cutting tobacco: éan abakpay, @ 
tobacco board—abawakpan, abaya- 
kpan. 
a-ba’-ksa, v. a. (a and baksa) to 
cut off, as a stick, on anything, with 
a knife—abawaksa, abauyksapi. 
a-ba’-ksa-ksa, v._ red. of abaksa. 
a-ba’-k$ig, v. cont. of abaksiza: 
abakéig iyeya, to double or shut up, 
as a knife, on anything. 
a-ba’-k$i-za, v.a. (a and baksiza) 
to shut upon, as a pocket-knife— 
abawaksiza, abayaksiza. 
_a-ba’-ke-za, v. a. (a and bakeza) 
to split the feather end of a quill; to 
cut off, as the ribs of an animal on 
—abawakeza, abayakeza, abaun- 
kezapi. 
a-ba’-mda, v. a. (a and bamda) 
to cut in strips on—abawamda. 
a-ba’-mda-ya, v. a. (a and ba- 
mdaya) to smooth over by cutting 
with a knife, to shave off lumps on— 
abawamdaya. 
a-ba’-mda-za, v. a. (a and ba- 
mdaza) to cut or rip open on— 
abawamdaza, abayamdaza, abaun- 
mdazapi. 
-a-ba’-mde-éa, v. a. (a and ba- 
mdeéa) to break by cutting on any- 
thing, as something brittle; to cut up 
im pieces on—abawamdeéa, abaya- 
mdeéa, abaunmdeéapi. 
a-ba-mden, v. cont. of aba- 
mdeéa: abamden iyeya. 
a-ba’-mna, v. a. (a and bamna) 
to rip on, as with a knife—abawa- 
mina. 
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a-ba’-pe, v.a.(a and bape) to cut 
off short on, or make stubbed—aba- 
wape . 
a-ba’-pon, v. cont. of abapota. 
a-ba’-po-ta, v. a. (a and bapota) 
to cut in pieces on, destroy on any- 
thing, by cutting with a knife—aba- 
wapota, abayapota, abaunpotapi 
a-ba’-psa-ka, v. a. (a and ba- 
psaka) to cut off on, as a cord or 
string, with a knife—abawapsaka, 
abayapsaka, abaunpsakapi 
a-ba’-psuyn, v. a. (a and bapsun) 
to unjoint with a knife on anything 
—abawapsup. 
a-ba’-pta, v. a. (a and bapta) to 
cut off from, as a piece; to cut on, 
as clothes on a board—abawapta, 
abayapta, abauyptapi. 
a-ba’-pte, wm. éan abapte, a cut- 
ting-board. 
a-Ba’-ptus, vw. cont. of abaptuza: 
abaptus iyeya. 
a-ba’-ptu-Za, v. a. (a and ba- 
ptuza) to split or crack by cutting 
on anything; to crack or split, as 
a knife-handle, in cutting on any- 
thing—abawaptuza, abayaptuza. 
a-ba’-sde-éa, v. a. (a and ba- 
sdeéa) to split on—abawasdeéa. 
a-ba’-ski-éa, v. a (a and ba- 
skiéa) to press out on, as with a 
knife by cutting—abawaskiéa 
a-ba’-ski-ta, v.a. (aand baskita) 
to press upon with a knife—abawa- 
skita. 
a-ba’-sku, v.a.(a and basku) to 
pare on, as an apple—abawasku. 
