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a-te-le-se, n. the sole of the foot. 



a-t6-lo-'VB"6, w. the palm of the hand: ibu atelow6, 



a hand-breadth. 

 a-te-mo-ra, n. long suffering. 

 a-te-ru, n. a slave-dealer. 

 a-te-'wo-gb&, n. which is acceptable. 

 a-ti, a prefix, forming nouns which present the 



meaning of the verb in a substantive form ; as, 



atiri, seeing ; k i)w6na atiri, we are trying to see. 

 a-ti, prep. from. 

 a-ti, conj. and ; ati — ati, both — and : ati iwo ati 



emi, both you and I. 

 a-tl, n. a sheaf. 

 a'-ti-bfi, n. a meeting, a coincidence ; used also as 



a proper name. 

 a'-ti-ba-TDa, n. a platform, a scaffold. 

 a'-ti-b5, n. a coming, an advent. 

 a'-ti-de, n. an arrival. 

 a.-ti-dia.-T\iT), from five days till now : emi 6 ri i li 



atiiarug, I have not seen him for five days. 

 a'-ti-dze-fa, n. from six days till now. 

 a'-ti-dzo (ati odz9), n. old times, former days : li 



atidio iwa, from the day of being, i. e. from the 



beginning of creation. 

 a-ti'-kpi-le-se, ». the beginning. 

 a'-ti-kpo, n. a resident, sojourner, immigrant : se 



a'tikpo, to sojourn, emigrate. 

 a'-ti-ma, auxil. part, denoting continuance : atima 



ri, to be seeing. 

 a-ti-rar)-di-rai) (irai) de iraij), n. genealogy. 

 a-ti'-si-si-yi-16h, n. this time and forward : )i 



atisisiyiloh, henceforth. 

 a'-ti-se-nl-s©, n. a punishing, 2>umshment. 

 a'-ti-tu'-ni-n6, n. a comforting, consolation. 

 a'-ti-AVfih, n. a coming, arrival, advent. 

 a'-ti-"wfih o-dzo, n. the east. 

 a'-ti-"w6 o-rui), n. the west. 

 a-to, n. which straightens, a long-necked gourd. 

 a-to, a-to-to, n. noise : kpa ato, to make a noise ; 



atoto ! hear ye ! " oh yes ! " a word used by the 



town criers. 

 a-to-ni-mo-ni (ati oni m6 oni), n. morning till 



now : emi b diehug li atonimoni, / have not eaten 



to-day. 

 a-to-ri, n. reason of, account of: li atori, for the 



reason that, on account of. 

 a-to, n. urine : ile ato, the bladder. 

 a-to-dz9-in6-dzo, n. a long time ; which is old : 



5ro at6dz9modzo, an old story. 

 a-to-dzu, n. a director. 

 a-tp-ko (tu oko), n. a pilot, helmsman. 

 a-to-kur), n. , a leader, guide. 

 a-to-mo-do-mo (ati de omo), n. generation to 



generation : yi 6 wa li atomodomo, it will remain 



from generation to generation. 



a-t6-na, n. a spy, loatchman on the road. 

 a-torj-bi, a-tur)-bi, n. regeneration. 

 a-t9r)-d&, n. a recreating. 

 a-tOQ-hii, ». a repetition of behavior, a fresh 



sprouting out, revival. 

 a-toi)-kpa, n. a candle. 

 a-tor)-se, n, a mending, amendment. 

 a-tog-wi, n. repetition of a thing said. 

 a-t9-rur)-"W"fili (ati wug), n. which is original. 

 a-t6-si, M. gonorrhoea. 

 a-to-'wo-do-"W9 (ati de owo), n. tradition. (Mat. 



15,2.) 

 a-t9-'W"9-"W&h, n. which originates with oneself. 

 a-tu-b6-se, n. ivhich brings to completion. 

 a-tu-b5-tS.r), n. termination, end of life. 

 a-tu-di-mb, n. a covenant breaker. (Rom. 1, 31.) 

 a-tu-k9, n. one who rows or paddles a boat. 

 a-tu-l&, n. which breaks up the ground, as a plough. 

 a-tti-ni-ni-n6, n. which comforts. 

 a-tur). For words beginning in atm), see atog. 

 a'-u-r6, n. morning. 

 a-vra, pron. we : awa nd, we ourselves ; awa tiks^- 



ra wa, we ourselves, our own selves ; ara wa, our- 

 selves. 

 a-"W&, 71. a sparrow. 

 fi.'-"wa-da, a jest, a joke : se awada, to jest. 

 a'-"wa-intl, n. adherence. 

 a'-"wa-n6, n. a waster, spendthrift. 

 a-"wa-ri, n. search : wah li awari 1, look till you 



find it. 

 a-'wa-tfii), n. perfect ov perfected search. 

 a-'Wa-ti, n. an abandoned search, a failure to find : 



k wdh a li awati, we looked but could not find it, 

 a-"W"a-"wi (wah wi), n. an excuse, subterfuge. 

 a-'wa-ya, n. bird shot. 

 a-vra-yfi, n. struggling, agony : se awaya, to 



struggle, to be in agony. 

 SL-Mve-re, n. the yellow monkey. 

 a-'wS-re, n. folly, silliness. 

 a-"we, n. breadth of cloth ; a cotyledon, 

 i-we, n. mourning, a religious fast : gba awe, to 



fast. 

 a-'we-in6, n. a washing clean, purification. 

 a-vre-nb, n. which is washed off, a being cleansed 



or pure. 

 a-"wi-gb6, n. hearsay, plain speaking. 

 a-wi-i-da-ke (i, not), n. incessant talking. 

 a.-'vn.-l-ghd, n. one who refuses to receive advice. 

 a-"wi-kpe, conj. j^rovirfec? that. 

 a-wi-m&h-yi-hur) (ohuij), n. a true statement, 



one who speaks without equivocation. 

 3.-wir), n. credit : ta li awii), to sell on credit. 

 a-wi-rir), n. a witch, a loizard. 

 a-Avi-si, n. which is said in addition, superadded 



terms. 



