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b3.-ba, n. a small matter : Mba bo baba mole, a 



great affair covers up a small affair. 

 ba-ba-lfi. (baba nla), n. a grandfather, a patri- 

 arch. 

 ba-bfi.-li.-se (alase), n. a chief cook. 

 ba-bfi.-lQ.-'wo (al4w6), n. a priest of Ifa. 

 bfi.-bi-ka, n. a popular dance. 

 bfi.-bu-dzfi (abudza), v. to surprise by coming upon 



suddenly, to thwart. 

 ba-da, n. a title. 

 bfi. . . . dfi,-kpd, V. to unite with, to join : 6 hk woq 



dakpo, he joined them. 

 ba-de, v. to suit, agree, ft : 6 bade, it suits or fits : 

 bata b4 mi li ese de, the shoe fits me (on the foot). 

 ba . . . dze, v. to spoil, corrupt, injure, destroy : 



badie, to be spoiled, dc. 

 ba . . . dzi-yar), v. to contradict: 6 ba mi dziyag, 



he contradicted me. 

 ba-dzo (edio), v. to get into trouble : mo badi9 ni 



Ilorig, I got into trouble at Ilorirj. 

 ba-fir) (b4 afii)), n. a eunuch, in the King's palace, 



where there are six of them. 

 bfi-ga-dai'! by the staff of ]^gu5 ! (an oath): 

 bagadai' ! igid4 oloko sa, the tree fell and frightened 

 the farmer, i. e. the mountain labored and brought 

 forth a mouse. 

 bal, adv. See bayi. 

 bdi-bdi, adv. dimly shining. 

 bfi.-ka-nfi. (bi okaij n4), adv. alike, the same. 

 ba-lft-bu-dza (ba li abudia), v. See abudza. 

 ba-la-ga (b4 le aga), n. a youth, a yonng man 



nearly grown, an adolescent. 

 ba-16 (ile), n. a master of a house, landlord. 

 b9.-l&, V. to be quiet, contented. 

 ba-lS (il&), w. a governor. 

 bfi. . . . le-ru (li eru), v. to frighten. 

 ba-lo-gur) (li oguij), n. a military officer. 

 bfi. . . . 16-hur) (li in ohuij), v. to assent to. (Luke 



23, 51.) 

 bfi . . . lo-ru-ko-dze (ba die li orukp), v. to slan- 

 der : 6 hk mi loruko die, he slandered me. 

 ba-lu-Ave (ibi aluwe), n. a bath-house. 

 bam-bam, n. a beetle, for beating mud floors. 

 bS.-in6, V. to consult with. 

 b9.-ino-le (mo il§), v. to lie in ambush. 

 bar)-gl-dzi. See obaijgidzi. 

 bfi. . . . ni'-dzam-ba, v. to do violence to, to assault. 

 bfi . . . ni-n6-dze (ba die ni ino), v. t. to vex, to 

 grieve. 



See bawo. 



the vine of the egusi. 

 See elegbara. 

 . t. to agree, to be friendly. 



bfi-sa (Egba), n. a large room, parlor. 

 bfi . . . s6, V. to quarrel with, scold. 

 bfi. . . . stir), V. to cohabit. 

 bfi. ... se, I 



15, 15.) 

 ba-so-rui). 



to assist, co-operate; to suit. (Acts 



See iba^orui). 

 hide, leather, shoe, sandal, hoof; a small 



bfi.-0, adv. 

 ba-ra, n. 

 bfi-ra, n. 

 bfi . . . re, V, 



bfi . . . re-kp5, v. t. to be adapted to. (Luke 5, 36.) 

 bfi . . .rd, v. to advise, to consult with. 



ba-ta, n. 



box. 

 bfi-ta, n. a kind of drum. 

 ba . . . tfi.r), V. to be akin. 

 ba . . . ti, t". to miss (as an arrow) : mo \>k eiye ti, 



/ missed the bird. 

 ba-tu-re (Hausa), n. a white man. 

 bfi . . . wl, V. to rebuke, to blame. 

 ba . . . wi-dzo (wi edio), v. to judge. (Acts 1, 1.) 

 ba-"wo, adv. how ? 

 bfi . . . ■wor), V. to blot, besprinkle. 

 ba-yi, adv. so : 16h bayi, go in this or that direction 



(as the speaker points out). 

 ba-nl (Egba), adv. in the hand : mu oko bani, take 



a hoe in your hand. 

 be, an obsolete verb signifying to heap up (?) whence 



bebe and ebe. 

 be-be, n. tlie bank or brink of a river or ditch ; a 

 shoal ; a lieap : bebe idl, the rump : bebe odi6, 

 the eyebrow. 

 be-kpe-dze, (ba ekpe die), v. to swear falsely. 

 bS-re, V. to ask, to inquire, to exact : 6 bere o, he 



inquired after you. 

 be-se, n. a saddle-cloth. 



be, V. l.tocut; 2. to jump ; 3. to be of a red color ; 

 4. to be impudent; 5. formerly, perhaps, to rfe«cenc?, 

 whence abe and b|re ; 6. to breed, applied to 

 pigeons and to carnivorous animals only ; T. to cool 

 by fanning : be 1§ (i[i),jump down : be s4r)4ai), to 

 split into strips : be . . . li ori (See be . . . lori). 

 b&, bS-be, V. to beg, entreat. 



be-he, adv. so, thus : behe ko, no, not so ; behe 

 gege, even so ; behe ni, yes, so it is ; behe ni ko, 

 neither. 

 be-kpe, «. a pawpaiv. 

 be-le, be-le-be-le, v. to be thin, fiat. 

 be-le-dze, adv. beautifully red or yellow. 

 be . . . lo-ri (li ori), v. to behead. 

 be-nde, n. a blow with the fist : ko . . . ni bende, 



to strike with the fist. 

 be-nte, v. to be lean, weakly : axa mi bente, / am 



lean. 

 be-re, n. a kind of grass (broom-sedge). 

 bS-re (be and rS), v. to be low, fiat, sloping ; to 



stoop : kd bere, to be lying dead. 

 bS-re-sI, V. to begin. 

 be-ri (ori), v. to behead. 

 be-ru (ba eru), v. to fear. 

 be-ru-be-ru, v. to be timid ; adv. timidly. 



