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ya-za'-za, v. a. to lick or wash with the mouth, 

 as a cat. 



ya-zim', cant, of yaiipa ; yaiim iyeya. 



ya-zim'-zi-pa, v. red. of yaiipa. 



ya-zi'-pa, v. a. to bite or pinch with the teeth, 

 bite, as bugs or mosquitoes; to sting, as one's 

 foot asleep, — mdazipa, mayazipa. 



ya-zo', V. a. to blow on an instrument, play on a 

 fife or flute, — mdaio, daio, uijyaiopi. 



y a-zo'-kl-y a, v. a. to cause to blow on an instru- 

 ment, — yaiowakiya. 



ya-zo'-ya, v. a. to make blow a fife or fiute, — 

 yaiowaya. 



ya-zui)', V. a. to pull up by the roots with the 

 mouth, as birds do corn, — mdazur). 



ya-zu'-zu, v, a. to tear down or tear to pieces 

 with the mouth ; to refute or demolish, as an 

 argument, — mdazuiu. 



ye, intj. oh ! expressing fear. 



ye, a precatory form of the imperat. sing. ; used by 

 women and not unfrequently by men also ; as, 

 eco]g ye. 



ye, a particle, which often follows at the close of a 

 sentence to give emphasis to what is said. It is 



' used by the women as ' do ' is by the men ; as, 

 waijna mduteq ye, / have already finished. 

 Sometimes this is used by the men, and is not 

 unfrequently followed by ' do ;' as, ecamo^ yedo, 

 mai:u yedo. 



ye, pron. 2d pers. compounded of ' ya ' and ' ki ;' 

 as in yeksuya, of kiksuya. 



ye'-ga, v. n. to shine, glitter. 



yefi., cont. of yega. 



yeh-ya', v. a. to cause to shine, to make shine, — 

 yehwaya. 



yeh-ye'-ga, v. red. of yega ; to glisten, twinkle, 

 sparkle. 



ye-ki'-yei, v. a. of ya ; to cause to go, to send, 

 drive ; to extend to, as the hand ; nape yewakiya. 



ye-ki'-ya, v. a. to win, gain any thing in 

 gaming, obtain any thing staked, — yewakiya. 



ye-si', V. a. to command to go, to send, — ^yewasi. 



ye-ya', v. a. to cause to go, to send ; to extend to. 



ye-ye', v. to be, exist. 



yo-tar)'-ka, f. «. to sit; suktaijka akan yotaijka 

 and ixivik akan yotagka, to ride on horseback, — 

 mdotaqka. 



ya, a causative prefix. It expresses the idea of 

 causation in some way not conveyed by 'ba,' 

 ' bo,' ' ka,' ' na,' ' pa,' and ' ya ;' as, yunaiii), to 

 cause to stand or to lift up ; yukakiia, to cause 

 to suffer. As a prefix to adjectives, and some- 

 times nouns, it forms verbs of them, and means 

 to make or cause to be; as, yuwa^te, to make 

 good. 



yu, or yur), intj. Said when one is hurt, ugh ! 

 3ru-a'-dos-do-za-se-i-ye-ya, v. a. to injure 



one^s feelings in any way. 

 3ru.-a'-ka-Rpa, v. yuakahpa ic'u, to draw any 



thing over one, as a blanket turned down. 

 jru-a'-kan, v. yuakan hiyuya, to cause to come up 



to the top. 

 yu-a'-ka-za-mni, v. a. to open out, uncover: 



yuakazamni iyeya. 

 jru-a'-ki-Rar), v. a. to cause to starve, — mduaki- 



hai). 

 3ru.-a'-ki-pam, adv. separately : yuakipam ehna- 



ka, to separate, divide. 

 yu-a'-ki-pa-pam, adv. red. of yuakipam. 

 yu-a'-ki-pas, cont. of yuakipaia ; crossing each 



other ; in bows : yuakipas icu, to tie in a bow- 

 knot. 

 yu-a'-ki-pa-za, v. a. to place across, — mduaki- 



paia. See yuakipas. 

 yii-a'-mda-ya, v. a. to make level on, — mdua- 



mdaya. 

 yu-a'-o-pte-ea, v. a. to make less, — mduaopteda. 

 yu-a'-o-pten, cont. of yuaopteca ; yuaopten 



iyeya. 

 yu-a'-O-pte-tu, v. a. to make less, lessen, — mdu- 



aoptetu. 

 yu-a'-o-pte-tu-ya, adv. lessening. 

 3ru.-a'-sa-pa, v. a. to defile, — mduadapa. 

 yu-a'-sda-ya, v. a. to uncover, expose. 

 yu-a'-ska-dai), v. a. to make near, to bring 



near, — m d uaskadai) . 

 3ru.-a'-ska-ke, v. See yua^kadai). 

 yu-a'-zi, v. a. to run aground, as a boat, pull 



ashore, — mduazi. 

 yu-ba'-ga, v. a. to twist, roll, turn, as the hands 



in running, — mdubaga. 

 yii-bas', cont. of yubaza ; yubas iyeya. 

 yu-bas'-'ba-za, v. red. of yubaza. 

 yii-bas'-ya, adv. in a twisting manner ; vexing. 

 yu-ba'-za, v. a. to twist or turn, as the hands 



in running ; to vex, tease, annoy, and continue to 



do so, — mdubaza. 

 3ru-be', V. a. Same as yumaij. 

 3ru-bo'-sdan, v. yubosdan ehde, to set up on end. 

 yu-bo'-sda-ta, v. a. to set upright, — mdubo- 



sdata. 

 yu-bu', V. a. to make a drumming noise, — 



mdubu. 

 yu-bu'-bu, V. red. of yubu. 

 yu-bu '-y a, adv. in a drumming manner. 

 3ru-ear)', v. a. to sift, shake in a sieve, — mduc'ai), 



duc'ai), ui)c'ai)pi. 

 yu-ear)'-ear), v. a. to make shake, — mducaijc'ai). 

 yu-car)'-nan, v. yucaiinan iyeya, to push out 



into the stream. 



