LES 



56 



LUK 



le . . . S0-n6, v. to drive away in theft. 



16 . . . se, V. to compel : 6 le mi ^o e, he compelled 

 me to do it. 



le-ti (li, to have), v. to be obedient, docile, 



le-ti (li, on), prep. by. 



le-vru (li), V. to be grey-haired. 



le, V. to be sluggish, lazy. 



le, V. to be evening ; to lay one thing lightly on an- 

 other, to engraft, transplant : al& le, it is evening 

 (nearly dark). 



IS, V. to replenish, to patch ; to be elastic, pliable ; 

 to be strong, as the wind. 



15, for nil6, adv. down, on the ground. 



le-ba (li), prep, by, at, dtc. ; by the side of, applied 

 to tilings near the ground. 



le-lje, n. anything narrow and flat, a fin. 



If-bu-lf-bu, n. new ashes. 



le-he, adv. well, thaCs right. 



le-hir) (li), prep, and adv. after, behind, outside : 6 

 mhb lehii) wa, he is coming behind us. 



le-hir)-le-hir), adv. backwards. 



le-li&i), adv. once, first: lOkedzi, secondly; leme- 

 dii, twice ; lemeta, leketa, &c. 



16-1&, n. which is yielding, elastic, as air. 



le-rir)-kar). See Isk&ij. 



le-ro, V. to be skilful. 



le-ru (li), V. to be terrible, dreadful : ibi yi leru t6 ! 

 how dreadful is this place ! 



le-se-se, le-se-e-se, adv. in a row, in regular or- 

 der. 



le-se-kari-nfi., adv. immediately. 



le-S9-le-SO, adv. carefully, strictly. 



le-"WTi, «. down at the foot of palm leaves, used for 

 tinder. 



11, euphonic for ni, to be, to have, to say. See ni. 



11-1)1-81 1 (ibi), adv. where ? 



11-1)0 ? (li), adv. where ? 



li-dze-ta (li), adv. three days ago. 



li-kpo (li), prep, for, instead of. 



11-le, 11-le-ll-le, n. which is hard, violent, strong. 



11-li, n. a kind of porcupine. 



li-li-ll, adv. by littles, scatteringly. 



16, V. to use ; to bend, to be elastic : 16 gbo, to wear 

 out ; 16 . . . ni mim6, to use sacredly, to sanctify. 

 (Ex. 20, 8.) 



16-l)0-t'Q-dze, n. the physic-nut (curcans). 

 lo-de (li), adv. outside. 

 lo-di (li), adv. contrarily. 

 16-do (li), ado. below. 

 lo-dzi-dzi, adv. suddenly, abruptly. 

 lo-dzo (li), V. to be timid, cowardly. 

 lo-dzo-dzu-in6, adv. daily. 



lo-dzH (li), V. to be attentive, observant : oral) mi 

 lodzfi, 7ny affairs are j>rosperous, in good condition. 

 lo-dzH, prep, before, in the presence of. 



lo-dzH-karj-nfi, adv. immediately. 

 lo-dztl-rS-re, adv. favorably, graciously. 

 16-ke (li), adv. above, up, on, beyond. 

 lo-ki-ti, n. a false-bottomed vessel for straining 



jMtash. 

 lo-ni (li), adv. to-day. 

 Id ... nl-inl-in6, v. See 16. 

 lo-ri (li), prep, on, upon. 

 16-rl, V. to whirl. 

 lo-ru (li), adv. by night. 

 lo-SO, V. to squat like a dog, to crouch. 

 16-ti-t6 (li), adv. truly. 

 16-t6 (li), adv. truly, verily. 

 lo-ytir) (li), V. to conceive, be pregnant. 

 lo, v. to play a stringed instrument. 

 lo, V. to be lukewarm. 

 16, V. to engraft, to transplant ; to wring, to grind ; 



to be twisted, crooked, contrary ; to wrest the mean- 

 ing of one's words ; to cry lost goods ; to investigate, 



compare. 

 lo-do (li), prep, by, with, among. (Gen. 24, 40.) 

 lo-do-dur) (li), adv. yearly. 

 lo-dzo-dzo (li), adv. daily. 

 15-fe, adv. early in the morning. 

 lo-gar) (li), adv. instantly, immediately. 

 16h, to go, used adverbially in the sense oioff, away : 



gbe e loh, take it away, pleonastic after dzA, very ; 



as, dara dzil loh, very good. 

 lo-hur) (li), adv. yonder. 

 lo-ko-kar) (li), prep, towards, opposite to. 

 lo-kpo-k6, V. to grow, fill up, as an ear of corn. 

 lo-lS. (li), adv. to-morrow. 

 I0-I6, adv. lately. 

 lo . . . lo-ror), V. to strangle, choke. 

 lo-ra (li), V. to be slow, to linger. 

 lo-ro (li), V. to be rich. 

 15-rO (li), V. to be eloquent. 

 lo-sar) (li), adv. by day, at noon. 

 lo-SO (li), V. to be adorned, wnamented. 

 lo-to (li), V. to be distinct, separate, different. 

 lO-AWO, prep, from : yi 6 b5re re I9W9 ^yii), he will 



demand it of or from you ; a, se e lowo mi, it was 



done by me. 

 lo-"WO-10-"WO. See lolo. 

 lo-'WO-WO, adv. lukewarmly : — n. lukewarm- 



ness. 

 lu, v. to bore, to scuttle ; to be discovered. 

 l<i, V. to mingle, adulterate. 

 ICl, V. to strike, knock ; to make a move, as in chess ; 



to beat a drum, to play a stringed instrument : sk 



111, tofiee against. (Ex. 14, 27.) 

 lil . . . l)0-le, V. to beat down, destroy. 

 Ill . . . dza, V. to break into, as a house. 

 lu-ha, V. to be difficult, abstruse. 

 lu-k6-ro, V. to hint or insinuate against one. 



