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THE KILIMA-NJABO EXPEDITION. 
eng-wi-uk-aji 
(aji — house. Engudukaji, lit. “ the mouth of the 
(the “ door ”) 
house.”) 
e-ud-oto 
= “ hole.” 
ehg-ud- a 
= “ the digger,” viz. “ the field rat.” 
en-d-Md-e 
= “ the bowelslit. “ a cavity.” 
en-d-z«?-ua 
= “a basket ;” lit. the plaited or “dug into.” 
en-d-Wfi-unio 
= “ the heel,” in the sense of the heel’s continually 
“ digging ” into the ground. 
-ud- i, passive 
— to be dug, hollowed. 
ud- i-ki 
= a kind of double passive; lit. “to be furrowed 
(viz. wrinkled) repeatedly.” = to purpose, 
intend, after reflection. 
-2^-i-kini 
— to be intended or destined for. 
i -ud 
= to rub, to wipe. 
ini -ud 
= “ im ” = to pass; lit. to pass down, to set, as the 
sun. Eii-cjoloii eimud = “ the sun sets.” 
is-iid-o 
= to hide, conceal. 
\S-lld-OY\Q 
= to hide carefully, viz. hide different portions in 
different places. Or = to divide. The pre¬ 
fixed s is from the adv. si — again, and 
implies “repeated digging.” 
ib -ud 7 
= to fill up. 
ib-ud-i 
= to be filled. &c. 
Many of the leading verbal-roots will be found in 
the Vocabulary. 
I will now gi^e a few illustrations of the Masai verb 
and of its method of conjugation. 
Example I. 
-en, to bind together. 
Active Voice. 
Present Tense. 
Affirmative. 
Negative. 
jSTanu 8 a en, I bind. 
Ma en, 
I bind not. 
Iye i en, Thou bindest. 
Elien, 
Thou bindest not. 
Ele ee?i (or en), He, she, it binds. 
He binds not. 
Iok kie??, We bind. 
Meki en, 
We bind not. 
Endai ki en, You bind. 
Mekie?z, 
You bind not. 
Kuloec?z(or en), They bind. 
M en, 
They bind not. 
7 Latuka —ivot — “full.” Vide Vocabulary. 
8 The personal pronouns are placed here for convenience of reference. 
They are not always used with-the verb unless emphasis is required. 
