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hfi. . . . ni6, V. to lock up, imprison. 



ha . . . m6-ra (ard), v. to gird ; to he armed, har- 



h^-na, n. to he crazy, to act the madman. 



hfi-na-ha-na, n. roughness. 



ha-nta, adv. scrawnihj : 6 ril hanta, he is very 

 lean. 



ha-ntu, ha-ntu-ru (Hausa), v. to write. 



hai), V. to scrape, to he worn out, as land ; to scream. 



hdl), V. to appear, become visible ; to draw out a nail ; 

 to hang up. 



hM) . . . 16-in6 (li), v. to maltreat. 



ha-ri (ori), v. to do homage, to worship, to reve- 

 rence ; to share. 



hau I See ho. 



he, V. to pick up things scattered. 



he . . . so, V. to collect news to tell, to pick up crude 

 knowledge, to smatter. 



he-'WTi (own), V. to grow grey-headed. 



he, adv. yes (addressed by females to superiors). 



hee, n. malignant envy. 



he-le, adv. pantingly. 



he-yi, adv. used for he by males. 



hi-ha, n. narrowness. 



hi-hil, n. conduct, behavior. 



h6, v. to boil, ferment, lather, foam ; to shout, roar, 

 hoot at ; to peel, strip : ho iho, to make a noise ; 

 ddio i)h6 b6, the rain is close at hand, lit. roaring 

 to come. 



ho-kui), V. to shout, applaud. 



h6-16, V. to salute by acclamation. 



h6, V. to he narrow ; to peel or pare ; to scratch ; 

 to move hastily ; to retreat. 



h6, k6, adv. not : eyi h6 ! is it not this ? 



ho ! h9-hu ! an exclamation of contempt or of op- 

 position. 



ho-ho, m. a kind of crow. 



hoi). See huij. 



h6r), V. to itch, be irritable. 



hdr), V. to caiv : kanakana die, 6 yo, a h6i), the 

 crow has eaten, he is full, he caws. 



hor)-rur), v. to snore. 



ho., V. to pull up by the roots, to disinter. 



h\l, V. to moulder, rot ; to be feeble ; to germinate, 

 come up, as a plant ; to behave ; to occur, to come 

 into notice, to he notable, distinguished: lailai li 6 

 hvi, he flourished in ancient times. 



hu-ko (oko), V. to produce herbs, as the earth ; to 

 spring up. 



hu-ko, V. to cough. 



hu-m6, V. to meditate, devise, originate an idea or 

 notion. 



htlr), V. to grunt. 



hd-vrS. (iwa), v. to behave, to conduct oneself. 



hu-ye (iye), v. to be fledged, feathered. 



i, a preflx forming nouns of action, and occasionally 

 other nouns from verbs ; as, iba, a meeting, from 

 ba, to meet. It is also used with the subjunctive 

 mode. 



i, pron. he, she, it. 



% pron. him, her, it. 



i, adv. not : odudua igba nla medii, 4 de i ^i, the 

 universe is two large calabashes, which are shut 

 and can not he opened. 



i-ba, n. the act of meeting, &c. (see ba) ; a hiding, 

 an ambuscade ; a coincidence, a lucky hit. 



iba, aux. part. should, ought, might, suppose 

 that : iba se fenia, if he were a man ; awa iba ti 

 kpada, we might have returned ; iba de ! would 

 that ! if that ! 



i-ba. See ba. 



i-ba, n. fever : iba rise e, he is sick of a fever. 



i-ba-de, n. fltness, accordance. 



i-ba-di (id£), n. the hips or loins. 



i-ba-dze, «. a spoiling, corruption, injury. 



i-ba-dzo, n. a meeting with trouble, a difficulty, 



i-ba-fii). See bafi^. 



i-bai-ye-dze, n. mischief, a stirring up of strife. 



i-ba-ka, n. a mule. 



i-ba-ka'-si-e, n. a camel. 



i-ba-kpa-de, n. a chance meeting. 



i-ba-le (ilS), n. quietness, contentment ; the train 

 or tail of a loose garment ; a throwing or casting : 

 ibale oko, a stone's throw. 



i-ba'-lo-gur), n. a military officer. See baloguij. 



i-ba-16h, n. accom2}animent, attendance. 



i-ba-in6-le, n. an ambuscade. 



i-ba-nte, n. an apron. 



i-bfi-ra, n. the passage of migratory birds : awodi 

 loh Ibara, the hawks are gone to Jbara. 



i-ba-re, n. friendship, alliance. 



i-ba-r6, n. consultation. 



i-ba-so-kp6, «. a talking together, conference. 



i-ba-so-rui), n. a prime minister. 



i-ba-tar), n. a relative, kinsman. 



i-ba-"wi, n, a judging, rebuke. 



i-be-dzi (bi edii), n. twins. , 



i-be-kpe-dze, n. perjury. 



i-bfe-re, n. an inquiry. 



i-b6, adv. that place, yonder, there : nib|, there ; 

 sib§, to there, yet ; niha ibe, near there. 



i-b^-be, n. entreaty, supplication. 



i-be-kpe, ». a pawpaw. 



i-be-re, n. a stooping ; a beginning, commencement. 



i-be-ru, n. fear, dread, a fearing. 



i-be-ru-bo-dzo (ba odio), n. fear and trem- 

 bling. 



