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di, V. to be, become, to be changed: 6 ijdi arugbo di-ye-le, f . to set a price on, charge for. 



16h, he is growing old ; di dfo, to disappear, vanish; 

 titi 6 fi di isisiyi, till now (lit. till it made to be- 

 come now) ; 6 di ola, loait till to-morrow (lit. till 

 it becomes to-morrow) ; 6 di idi6 kedii nwoq loh, 

 they went the next day. 

 di (di), prep, from, employed in composition : 



mcdzi di li oguq {two from on twenty), eighteen. 

 di-ba-dze, v. to spoil, be corrupted. 

 di-bi. See da-bi. 

 dl-bo (di), V. to cast lots. 



di-da, n. which is made, which is healthy : dida 

 ebi, condemnation ; dida ard, health ; se dida ara, 

 to heal. 

 di-de, V. to arise. 



dl-di, n. which is bound, wreathed. Sec di. 

 di-di, n. the game of drafts. 

 di-dzd^ V. . to cause war, to become a fight. 

 di-dze, V. to complete, to emulate. 

 di-dzi, V. to be afraid, to be disappointed, mistaken : 

 mo didii baba mi ni, / thought it was my father, 

 but was mistalien. 

 di-dzu, V. to be entangled. 

 dl-6, n. a little, a few, some. 

 di . . . e-le-se niu-16 or ni-lS, v. to establish, con- 

 firm. 

 di-fe, V. to bloom, to blossom. 

 di-gba-ro, v. to remain standing, to wait. 

 di-gba-ti, conj. till. 

 di-gbo-se, adv. by and by. 

 di-gi, ». a glass, a mirror. 

 di-go, n. a breech-cloth. 

 da.... ha'-mo-ra, v. to gird. 

 di . . . ka-lfe, V. to establish, confirm. 

 di-kpa-ra, v. See dakpara. 

 di . . . la'-mu-re (li), v. to gird. 

 di . . . le-ti (li), v. to deafen, to refuse to hear, 

 di-le, V. to be dilatory, at leisure. 

 di . . . le-ru (li), v. to enslave. 

 di . . . le-'wor) (li), v. to chain. 

 di-lo-dzH (li), V. to tangle, to blindfold. 

 dl-lu, V. to congeal. 



di-in6, V. to fasten on, to cleave or cling to. 

 di-m5, V. to agree upon, covenant, 

 di-mu, V. to hold, uphold, lay hold on. 

 di-na, V. to block up the road, impede, hinder. 

 di-nl-bo (ni), v. to grasp, enclose in the hand. 

 di-nl-gbe-sir) (ni), v. to take captive. 

 dir), di, v. to bake, parch, fry. 

 dir)-ka-ra (al^ara), v. to bake bread, 

 di-ri-ki-si, v. to consjnre, plot against. 

 di-ror) (^vovi), v. to plait the hair. 

 di'-si-si-yi, adv. till now, hitherto, 

 di-ti (cti), V. to be deaf. 

 di-'w6, V. to be in a strait or difficulty. 



d6, V. to encamp, to cohabit (an indecent word) : do 



ti ka, to encamp against, to besiege. 

 do-do, n. the navel ; in the Ikctu dialect, a room 



in a Louse. 

 d6-d6, do-do-d6, n. truth, righteousness : &c dodo- 

 do, to be upright. 

 do-dzu-bo-lS, V. to turn the face towards the 



ground, to hang down the head. 

 do-dzu-de, v. to turn upside down. 

 do-dzu-kd-do, v. to Jiang down the head, to medi- 

 tate, 2ionder. 

 do-dzu-ti, V. to make ashamed, to put to shame, to 



abash. 

 d6-gi-ri, v. to gallop. 

 do-go-tl, V. to dun. 

 do-gur), V. to rust. 

 dom-dom-ai-ye (dSij doi)), n. comforts, luxuries 



of life. 

 do-ri-kd-do (ori). See dodzukodo. 

 d9-ba-l& (da ibale), v. to prostrate, to lie flat. 

 do-de, n. a raven. 

 do-do, adv. 7nitch slirivelled or cool. 

 dp-gba, V. to be equal, right, straight. 

 do-ko-du-ro (oko), v. to anchor. 

 d6r), V. to cry, as any beast or bird. 

 dbr), V. to be sweet, pleasant ; to affect pleasantly or 

 painfully : ino mi doij, my mind is pleasant, i. e. / 

 am jjleased ; ino d<)q mi, my belly aches or pajws 

 me ; in& mi d8i) si i, 1 am pleaded with him (Mat. 

 3, 17) ; ki li o doij o, wliat ails thee. 

 doQ-doi), n. a kind of drum. 

 dor)-m6, v. t. to please. 

 dtl, V. to be black. 

 dCl, V. to deny, to refuse, to grasp : 6 dh mi li owo, 



he refused me money. 

 du-bu-l©, V. to lie down : dubule aroij, to be sick 



a-bed. 

 du-du, n. blackness. 

 du-dze, V. See didze. 

 du-gbo-lu, n. a stumbling-block. 

 du-ke-lu-ke, adv. merrily. 

 du-kpe, V. to thank. 

 du-lu-ni6, v. to slander, 

 dtir), dill). See d6i], dSi). 

 du-ra, V. to make an effort to prevent falling when 



one stumbles. 

 du-ro, V. to stand, to wait, stay : dnro ti, duro tiri 

 SI, to stand by, wait on ; mu . . . duro, to make or 

 cause to stand. 

 du-ru, n. a violin, a guitar : li\ duru, to play the 

 violin ; li odiu 6kui) duru, on the harp. (Ps. 

 49,4.) 

 du-ru-du-ru, n. greatness (applied to the works of 

 God). 



