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EDi; 



S-riq. See cri. 



e-rirj-mi (omi), n. the river-horse, hippopotamus. 

 e-ro, n. a caravan ; a nit. 

 e-r6, n. a percussion-cap, a lucifer match. 

 6-ro, n. consideration ; a relation or telling ; a de- 

 vice, thought.  

 e-ro, n. a funnel, lamp-filler. 

 e-rtl, n. deceit, craft. 

 5-ru, n. ashes, lime, ash color. 

 e-ru-ku-ku, n. the tame pigeon. 

 e'-ru-kpe, n. dust, earth. 

 e-rur), n. an ant. 

 e-sa, n. a small red ant. 

 e-se, n. a cat ; the butter-tree nut. 

 §-se, n. preparation for the future, providence. 

 6-se, n. paint, color. 



e-si, n. a reply. 



e-SO, n. frxiit, a seed-vessel of any kind. 



e-s5l), n. accusation, a suit at laio. 



e-su, n. jasper, camelian. 



§-SU, M. a payment to the funds of a club. 



e-stl, n. sugar-cane grass. 



e'-su-e, n. nausea : kpa li csue, to nauseate. 



e-su-ru, n. a small bitterish yam. 



e-SU-SU, n. a leech. 



e-se, n. gleaning. 



e-S§, adv. why ? 



h-hi, n. a mistake, accident, error. 



e-siri-sir), w. a fiy. 



e-stl, n. a locust, the white ant when winged. 



6-SU, n. the devil, Satan. 



e-su-su. See esusu. 



e-su-"wa, n. former times. 



e-ta, n. dry bran ; soreness of the gums. 



e-te, m. a lip ; intention, thought, device, 



e-t§, M. a fragment, morsel. 



e-ti, n. an ear ; edge, proximity : fi cti si ti emi, 

 . hear m£ ; eti igor), a corner, angle. 



e-ti-le (ile), n. vicinity, nearness : 6 wa li etile, he 

 was near. 



e-ti-ri, n. numbness. 



e-ti-ri, adv. why ? See eyi. 



e-ti-he, adv. ivhy? what for? 



e-tu, n. lohich is loosed, stripped off ; a discovery. 



e-tu, n. an old farm nearly worn out. 



6-tu-tU, n. pacification, reconciliation. 



e-'We, n. childhood, youth, a child. 



e-vrfe, n. a leaf, herb. 



e-TVfe-b^ (^be), n. an esculent herb of any kind. 



e-we-ke-Ave, n. a leaf or herb of any kind. 



e-wS-ko (oko), n. a garden herb of any kind. 



e-Avi, n. insanity. 



e-'Wd, pron. which ? what ? why ? 



e-AWO, n. time, season : ewo odzo, the rainy season. 



6-W9, n. prohibition, something prohibited. 



e-VTU, n. danger : di ewu, to be or become dan- 

 gerous. 



e-"WTi, n. grey hair. 



^-"WU-tSl, n. a kind of soft yam. 



g-vru-rS, n. a goat. 



S-wu-ro, n. a pot-herb. 



e-yi, e-yi-yi, pron. this : cyi ti, this or that which ; 

 eyi na, this, that, the same ; cyi ti ri ? why ? 



e-yi-ni, pron. that : cyini ni, that is, 



e-yir). See eliiij. 



e-yl-ta-"wl-yi (ti a), adv. just now, straightway, 

 directly, immediately. 



e-yo, M. a pod of okra, 



E. 



e, a prefix. See a. 



e, adv. yes. See he. 



§, ^071. ye, you. 



^, pron. him, her, it. 



e-l)a, n. nearness, proximity to the ground : li eba, 



by (if near the ground). See leba. 

 e-'ba-dd (odo), n. the water-side, shore. 

 6-be, n. entreaty, supplication. 

 e-bl, n. fault, guilt, condemnation. 

 e-M-ri, n. a large quiver. 

 e-bi-ti, n. a trap, an insecure crag, or the like. 

 e-bo, n. a sacrifice : ebo alakoto, the sacrifice in the 



basket or vessel, i. e. a human sacrifice. 

 E-bo-r9, n. a name q/"Egui)gui). 

 &-b6-t9, n. coto-dung. 

 e-bu, n. an abode ; a kiln, a furnace, 

 e-bti, n. a crosswise direction. 

 e-bur). See ebu. 

 S-b€ir), n. a gift, present. 

 6-bu-ru, n. a back door or passage. 

 e-da, n. afiower. 

 e-dfi, n. a creature ; instinct, natural pi^operties, 



nature ; creation ; a kind of rat ; interest on 



money : se eda, to create. 

 e-dS.-16 (il6), n. a deceiver, traitor. 

 e-dar), n. the Ogboni staff. 

 6-de, n. which is soft, ripe, slack. 

 e-df-gba-rir), num. seven thousand. 

 e-di-n6-gur), nmn. sixteen. 

 e-d6-gur), num. fifteen. 

 e-d.6, n. the liver ; resolution, firmness : ed6 fofo, 



irascibility. 

 e-dor), n. a kind of monkey. 

 e-d6r), n. sweetness; grief (aoo doq) ; a hatchet ; 



a proper name frequently given to one of twins : 



imi edfti), a sigh. 

 e-dza, n. a fish. 

 edze, M. blood : eni edie, a bloody or bloodthirsty 



man. 



