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gTjO-ro, w, a kind of snare. 



gb6-ro, V. to he narrow. 



gljo-ro, V. to he wide. 



gbd-rur) (gb6 oruri), v. to smell, lit. to hear a 



scent. 

 gblS, V. to hear, heed : gb6 ti, to hearken. 

 gbb, V. to flourish, as a plant. 

 gbo-do (gba edo), v. to dare, presume : b gbodo, 



k6 gbodo, no, not (emphatic). 

 gl39-g9-do, adv. (falling) with a crash. 

 gbo-hir) (ibii)), v. to hear news. 

 gbg-hur) (61iui)), v. to hear a voice, to hear. See 



gbbhuT). 

 gb6-kar)-l§. See gbSkele. 

 gbb-ko (gba), v. to be navigahle. 

 gbor), V. to he deep, great. 

 gb6r), V. to he wise, cunning ; to strike ; to hale out 



water. 

 gbbr), V. to sliake ; to move to tears, to he in dis- 

 tress, to sling a stone, to cast, throw. 

 gborj-gboi), n. depth ; — adv. headlong. 

 gbor)-gbor)-gbor)-gbor), adv. clumsily. 

 gb6-rar) (Sraij), v. to hear a cause, to hear. 

 gbo-ro, n. greens of squash-leaves. 

 gb6-ro, V. to be long and slender. 

 gbu-ro (gb6 iro), v. to hear of. 

 gbu-ru, adv. violently (raining). 

 ge (Egba for ke), v. to cut. 

 ge, n. a kind of cloth. 

 ge-ge, n. a lot : ie gcge, to cast lots. 

 gb'-ge-le, n. a bank of earth, a furrow. 

 ge-gur), n. a curse. 

 ge-le, n. a handkerchief. 



gS-le, V. to be elevated, raised above the surface. 

 ge, adv. exactly. 

 ge-de-ge-de, n. dregs, sediment. 

 ge-ge, adv. even so, well : gege bi, even as. 

 gS-ge, n. a wen. 

 ge-ne-ge-ne, n. dilatoriness : it genegene, to be 



dilatory. 

 ge-re-ge-re, adv. in a lambent manner, as flame. 

 ge-re-ge-re, n. descent, slope, or brow of a hill. 

 ge-sir) (guq eiiri), v. to mount, to ride. 

 gi-di, a pleonasm in tlic Egba dialect : libisi 6 jgloh 



gidi, whither art thou going ? 

 gl-di-gl-di, adv. very much. 

 gl-di-gl-ni, n. tumult, uproar. 

 gi-ga, n. height. 



gi-ga-gi-ga, n, great height ; — adv. loftily. 

 gi-gai), n. which is pierced or to be pierced. 

 gi-gar), n. which is despised. (Acts 19, 27.) 

 g^-gi, gi-gi-le (ile). See g^gele. 

 gi-gi-e-se, n. the heel. 



gi-go, w. which is slender ; which is putzling. 

 gi-gd, n. which is stupid, awkward. 



gi-gui), n. which is long ; which is to be ridden. 



(Acts 23, 24.) 

 giQ-gU), n. a very little quantity or thing. 

 gi-ri, gi-ri-gi-ri, adv. closely, firmly, diligently. 

 gl-ri-gl-ri, n. a corn cob. 

 go-go, n. sharp 2>oints ; — adv. sharply, severely: 



ar4 mi bar) gogo, I am lean. 

 g6-ke (gw)), go-ri, v. to go up, mount, ascend. 

 gor)-go, V. to he sharp, acute. 

 go-ri. See goke. 

 go-ro, adv. shrilly. 



go, V. to he long and slender, to stoop, to hide. 

 g6, V. to puzzle, perplex. 

 gd, V. to be stupid, awkward. 

 go-go, V. a horse's mane; a stick with a hook at the 



end, for plucking fruit from trees; a child'' s play 



of lots. 

 go-go-'WTi, n. a sheet. 

 goi-goi, adv. sluggishly. 

 go-mbo, n. a table-spoon. 

 gox)-gov), V. to be prominent, as the eyes ; to be 



large, as a bird's beak. 

 gor)-gor), gor)-gor)-gor)-gor), n. a height, a steep. 

 gu. See gui). 



gu-de-gu-de, n. cloudiness. 

 gti-du-gd-du, n. scrambling : ie gudugudu, to 



scramble; — adv. entirely. (Gen. 31, 15.) 

 gCl-du-gll-du, n. a poisonous wild yam. 

 gu-fe, v. to belch. 



gu-na (Il9rii)), n. the esculent watermelon. 

 gu-nu-gu-nu, n. a buzzard. 

 gUT), V. to climb, to ride ; to be long. 

 gux), V. to encamp ; to land, as a boat ; to pond, as 



water. 

 gtU), V. to strike against, pound, stab, pierce : guggi 



(igi) fo, to be torn or broken, as a bush in travelling. 

 gui)-le (il&), V. to land, to run aground. 

 gui)-r9r), V. to recline. 



gur)-'wa, V. to put on stately dress, to sit in state. 

 gui)-ye (iye), v. to he fledged, feathered. 

 gvl-SU (Hausa), n. the south. 



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ha, V. to scrape, scratch, bruise. 



hfi., V. to lock, to wattle, to be entangled, crowded, 

 narrow. 



hfi, an expletive auxiliary. 



hS, n. astonishment : ha ie woij, they were asto- 

 nished. 



ha ! interj. denoting wonder. 



ha-ha, n. a blade of corn, fodder. 



ha-kur) (ekuij), v. to shut a door. 



ha . . . la-ye (li), v. to throng, crowd. 



hfi.-16 (ile), V. to boast. 



