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O-SO, n. a witch, sorcerer : ie oio si, to bewitch. 



0-S0-n6, n. an ill-natured person. 



O-SU, n. the new moon, a month. 



o-su-kpa, n. the moon. 



O-su-ma-re, n. a, rainbow, semicircle. 



o-su-me-re, n. a lily. 



O-SU-SU, «. a grove, thicket : kpa oAu^u, to form a 

 grove, to stand in a grove. 



6-su-'wor), n. a measure, a weight. 



O-td., n. a seller. 



O-te, n. the corner of a house. 



O-ti-tO, n. truth : otito idi, the true cause or reason. 



O-to-lo, w. a hind of antelope. 



O-to-si. See osise. 



6-t6, n. truth. 



o-tor)-kpar)-yar), n. one who creates disturbance. 



O-tu, O-tu-tu, n. cold, a cold in the head. 



0-tu-ni5, o-tu'-di-md, n. a covenant-breaker. 



O-Ave, n. a proverb, a parable ; plumpness. 



O-'we-re, n. struggle, effort, wriggling, writhing. 



o-v?"i-"wl, n. an owl. 



0-"W0, n. a horn. 



O-WO, n. a boil. 



0-'w6, n. cowries, money : id owo, to make money. 



6-"WO, n. trade, traffic : se owo, to trade. 



©-■wd-bo-de, n. tax, customs. 



o-AVO-kaQ-ai-ya, n. the bosom. 



©-■wd-se (ise), n. wages. 



©-"wCl, n. cotton, thread ; jealousy. 



S-AVU-rb, n. morning. 



O-'WU-SU-'WU-su, n. fog, gloomy weather. 



O-ya, n. that which separates, a comb. 



O-ye, n. a number : li ariij melo ? how often ? nwoij 

 k6 li oye gba, tkey set no number (of times). 



0-y6, n. understanding, intellect : oye ye mi, I un- 

 derstand ; k6 li oye, he has no sense. 



d-ye, n. a title of honor, office : die oye, to hold an 

 office. 



O-yi, n. giddiness : oyi r)kpa mi loh, / am dying 

 of vertigo. 



0-yi-b6, 0-i-b6, n. a white 7nan. 



O-yirj, n. a honey-bee, honey : oy'iri \gax), wild honey ; 

 oyiq alugbe, bees in a hive. 



O-yo, n. a small owl. 



O-yQr), "n. pregnancy ; a hand-saw : li oyuij, to con- 

 ceive, to be 2)regnant. 



o. 



O, ])ron. thou. 



6, pron. lie, she, it. 



5, adv. not. 



§, aux. part, shall, will. 



O-ba, n. a king ; father, sire : Oba Ogo, Ood. 



O-ba-kar), n. a father's kinsjKople. 



9-ba-le, n. prostration. 



0-bfi.r)-gi-dzi, n. the Lord, the Almighty. 



O-ba-ta-lS., n. the origirmting god (an androgyne), 



the generative principle. 

 o-ba-ra, n. cord, pack-thread. 

 9-b§, n. a knife. 

 9-b&, n. sauce, hash, soup. 

 O-be-do, n. green scum on loater (lemna) ; hence, 



green color. 

 o-bo, n. a baboon. 

 9-b6, n. coarse white cloth. 

 5-b9i), n. a filthy person, sloven. 

 9-b9r)-b9r)', n. an umbrella ; a beetle (insect). 

 9-bo-r9, n. which is plain (not marked). 

 O-dfi, n. drought, dearth, need ; old ale : od4 da 



nyii) ? do you need anything ? 

 6-da, n. wax. 



9-da-dz<l (d4 odiu), n. one toho is shameless. 

 o-dai), n. an inconsistent story ; a vain talker. 

 9-dfi.i3, n. a species of fig-tree. 

 6-dar), n. a prairie. 

 q-de,n. a hunter: de ode, to hunt for; oLui) ode, 



prey. 

 9'-de-de, n. a piazza. 



9-di-a-kpa-sa, n. a remnant of cloth in the loom. 

 o-Ag, n. presence of a living being .• li odo, si odo, ti 



9do ; see lod9, sodo, todo : lati odo, from. 

 9-d6, n. the young of domestic animals : odo agu- 



ta^, a lamb. 

 g-dg-dvLT), n. every year, yearly : li od9duri li A ri i, 



we see it every year. 

 g-Agi), 9-dur), n. cloth of palm-leaf fibres. 

 9-dtlr), n. a year. 



9-dzfi, n. a band, a girth ; that which is broken off. 

 5-dza, n. a market, merchandise, 

 o-dze-hur), n. a glutton. 

 o-dz6, n. time, a day : odi6 ale, afternoon ; odi6 



ibi, n. birthday ; odio idio, assembly-day ; odi6 



iwa, the day of being, the creation, beginning of the 



world ; odi6 isi, a notable day, an epoch. 

 5-dzo, n. a place of settlement, lodging-place : so . . . 



li 6dzo, to set or place. (Gen. 1, 17.) 

 9-dz9-dz9, n. every day, daily. 

 9-dz6-dz9-dz6, n. many days, old times. 

 g-dig-'k.a.-rii), n. noon. 

 o-fa, num. one hundred and twenty. 

 b-fL, n. an arrow, a pledge, a paion ; the stale of 



being in pawn. 

 6-fe ! an exclamation of those who carry a corpse 



through the street. 

 9-f§, n. gratuity, gratis. 

 b-fe, n. the dawn, a gentle breeze. 

 O-fe-re, w. the being nearly, the being almost. 

 9-fii), n. a pit to catch a thief or beast, pit-fall. 

 o-f5, n. a squabble, palaver. 



