OF THE YORUBA LANGUAGE. 



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95. T, he; i si, he is, or it is he. Cfr. Lai., is. I is the contracted or citativc form of 

 05, or otj. Cfr. Dak., is', iye, which is used both in the singular and plural. 



96. Idaro. — " That which becomes collectcd-into-a-mass." 



97. Idi, an eagle; igun, a vulture; gunu-gmm, a buzzard. Cfr. Gr., dtrdf, y6^. 



98. Igoij ; i, that which, gun, stabs. 



99. Tim). — Cfr. ha, to be narrow, hiha, narrowness ; Goth., hidre, hither. Sec Shirj, § 82. 

 The idea of backwardness (Shiij) may be associated with that of nearness or narrowness 

 (il"u), by thinking of something which has gone away, and is corning back. 



100. Ik A, cruelty, wickedness; ka, kaka, kako, presumptuously, to be strong, stiff; bag, 

 to oppose ; Cfr. Gr., xaxd*. Webster compares wicked witli Sw. vika, to decline, to err, to 

 fold ; Sax., wican, to recede, wicelian, to vacillate, to stumble ; and says it seems to be 

 connected in origin with wag, and Sax. wicca, witch, Cfr. Yor., awirirj, avvika (in al-awika), 

 a wizard, a witch; ka, around, to fold ; we, to twist, to fold ; Sans., pratiha'ricas a juggler. 



101. Tkavi, cane with which chairs arc bottomed; i, that which, kang, to pierce, to bore, to 

 nail. Cfr. Chin., kang, straight, erect, to prick as a thorn; kan, rod, reed, cane, to pierce; 

 Gr,, xdwa, xsvriwt 



102. Lu, dew, mist, sight, that which is seen. Cfr. Eg., iri, eye ; Gr., 6pdeo, fy>!?. 



103. laiij. — "That which is heavy." v. Erig, § 79. 



104. Itele, the leg of a beast. To, to spread out, to push forward ', to trample; tSlS, to pur- 

 sue, to trample on. Cfr. Lat., talus ; Er., Eng., talon. 



105. Iwora, wobia, greediness ; w5ra = wo ara, to enter into one. Cfr. Gr., fiopd. 



1 06. Ka, ko, to gather, to fold, to roll, around ; kSkg, a wheel ; kSkSra, a cart (ru, to carry) ; 

 kiri, to wander, to droll ; makari, compasses, dividers. Cfr. Eg., kar, an orbit; kara, 

 sarcophagus; karas, coffin, embalmment, mummy; kab, to fold; Sans., cacfa«, a girdle; 

 ca'ra', a prison, binding; tfaeras a wheel ; Heb., "112, to bind; 33"0, a circle; Gr., 

 xipxos, xuxAoc, xOXtvSpos, xuMta-, Eat., career, circum, curvus, currus. 



107. Kata-KATA, fSka, fogka, tuka, to .scatter. Ka, around, on; ta, to spread, spill, pour ; 

 &&, to blow; fon, to sow;, tu, to untie, loosen, pour out. Cfr. Gr., oxs6dwvp.t, xaxd; Lat., scatco; 

 A. S., scateran; Eng., scatter. 



108. Ke. — Probably from the primitive ka, to surround, enfold, embrace. Cfr. caress, 

 cherish. 



109. KELE, gently: kSkS, profound silence. Cfr. Eng., raZm. 



110. Kr, toAert? Cfr. Sans., ci.? 



111. KiijKiij, a very Utile portion. Perhaps derived from ki, not, or ke, to cut. Cfr. Eng., 

 -kin. 



112. Kiri. See Ka, § 106. 



113. KoLE. — From ko, to gather, to collect, or k5, to build, to dig earth into heaps, and ile, 



