, conspiracy, high- 

 way rohhery. 



a-bfi-ni-bS-be (eni), n. a fellow-pleader, an advo- 

 cate, intercessor. 



a-bfi-ni-dze (ba eni), n. a guest. 



a-ba-ni-dze (ba . . . die), n. an injurer, slanderer, 

 corrupter. 



a-bS.-iii-dz6, n. a fellow-dancer, jmt-tner. 



a-bfi-ni-gbe-le (ile), n. an inmate. 



a-bS,-ni-k^ n, an assistant in counting money or 

 the like. 



a-bft-ni-ko, n. an assistant in collecting or ga- 

 thering. 



a-bfi.-ni-r§, n, a partner in buying ; also, a cus- 

 tomer who buys from one. 



a-bfi-ni-iir), «. a felloiv-traveller. 



a-bfi.-ni-r6-le (ro ile), n. an assistant in tilling the 

 ground. 



a-b&-ni-ru, n. an assistant in carrying anything. 



a-bfi-ni-siln, n. a bed-fellow. 



a-bfi-ni-se, n. a helper, co-worker. 



a-bS.-ni-si-kpe. See a'banibebe. 



a-ba-ni-s6-"W0, n. a fellow-trader, jmrtner. 



a-ba-ra (aba ara), n. a slap : 6 gba mi li abara, 

 (lie slapped me in-regard-to a-slap), he gave me a 

 slap. 



a-ba-ra (abi ara), n. having a body or skin : agiliti 

 abara yiyi, the rough-skinned lizard. 



a-ba-sCir), n. a sleeping with, cohabitation. 



a-ba-se, n. aid, co-operation. 



a-ba-ta (ita), n. a public square. 



fi.'-ba-ta, n. a little marsh, a pool. 



9.'-ba-ti (ba ti), n. failure, shakiness of a wall. (l^s. 

 62, 3.) 



a-bd-'Wl (ba), n. reproof, the act of scolding. 



a-bfi.-'w6r), ». a sprinkling, a stain. 



a-be-kS.-na (abi ekana), n. that which has claws : 

 erai) abekana, carnivorous animals. 



a-bS-re. See hhre. 



a-be-se, n. a contemptible person : iwo abese 

 yi ! you good for nothing ! addressed to infe- 

 riors. 



a-bfe-tl (abi eti), n. that which has ears : fila abeti, 

 a cap 10 ith flaps to cover the ears. 



a-be-Awe (abi ewe), n. that which has leaves. 



a-be, a-b^, &c. See be and be. 



a-be, n. the underneath : 6 wa li abe okuta, Jie was 

 in underneath the rock. 



a-b§ (be, to cut), n. a razor, lancet, penknife. 



a-be-be, n. a fan. 



a-b6-be, n. a pleader, an advocate. 



?l-be-gi (igi), n. a hewer or cutter of wood. 



a-be-hir) (abi ehiij), n. tohich has something on or 

 pertaining to the back: abiam6 abehii) diidia, a 

 mother ivith a kicker (i. e. a struggling child) on 

 her back. 



a-bfe-i-ya-nu, n. importunity. 



a-be-ka (abi), n. ivhich has boughs or branches. 



a-be-lS, n. privacy, secresy. 



a-be-lS, n. flatness, thinness of a flat substance. 



a-be-na-gbo-ro (abi), n. which has a wide mouth : 

 iboi) abenugboro, a wide-mouthed gun. 



a-b6-nu-gb9.-gba (abi), n. a kind of loose trow- 

 sers. 



A-be-o-ku-ta, n. tohich is under the rock, the name 

 of the capital of Egba. 



a-bfe-re, n. See b|re. 



a-be-re, n. a needle, a pin. 



a-be-ri, n. See beri. 



a-b6-r6 (oro), n. a trowel, a shovel to trim mud 

 walls with. 



a-be-ru, n. See beni, 



a-be-te-le, n. a begging beforehand ; a bribe, 

 bribery, briber. 



a-be-tu (abi etu), n. a brook. 



a-be-"w6 (b§w6), n. visitation, visitor. 



a-be-ya (iya), n. the armpit. 



a-bi, a-bi, n. See bi and bi. 



abi, a preflx, implying being in a state of, having. 



a-bl, n. an existence, a being: araiye abi odzu kpete, 

 man, a being of limited eye, i. e. circumstances. 



a-bl (bi, if), adv. perhaps ; eh ? iwo mh abi ? you 

 know, eh ? 



a-bl-a-m6, n. a nickname for a mother. 



a-bi-ga, n. a mixed breed of large and small horses. 



a-bi-ke-hir) (kehiij), n. the latter or last born. 



a-bi-ku, «. an evil spirit, supposed to kill chil- 

 dren. 



a'-bi-ia, n. See bila. 



a-bi-l§ (ile), n. one homeborn. 



a-bi-l§-k9 (ba, ile, oko), n. a woman living in her 

 husband's house. 



a-bI-16 (ile), n. a native. 



a-bl-mo (omo), n. a parent of children. 



a-bin6, n. one wlw is angry, <&c. See bin6. 



a-bi-n6-dze, n. See bino die. 



a-bl-n9-k(i, n. an enemy. (Ps. 37, 8.) 



a-bi-r9r) (abi iroij), n. which is hairy. 



a-bi-r5r) (ba iroij) n. a sick person, an invalid. 



a-bi-si (bisi), n. i7icrease, propagation by birth. 



a-bl-ye (abi iy^), M. which has feathers. (Gen. 1,21.) 



a-bi-ya (iya), n. the armpit. 



a-b6, a-bd, n. See bo and bo. 



a-bd, n. a female, applied to children and to ani- 

 mals : abo esiq, a mare ; abo malii, a cow ; also, 

 tlie half cock of a gun. 



fi-bo, n. a bag, a bundle. 



