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dzi . . . le-se (li ese), v. to strike the foot against, 

 to supplant. 



dzl . . . le-S§ (e^e), v. to strike with the fist. 



dzi-mi-dzi-mi, adv. gorgeously. 



dzi-mi-r9.-ta, n. a term of abuse. 



dzi-na, v. to heal, as a wound. 



dzi-na (ona), v. to he far off. 



dzi-nde, v. to arouse, to raise from the dead. 



dzi-ndl (di), v. to steal and conceal : diindi dzindi 

 to be thievish. 



dzi-nle (ni ile), v. to be deep, abstruse, mysterious. 



dzi-se (die i^e), v. to deliver a message, to act as a 

 mediator. 



dzi-ya (iya), v. to suffer. 



dzi-yar) (iyaq), i). to be careful, anxious ; to contra- 

 dict, deny. 



dz6, V. i. to dance, to whirl ; to burn. 



dzd, V. to leak, to drop, as water. 



dzo-fo-lo, n. a kind of cap. 



dzo-gnr) (oguij), v. to inherit, possess. 



dzo-ko, V. to sit, dwell, abide : dioko de mi, wait 

 for me. 



dzo-kpa, V. t. to consume, burn up. 



dzo-na (ina), v. i. to bum. 



dzo . . . ni-rur), v. t. to burn up, consume. 



dzo-rar), v. .to catch or take fire. 



dzo-rur), v. to burn up, consume. 



dzo-'we-re (dza), v. to struggle, to be in trouble. 



dzo-vru (die owu), v. to be jealous. 



dzo-ye (dze eye), v. to be a ruler, to govern. 



dzo, V. to be alike ; to assemble, to he together : dio ! 

 please ! diio mi li oroi), let my neck alone ; dio r§, 

 let it alone ; dzo mi lowo, let me alone. 



dzo-ba (dze 9ba), v. to reign, rule. 



dzo-dzo, adv. very, greatly, loell. 



dzo-l& (die), v. to enjoy an honor due to another. 



dz6-15, n. a long-necked calabash. 



dzo-'wo (die ow6), v. to let, permit ; to let alone. 



dzo-"W9 . . . dze, v. to let alone. 



dzo-'WO-lo-'W9, v. to release, dismiss. 



dzu, V. to be toorm-eaten, as wood; to take up a 

 tting. 



dzfl, v. to cast, to throw ; to surpass. In compa- 

 rison, more, more than, above, very. (See Gram. 

 § 207.) 



dzu-ba, V. to respect, to remember with gratitude. 



dzu-di-dzu-di, adv. confusedly, applied to the 

 mind. 



dzii-fu, n. an armlet. 



dzu-ku, n. tobacco of native manufacture. 



dzu-in5, adv. together. 



dzu-n6, V, to throw away, to lose, to be lost. 



dzu-re, v. to point, direct, show how to do, 



dzu-"w6 (6w6), V. to beckon. 



E. 



e, a prefix, having the power of&. 



e, interrog. what ? which ? C ti ^e ? why ? 



d, adv. and prefix, in-, un- : hmh, unknown ; 6 

 dara, not good. 



§, pron. him, her, it, after a verb ending in ' e ' ; as, 

 se e, do it, kpo e, call him. 



6-be, n. a hill to plant yams in : k6 5be, to make 

 yam-hills. 



e-be, n. yam-parings : fl ebe fu eraij, give the yam- 

 peelings to the goat. 



e-bi, n. a journey : mo vh ebi, / went a journey. 



e-bl, n. hunger : ebi kpa, hunger afects ; ebi gkpa 

 mi, / am hungry ; ebi ko kpa 9, thou art not 

 hungry. 



e-bi, n. vomit. 



6-bi, n. a question, interrogation : bi i It h\>\, ask 

 him. 



e-bi-ll-si, n. a demon, the devil. 



6-bo, n. a binding ; a species of fig-tree, 



e'-bo-lo, n. a pot-herb. 



e-bu, n. a crossing ; a curse, abuse. 



e-bu, 71. mildew. 



d-bu, n. small yams to plant, yam-plantings, 



e'-bu-te, n. a landing-place, wharf: omi bo ebute 

 m9le, the water covers the wharf. 



e-de, n. a crawfish, a prawn. 



6-de, n. a language, a nation : emi 9 gbo fede rB, / 

 do not understand thee. 



e-di, n. a deficiency. 



e-dl, n. a cause, origin. See idi. 



6-di, n, a binding, a bond. 



e-dl-di, n. a stopper, a cork; a bundle, parcel. 



§-do-16, n. the horise-cricket. 



e-dfi, n. charcoal. 



e-dza-n6, n. passion, intense feeling, 



e-dz§, num, seven, 



e-dzi, nmn. two. 



6-dzi (Egba), n. rain. 



6-dzi-kfi, n. the shoulder. 



6-dzi-kar), n. a thief, a robber. 



e-dzi-lfi, num. twelve. 



6-dzo, n. a snake : edio li oro, the snake is poi- 

 sonous. 



e-dzo-no (ino), n. an intestinal worm. 



e-dzu-dzu, n. a kind of fan. 



e-ga-ke, e-gi-ni, n. a tickling ; mah rir) 9m9 II 

 cgakc, do not tickle the child. 



e-gba-y a, n. a pole tied across rafters. 



e-gbe, n. profit ; vindication ; contiguity. 



e-gb§, n. loss, perdition : egbe ni fa o ! damn thee ! 



e-gbe-re, n. a kind of evil spirit. 



e-gbir), n. a kind of antelope. 



