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be-ru-ke-ni (era ki era), v. to fear something ; 



generally employed in the negative : emi 6 bera- 



keni, I fear nothing. 

 be . . . "wd, V. to visit, to investigate, 

 bi, V, to ask; to affect, or cause to suffer ; bi . . . li 



ebi (See bi . . . lebi) ; bi ino die (See bin9die). 

 bl, V. to generate, beget, hear, breed ; to follow or 



succeed. 

 bi, V. to push, vomit : bi kiri, to beat or drift about 



on the water. 

 bl, conj. if, as, though, whether : bl 6nia, like a 



person ; b£ ofi^, according to law. 

 bl ? a sign of interrogation : 6 m6 bi ? does he know ? 

 bi-ba-'WO 1 adv. loherehy ? in what way ? how ? 

 bi-bS, n. a begging, supjilication. 

 bi-bi, n. birth, a bearing : 6 dekni) bibi, she left 



off bearing. 

 bi-bd, n. a covering, which is covered. 

 bi-bd-mo-le, re. which is overwhelmed. (Ps. '77, 3.) 

 bi-bu, n. a patch in a roof. 

 bI-6-n.i-a, adv. humanlike, humanely. 

 bi-e-ru-kpe, adv. like dust. 

 bi-e-ni-kp6, adv. as, as if. 

 bi-e-rai)-ko, adv. brutishly. 

 bi'-ki-ta, v. to notice or regard. 

 bi-kd-se, bi-k6-se-kp6, conj. but, except, unless. 

 bi-l&, V. to open a way or give place in a crowd. 

 bi . . . le-bi (li ebi), v. to ask, inquire : bi og lebi, 



ask him. 

 bi . . . 16-re (li ere), v. to question, interrogate. 

 bi . . . le-dzo (li edio), v. to arraign, interrogate a 



person in a court. 

 bi . . . 16-hur) (li obui)), v. to reproach for a fault. 

 bi-lil, V. to beat against, as waves. 

 bI-rQ9 (omo), V. to beget, or bear a child. 

 bl-na-bl-na, n. abusive language. 

 bi . . . nl-n6 (ino), v. to grieve, to vex. 

 bi-n6 (ino), v. to be angry. 

 bi-n6-dze, v. to feel grieved or vexed. 

 bi-6-su-ma-r6 (osumarc), adv. in the form of a 



semicircle. 

 bi-0-kor)-ri, adv. manly. 

 bi-9-16-rur), adv. godlike, godly. 

 bi-ri, a suffix, contr. from obiri, a woman : om9- 



biri, a girl. 

 bl-rl, v. to be small (applied to land). 

 bi-ri, V. to be large (applied to land). 

 bi-ri, bi-ri-bi-ri, n. darkness ; — adv. darkly, very 



dark. 

 bi-ri-ga-mi, n. a haversack, satchel. 

 bi-ri-ko-to, v. to be small, as a hole in the ground : 



d4 iho birikoto, dig a small hole. 

 bi-si, V. to increase or multiply. 

 bi . . . ti, adv. and pron. as, how, what, that : se bi 



ti enia, do like a person ; bi emi 6 ti ie ? how or 



what shall I do ? eni bi ti Egba, a mat like those 



of the Egbas ; bi ti in6 r§, according to your mind 



or will ; n! bi ti, inasmuch as. 

 bl . . . ti-le, conj. though, if even : bi 4 tile iote si i, 



though we have rebelled against him. 

 bi-ye-sl (bil), to respect or reverence the great. See 



kabiyesi. 

 b6, V. to peel, to strip off, to bray like a he-goat. 

 bd, V. to cover, to be full of leaves, to overwhelm. 

 bo-bo, adv. very or intensely (hot). 

 bo-de (ba ode), n. a custom-house. 

 bd-dzo (bi odio), adv. like a coward, cowardly. 

 bo-dzu-in6 (ba odiu), v. to chide, reproach. 

 b6-dzu-to, bC-dzu-'wd, v. to look ujmu, to care 



for, to see after. 

 bo-dzu-"w6 (bil), v. to look at, visit. 

 b6-dzu-yai) (ba odiu), v. to blind with brightness: 



orar) bodzujai), the sun is blinding. 

 b6-16 (ile), V. to rob a house, to confiscate. 

 b6-l§, V. to cover or thatch a house. 

 bo-le-bo-le, n. a robber. 

 bd-le-bo-le, n. a thatcher. 

 bo-lS-se-bl, bo-16-se-kp6 (bi), adv. if possible. 

 b6-le (ile), iJ. to cover the ground ; to flourish. 

 b6-lo-b6-lo, n. a honey-making gnat without sting. 

 b6-nii-'w6l) (bil omi), v. to sprinkle with water. 

 bo-mo, the white-grained Guinea-corn (a species of 



Sorghum). 

 bd . . . in6-16, v. to overwhelm. 

 b6-ni (Egba), v. to be large. 

 bo-ni-bo-ni, v. to be very large. 

 b6-ra (ara), v. to cover, to cover the body. 

 b6-ri (b6 ori), v. to surpass, to prevail, to cover the 



head or top. 

 bo-r9, very near (as to distance). See gboro. 

 bo-rtl-ko . . . dze (ba oruko dze), v. to slander. 

 b6-ti, V. to tear half-way open, to half strip. 

 bo-ti-bo-ti, adv. foolishly (talking), sillily. 

 bo-yui) (abi oyui)), v. to be pregnant. 

 ho, V. 1. to drop (as of a solid) ; hence 2. to slip 



or slide ; 3. to take down, as from a peg; 4. to 



ta^e ozone's clothes; 5. to feed; hence, 6. to wor- 



ship ; 7. to wash any part of the body, as the face ; 



8. to beat, as a mud-floor ; 8, to empty (Ps. 10, 8) : 



oral) n4 bo li owo mi, that business failed in (lit. 



fell out of) my hands ; mo bo li cwu ni, I escaped 



(lit. slipped out of ) that danger. 

 b6, V. 1. to insert ; 2. to pierce ; to boil or cook in 



water ; 4. to put on a garment; 5. to shake (lit. 



insert) hands ; 6. to enter or go out of a house ; 



V. to arrive, to be in the act of coming : b6 1&, get 



down ; sokalB b6, come doion ; 6 ijtutu b6, it is 



getting wet ; nw9i) sare b6, they are coming on a 



run ; 6 mb6 w4h, he is coming. 

 bo-dzu (odzii), V. to wash the face. 



