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rtl, V. to bear, carry ; to be lean : rCl 16h, to remove 



a thing ; ril eb9, to offer a sacrifice. 

 ril-bo (ebo), v. to sacrifice. 

 ru-bu-tu, M. a writing, a manuscript. 

 ru-di (idl), V. to bud. 

 ru-du-ru-du, n. confusion. 

 ru-fir) (ofii)), V. to break the law, transgress. 

 rd-gu-du, V. to be thick and short. 

 ru-ke-ru-d6 (6ke odo), v. to make a tumult. 

 ru . . . lai-ya (li), v. to make one vomit. 

 ru-lu (ilu), V. to stir up the town, to cause sedition. 

 ru-lu-ru-lu, a-ru-lu, n. a seditious person. 

 ru-n6 (iiio), v. to be vexed, indignant. 

 rtir), V. to consume, destroy ; to break to pieces, to 



perish. 

 rClr), V. to stink ; to chew a stick, to rub the teeth 



with a stick. 

 i\ii)-lh (ile), V. to dig into a house, as thieves. 

 ru-ru, adv. confusedly. 

 ru-'we (ivve), v. to put forth leaves, flourish. 



s. 



sa ? adv. where ? 



sfi, V. to run, to flee, to fear ; to dry in the sun : sa 

 kuro nin6 or lod9, to flee from. 



8&,conj. for; — adv. now, only : s4gb6! hear now! 



S^ V. to aim or point at, as with a gun ; to attempt, 

 to make : st\ akpere, to make a model or pattern. 



sfi, adv. a lohile, for a time. 



sfi-ba (sill)), V. to sit, as a hen, to incubate. 



sa-di (idi), v. to take refuge under a persorCs pro- 

 tection. 



sa-ga-da-ga, v. to become a close conflict or battle. 



sfi.-ga-ti (aga), v. to encamp against, to cast up 

 works before a town, to besiege. 



sa-gba-ra-ka (so agbara ka), v. to fortify, espe- 

 cially with stockades. 



sa-gur) (ogui)), v. to make a charm. 



sa-ka-ni, n. the surrounding neighborhood. 



sfi.-ka-sfi.-ka, n. liay, dried provender. 



sa-kpa-mo, v. to abscond, hide. 



sa-kpa-ra, n. barren land. 



sa-kpe-re, v. to make a pattern, sign, or token. 



sa-ku-sa, n. a bird noted for its song. 



sa-la-hfi, sfi-la-lfi, n. a kind of apron. 



sfi. . . . la-mi (li), v. to set a mark or seal on. 



sa-lar)-ga, n. a privy. 



sa . . . 19-dza, V. to slip from the memory. 



sa-16h, V. to run away, desert. 



sa-ltl-bfi-ta, n. a sandal. 



sa-ma, n. See sarjma. 



sa-mi (ami), v. to mark, to make a sign on. 



sai), V. to be in health ; to pay, recompense, beneflt : 



sai) tele, to prepay ; sarj esai), to retaliate ; 6 sai) 



die, he is a Utile better ; aiya sar) woij, they prosper 



in the world. 

 sar), adv. loudly, vividly, straight forward. 

 Sfi-I), v. to gird, to tie around ; to crack, to split ; to 



thunder. 

 sar) -ma, n. a cloud. 

 sar)-ra (ar4), v. to be healthy, to be fat. 

 sar)-sar), adv. in strips or sVqys. 

 sar)-yai3, n. silk. 



sa-ra (si), prepi. on, in (after a verb of motion). 

 sa-ra, sa-ra-hfi, n. alms (Mohammedan), 

 sa-re (ire), v. to run. 

 Sfi-re, n. the square of a house. 

 sa-re-kpe-gbe, n. the messenger of a society, who 



calls the members together. 

 sa-ri, n. the Mohammedan meal before day during 



the fast. 

 Sfi-rir) (si), prep, in the midst, among (after a verb 



of motion). 

 sa-r6-ta, «. a cigar. 



sa-ru-ba, n. a border sewed to a blanket or sheet. 

 Sfi.-se, V. to make a feast. 

 sa-ta, n. a household, a group of buildings under 



one head man. 

 S&-"w6 ! interj. behold ! look ! 

 s6, V. to shut a door, to close up ; to be barren, to 



miss, in shooting. 

 s6, V. to cook, to dye cloth or leather. 

 se-bo (ihq, feeding), v. to grow fat, to be gross. 

 se-d6 (odo), v. to dam. 

 se-gi-ri (sa), v. to be chilly. 

 se-kpor), v. to be barren or unfruitful. 

 se . . . m6, V. to shut up, imprison. 

 se . . . mo-16, V. to shut in. 

 se-se, n. the stinging bean. 

 se-SO (so), V. to bear fruit. 

 se-si, adv. perhaps, haply. (Acts 5, 39.) 

 se, adv. emphatic and nearly expletive: as, i) 6 



dide se, / will arise (Luke 15, 18) ; 6 mb6 se o, 



he is really coming (' o ' pleonastic). 

 s6, V. to strain, as milk ; to deny : 6 s6 Oluvta r6, 



he denied his Lord. 

 s6, V. to distil, as dew, or water from the ground ; 



to quake, as the earth ; to interrogate, inquire. 

 se-gi, n. a kind of bead, ancient Egyptian beads 



dug from the earth at If§ and other places. 

 se-hir) (si), prep, behind, outside ; — adv. back, 



backward (after a verb of motion). 

 se-m.i (omi), v. to drip, to filter. 

 sS-mi (sir)), v. to preserve one's life or breath : 



Obrui) semi rg, God preserve thee! (said to supe- 

 riors). 

 sl, V. to be. 



