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ei-ye-le (ilc), n. a pigeon ; lit. house-bird. 



e-ka-do-rir), num. the seventieth. 



e-ka-do-rur), num. • the ninetieth. 



e-ka-do-ta, num. tlie fiftieth. 



e-ke, n. the cheek, the jaw-bone. 



e-ke-dzo, num. the eighth. 



e-ke-rir), num. the fourth. 



e-ke-sar), tium. the ninth. . 



e-ke-ta, num. the third. 



e-k&-"wa, num. the tenth. 



e-ko-kar)-la, num. the eleventh. 



e-ku, «. a running plant. 



e-ktl-ku, n. a very viscous j^lant. 



e-le-TJU, n. one who owns or occupies a house, or a 

 kiln for making oil or burning earthen-ware. 



e-le-gbe i-na, n. companion of fire, a bird which 

 liovers over the fire (to catch insects) when the 

 prairie is burning. 



e-le-yii)-dz<l (eyii) odiu), n. a person with pro- 

 minent eyes, pop-eyed.  



e-li-ri, e-lu-ru, n. a mouse. 



e-lu i-'wa-se, n. the small-leaved indigo, an her- 

 baceous plant much like the American indigo. 



e-lu o-gbo, n. the broad-leaved indigo, a small tree 

 with very long virgate branches. The fine indigo 

 of Sudan is the product of this plant. 



e-mo, w. a kind of brown rat. 



e-rir)-di-16-gur), num. sixteen. 



6-rir)-di-16-gb9r), num. twenty-six. 



e-rtl, 71. a kind of spice, nsed as medicine. 



E-ru-mu, n. {caught by deceit), a town east of 

 Ibadajq. 



e-rur), n. a medicinal tree. A fumigation of the 

 bark is employed to drive away evil spirits. 



e-t9., n. a kind of leopard. 



S-"wa, n. grain, i. e. corn of any kind ; a mixture 

 of boiled com and beans. 



e-"WTl-ru, n. a int-fall covered tvith earth. 



e-yir), «. that ^ohich protrudes or is prominent. 



e-ylr), n. charcoal. 



e-yir)-dztl, n. the eyeball. 



F. 



f3.-ti, adv. freely, leisurely, greatly. See fa. 



£6-11-1)4-16, V. See foribale. 



f6-ri-bo, V. See foribo. 



f6-ri-ti, V. See foriti. 



fo-ti-si (fi), V. to put the car to, to listen attentively, 



to hearken. 

 fi-la, n. a cap. 



fi . . . se-sir), v. to put to shame, to shame, disgrace. 

 fo-ri-si (fi), V. to pay attention to, to apply the 



mind to. 



fq ... kpe-te-kpe-te, v. to destroy. 



fo . . . rau-raio, fo . . . ru-ru, fo . . . tu-tu, v. to 



destroy entirely. 



iq . . . y9.r)-yai), v. to break to pieces, to smash. 



f9-nu, n. an elastic wood used for bows, 



fp-nu (enu), v. to boast, brag. 



fo-'w6-l§ (fi), V. to place the hand on ; to under- 

 take. 



fU-la, n. a kind of beer. See fura. 



fu-lS-fu.-16 (fu il|, for the earth), adv. freely, co- 

 piously. 



fu-15-f9-l9-rui), fur)-le-fu-l9-rur), adv. (lit. for 

 the earth and for God), of one's own accord, freely, 

 of choice. 



fur)-kur), f9r)-kur), v. to discharge mucus. 



G. 



ga-ga-dz6, n. a tree which grows near the water. 

 gbft, V. to wrap up, to envelope. 

 gbfi. a-du-ra, v. (lit. to take prayer), to pray. 

 gb9. i-da-ra-ya, v. to take exercise or recreation. 

 gbil i-kpe, v. to take comfort, to be comforted. 

 gbe (to be), a pleonastic particle much used after 



adverbs and nouns of place ; as, nihiijyi li a gbe 



k6 ara wa {here it-is we to-be met selves our), we 



met here. 

 gbii)-gbi-nd6 (gbiijgbii) odo, planted by the water), 



a tree growing near streams which bears an esculent 



bean. 

 gbd-do-gi (gba odo igi), n. the name of a jdant. 



I. 



i-ba-dd (odo), n. the water's edge, coast, shore. 

 I-ba-dar) (iba odag), n. {the meeting of the woods 



tvith the pirairie), a large town fifty miles east of 



Abeokuta. 

 I-ba-ra (ba ra ?), n. a town near Abeokuta. 

 I-ba-ra-kpa, n. one of the Yoruba tribes, living 



west of Idzaye and south of Isaki. 

 I-b6, n. {who is peeled), a proper name. 

 I-bo-l9, n. one of the Yoruba tribes, in the N. E. of 



the kingdom. 

 I-d§, n, {hunting), a large town east o/"Ibadar). 

 I-d6, «. {camping), the name of a town. 

 i-dd-do, n. See adodo. 

 i-du-kpe, n. a thanking, thanks. 

 I-dzS.-kfl., n. {a fighting around), the name of two 



toions on the Yeriwa river, called Idzakokc or Idik- 



kauke (oke), upper Idzaka, and Idzakodo (odo), 



lower Idzaka. 

 I-di8.-16, 71. {a fighting for home), a town in Iketu. 



