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NORTHCOTE W. THOMAS, M.A., F.RA.L

Government Anthropologist.

PAET 11.

TIMNE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.

LONDON : HARRISON AND SONS.

1916.

{Copyright.

LONDON : nABBISON AND SONS, PKINTEBS IN ORDINAEY TO HIS MAJESTY,

ST. mabtin's lane.

PREFACE.

This dictionary is founded in part on my own stories and collections, in part on unpublished MSS. by Schlenker and Knodler, for the loan of which I am indebted to the authorities of the Church Missionary Society. It has been impossible to revise the whole of the data with a native ; there are, therefore, certain omissions, and, in particular, many homonyms which further knowledge would show to be distinguished either by length of vowel, quality of vowel, or tone.

K W. Thomas.

PHONETIC SYSTEM.

	Consonants.
\\ resembles gb ;	ir, long held out n. with glottal p.
stop ; often means p. r, flap r as in nm. d. r-, rolled r. f. s.
f, bilabial.	s, fricative, as in show.
h (rare), k.	t, postdental, unexploded ; resembles English th in
k = kw.	sound.
1.	t (ts), retroflex t, often heard
m.	as tr, or c.
n.	w.
n, velar nasal, as	in sinff. y.
	Vowels.
a, father.	i, eat.
a, forward a.	i, bit.
9, the (before consonant). i, very short i. A, but. 0, so ; closed o.
e, may ; closed e. e, very close e. Q, let.	Q, all, pot. u, fool, u, full.
	Diphthongs.
ai.	gi, oi.
au.	UL
Qi. Sounds as in S	ai. i. English, except where otherwise noted.
	Tones.
' high ; ' low ; "^	' falsetto (long).

A few words are spoken in falsetto and the syllable is then very long.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Preface "i

Phonetic System v

Abbreviations viii

Timne-English Dictionary 1

ABBREVIATIONS.

obs. = obsolete.

S. = Sanda Timne.

L. = Lower Timne.

intr. = intransitive.

act. = active.

adj. = adjective.

tr. = transitive.

K. = Kwia dialect.

( ) indicates (1) an optional letter or word, or an

alternative form of a noun (2) the verb used

with a noun, imp. = impersonal. pi. = plural, pers. = person.

TIMNE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.

TIMNE-ENGLISH DICTIONAEY.

(a) Xoims are classified under roots, i.e., prefixes are dis- carded and the first consonant decides the place of the noun in alphabetical arrangement.

Thus k 9-1^11 will be found under Iqu.

(&) But monosyllables (non-separable prefixes) are arranged under the first letter, which is necessarily a vowel.

{c) Foreign forms and

{d) Words of uncertain or anomalous form, e.g., yet, are placed alphabetically.

Look for words in a after i-einoving second prefix, e.g., ako-bali under bali.

{e) After each noun is given the plural prefix, where it was ascertained. Where a second plural form is given to the name of a tree, it is the name of the fruit.

Verbs and adjectives are printed without prefix ; search must be made under the prefix letter of noun for correspond- ing adjective or verb, e.g., mgn^ appears as a noun under o, as an adjective under m.

a, indefinite prefix, a set, a house,

a, preformative (emphatic) prefix, akant, the stick.

a, suffix; a form of ah ; kia it.

a, at close of a phrase ;der Iqmpa, come quickly.

a, interrogative particle ; mam bgs ano a, why do you dig

here? antisa, where is the knife ? uiqIo kala mb^',

how much money have you ? a, oh. a, they, = ha.

r-a, pi. yet, thing.

t-abampar (or ke-tabampar, t-), large red lizard.

t-abop, small snail.

k-ai, t-, salt manufactory.

k-ai, t-, monkey species, large red.

k-airi, t-, paper.

k-ak, t-, gum.

k-ak, t-ak, ant.

aka, when, the time.

aka, which.

k-Ska, measles (?)

r-aka (see yet).

r-aka, (some)thing.

r-aka, honeycomb.

k-ak la, t-, iron for securing prisoner to a block.

t-ale, bad luck.

k-ali, t-, melon.

s-alkQUQ (from Arabic), praying field.

k-am, camwood.

k-ama, t-, king's house.

k-amai, ta-, bee.

r-amai, honey.

k-amakemta, t-, stomach.

m-am9l, madness.

ami, my.

m-amo, thanks, bravo.

amu, thy.

an, they; antik andir dis, the strangers arrived yesterday.

ane, there.

anean, these ones.

anlQ, four.

an^ru, in this world,

k-anson, violence. ^

m-ant, fruit.

m-ant, water, tide, juice.

mant ma mangno (?), whey.

mant9S, saliva.

nant, fire

m-ant, tears.

n-ant, (pi.) yint, tree.

anu, your.

ana, who (pi.)

ana roBan, inland people.

aiia rom ant, coast people.

an an, then.

s-anlja, drum.

k-aiik, t-, ant lion.

k-ankobe, t-, vulture (?)

y-anyau, cowdung.

k-ar, t-, head louse.

k-ara(?), yard.

k-Sra, t-, or a-kara, indigo.

n-ara, t-, door.

s-ara(?), corpse.

k-Sraf^, t-, gag.

aran, that; araf^i aran, that evening.

arari, both.

k-ar an, t-, fireplace.

d-ar9n, r-, rainy season.

k-ar an, t-, fireplace.

are, this.

k-ar ma, farm, prepared but not sown, unfinished house.

k-arS, t-, bowl (wood).

m-aro, fat,

r-asa, m-, breast.

n-asa, m-, udder.

m-asa, milk (woman's), (goat's).

k-asank§ t-^ cloth used for burial.

k-asi, t-, breach of law, fine.

asu, our.

k-atak, t9-, foot —

kataktin, barefoot, ka-tak kobai, king's staff, s-atka (Arabic), sacrifice.

n-ayal, t-, antelope.

r-afa, s-, army.

r-afa, war.

s-aka, sauce.

k-ala, p-, rice.

k-alQpat t-, l)rand, firestick.

am, 811, thou ; aiidira i, did you sleep ?

k-alma, ta-, (?) hippotragus.

r-amai, honey. .

k-ampti, small prawn.

s-ani, pity.

s-ani, acidity.

k-ant, t-, felled tree, log, stake, stalk (flower) ; o yira

r ok ant, she is in labour (a frame of sticks is used), k-ant kafgra, t-, drum stick. k-ant, t-, language, k-ant a, s-, t-, mangrove bee. r-anta, n-, pulse, r-anta, ii-, sinew, r-anta, n-, vein, artery.

r-anta, n-, yaws on the feet, swellings on hands and feet, m-antal, sandfly (?) s-ankasQt, shrew, k-ankal, t-, tornado, k-ar, t-, mistress of a house, k-araii, t-, hearth.

B.

b a, have.

— abai, be partial.

— aba la, be untruthful.

— afela, desire.

— af^nQ, smell bad.

— akgntlQ, have a sprain.

ba alopanq, have a defect.

— am era, have sense.

— am era abgli, have a good memory.

— amera arakat, have an open mind.

— amera fal f8l, be fickle.

— amera fera, be upright.

— amera fi, be dull.

— amera ronkat, he was in a bad temper.

— amera apure, keep a woman.

— dim rin, agree.

— dor, be hungry.

— efor^kapel, suffer from cataract.

— efor emara, be covetous.

— Qutjn, be sociable, be at home.

— ikwea, be knock-kneed.

— it 9k, be luxurious.

— kanapi, be obstinate.

— kanson, be violent.

— katak, be knock-kneed.

— kodira, be fond of sleep.

— kafi, have to die.

— ken a pi, be obstinate.

— kan^k^, be a " watchpot."

— kesaii kalompi, be an orator.

— kesaii maran, be unreliable.

— k 8 tens a, be parsimonious.

— katut, be jealous.

— kowatQ, be unchaste.

— kawgya, be unchaste (woman).

— kor, be pregnant.

— maban, be angry.

— mabat, be a cripple.

— mabpne, be glad.

— mallp, be ashamed.

— mamari, be right.

— mani, be avaricious.

— mapoi poi, be delicate.

bi'i map or a, be spotted.

— maro maro, be insincere.

— matak, be a gourmand.

— maygi, have dirty habits.

— miyo, be at a loss.

— monQ, be contrite.

— mo to, be officious.

— nans, be apt to bite.

— rabomp, be headman.

— rabomp, be the cause of.

— radir, be stingy.

— rafom, be sociable.

— ratakle, be lazy.

— ratoh ka... be half of..

— royiba, have with one.

— sani, be sorry for.

— soli, be anxious.

— tale, be unlucky.

— tab^tq, be tongue-tied.

— tei, matter, concern.

— tei, be ready to annoy.

— ti, be the reason.

— tor, be in ear (rice), ba, have, contain, must.

bati, be the reason; riau ria bati, that is the reason.

For adjectives compounded with ba, see the second word of the compound.

bakatut, envious, bakarane, niggardly, bamalap, bashful, bamasgt, clever. bamabouQ, cheerful, ban a fa, beneficial, bd (as have), belong, ba, lay (fowl), ba (imp.), there is.

baf, brush farm.

bah q, be without.

bahq iuqIq mbaki (obs.), cheap.

bait, bet.

a-babileplep, bird species.

ka-bafqfQ, ta-, insect species.

a-bafta, ^-, armpit.

bafu (i.e., get new? farm), April.

o-bai a-, chief.

bak, baki, be hard, firm —

mare ma bak mi, I feel sleepy, overcome.

Q-bakikQ, he is sick, ka-bak, age. ka-bak, t9-, axe. bak, old. baka, grow in. baka, embark, a-baka, ^-, early breakfast (rice boiled very soft) taken by one

going to work, bakayosane, lively. baker, strong, firm, bakar, hold, be firm. bakerauQ, be numb, bakes, encourage, refresh, cause to grow, bakes UQ, feign old age. ke-bak^t, ramrod, ke-bak^, wharf, harbour. bakhQ, abort, baki, make strong —

baki rabomp, to be obstinate.

baki rafgr, to be hard-hearted, baki (see bak), suffice (for), baki, hard, difficult, strong, old, sad, rough, etc. bakikebut (strong heart), brave, baki madQr, strong. bakQfor, bold, baki rabomp, obstinate.

B

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o-baki, am-, ancestor.

Q-baki, headman.

ra-bak! (be older than), birthright (?).

ra-baki, old age.

bakia, unload... for...

bakrauQ, be greedy.

baksar, confirm, make strong.

bal, drive.

bal, give (woman) in marriage.

bal, be like, liken to.

bal bal, chase.

k9-bal, ta-, rival.

ke-bal, palaver on accomit of adultery.

bal a ra- (ro), be married (of woman) to.

ka-balai, t9-, basket.

ba lanQ, look like.

balok balak, smooth and hard; noise of swallowing.

bal bal, run after.

baler, help {e.g., with burial).

ka-bali, ta-, rank, line, company.

balia, be beautiful.

belma, compHment.

a-balma, ^-, dagger.

baluii balun, thin.

bamba (from Susu), carry on back (child).

a-bamp, q-, bird.

a-bamp ha-boni (pi.) Q-,..ya-, swallow (bird).

o-bamp, e- (i-, ma-), tree with black edible seeds.

ban a, big.

a-bana, q-, banana.

ka-bana (no pi.), cowpox.

banan^, take along with.

ban^, have... against each other.

ka-bane, wonderful.

bani, redeem.

i-bani (or a), ma-, amulet.

bansa, cause pain —

iyQpa bansamu, I cause you pain.

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bant, bring.

ka-bant, to-, bone ; — masmas, cartilage ; — katgn, spine.

a-banta, §-, long row of reaped rice on sticks ; stack.

o-banta, " tree " for stacking rice.

ban, fetch, take.

ban, be hot, strong (wine), wild, ache, pain. ,

ban (nes), give (name).

ban, angry, strong, hot, sharp, wild.

ban, acid, sour.

bkn, firmly.

o-ban, 1 8-, buffalo.

o-ban, pain.

k9-ban, sea.

r o-ban, anger,

bana, give handful (of rice).

a-bana, §-, mouthful.

a-banfanu, bag.

a-bank, ta-, ^-, fish fence.

ka-bank, ta-, thorn, spur, catch.

a-bank a, ^-, stockade, inner war fence.

k9-banka, ta-, farm hut (larger than abom).

ka-banka, halo, annular eclipse (?).

bankele, February.

bankli, roll (as cask).

bankti, disturb.

bansa, be angry, roar (sea).

banyo, sell (by auction).

ka-bap, ta-, axe.

bapasd, cling.

bar, clear a farm.

bar, pretend to have.

bar, turn.

bar, add, continue —

Qbar kq sap kqbana, he kept flogging his child, bar laser, make worse —

Qbar kalasar anset, he spoiled the house still more, a-bar, q-, hawk (chicken).

B 2

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a-bar, q-, Mandiugo shirt (sleeveless).

a-bar, §-, plot (in farm).

a-bar, §-, bar (1/-).

k a-bar, to-, gap in front teeth.

bara, far away.

a-bar a, te-, foreign country.

o-bara kapoto, to-, kokonut.

baranQ, be stiff, join.

a-baran, Q-, ladder.

a-barbaron, Q-, jar (earthen, with handle).

a-bare, q, court house.

a-bar^, the species.

a-bari, ordeal water.

ka-bari, ta-, twin; ka-bari wQn, he is a twin; tabari

nan, they are twins, o-barin (from Mandingo), father's brother, barn^, increase (into), wax (moon), join (tr.). a-bar unk, ma-, swallow, ka-bas, ta-, winged ant. ka-basa, bowl (K.). basar, parch.

basar, continue, persevere, be diligent, bat, quite,

a-bat Q-, young palm tree, a-bat, ^-, boil (not painful), a-bat, §-, swamp (for rice planting), k a-bat, t^-, stream, a-bat a, mat.

i-bata (or a-), ma- (or Q-), pangolin, a-bat anka, §-, cassava (grown near water), a-batanke, ma-, stud, ka-batanke, ta-, firefly, o-bat^, a-, beloved wife (Susu word), ka-batebonklo, ta-, tadpole, batna, encase, babin, be heavy, baf, (see baf).

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baf baf, soft, not stony,

ka-baf (pi. ta-baf), farming season, rushing farm, a-baf, farmer. bgflanQ, roll and get dirty, bafle, be mealy, bak, meet.

bak, forbidden (road), i-bak, ma-, part, piece, ka-baki, mange, ka-bol, ta-, kennel (?). bam, powder coarse meal, ka-banban, ta-, collar-bone, a-bantfar, rash (noun), a-bankabank, fish species.

ka-bankal, ta-, spleen, enlargement of the spleen, am-bank^lenin, beetle.

a-banki, ta-, heap, threshed rice, receptacle for ditto, a-banta, ^-, bow. a-banta Fa ram a, rainbow.

i-banta (or a-), a fruit used as a medicine for heart- burn, a-bantfar, q-, slight swelling, bant as (?), repeat.

ka-banti, ta-, cage (round or square), bap, meet, overtake, find, bap, thatch. bapar, be present, bapar, present, bapar hg, absent (1st p.). kat! bapar, absent (of another), bapasai, sit on. bar, all, whole. bar, quite, altogether, at all. barm a, bore, a-barma, q-, gimlet. bat, span, measure, bat, seize, arrest.

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bot, early.

ma-bat, mutilation (loss of limb).

ra-bat or ka-, morning.

bata (?), arrest.

batak, arrest.

batabat, early.

ra-batka, ta-, heel, butt,

bate, be round, come, go round.

be, arrive, reach, amount to, be worth ; usually with negative-

apala pabeh^, the rice is not enough, be, if. be payi, if.

a-b^blQ, Q-, fat old she-goat, b^fat, console, caress, soothe, pat. b^fu bqfu, be over-ripe, beh^, be deficient, not be a match for. bei, belch.

a-bei, e- (or ka-, ta-), " locust-tree" and its fruit. ra-bei, ta-, debt. Q-rabei, a-ta-, debtor, creditor, bek, beki, reach, be fit, convenient, sufficient, deserve —

bek rgkQ, to reach one's destination, a-bek (? English), bag. ka-bek, sufficiency, beka, something unpleasant —

Q-beka mirim, he used language to me. beka, call, tell —

beka wuni ray em, accuse a person of lying, bekd', amount to, be worth, beka (imp.), amount to. beka aiiQsam, breathe freely, beka rat^^n, half way. bekanQ, be a match.

beki, be fit for, work, enough for, suffice (imp.), b^kl, enough, fit, proper, worth, a-bel, dross (of iron), ka-bel, ta-, corpse.

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ka-bel, ta-, palm-nut (with pericarp).

be la, reach.

a-b^la, ^-, sail,

i-bela (or a-), ma-, tomato, bitter.

be Ian Q, boast, be ambitious.

a-belan, q-, fish species.

ka-bqlan, t9-, side, region, direction, party.

b^li, break through, dig' through.

bqm, quite.

a-bem, q-, part, piece, share.

ra-bem, ta-, giant rat.

u-bQmba, a-, sir (title of respect for old man).

am-bemba, ancestors.

ka-bembe, to-, net.

b^mpa, brew, make, do, sacrifice to krifi, repair, trim,

soothe, circumcise (from Bullom), keep clean, b^mpa amera, get a mind, b^mpa b^mpa, trim (hair), b^mpa tei, be ready to serve, make good. a-bQna (or i-), ma-, squirrel species. b^nQ, keep, take care of, bury, preserve —

b^DQ ka amera, remember, keep in mind, kab^n^, ta-, burial. ^-b^nQ (QyQt)> stores, o-b^n^, store.

bQn^ng, prepare, make ready, b^nt, hinder, forbid, refuse to give, keep back, a-b^ntal, q-, sherd. bQnt as, look carefully. b^ntQ b^nt^, be flat, flattened. a-bqntQ, Q-, small frog, ka-bente (h), ta-, loom. bqntnQ, detain (property). a-b^ntQ, Q-, bier, ka-benu, ta-, raft. bQn, happen, a-ben, Q-, board.

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bQna, dislike —

nb^nami, you dislike me. ra-beiia, na-, bush-rope, strip of cloth, current, line of

froth. bqnauQ (imp.), happen,

b^nanQ, meet by chance, befall, get by chance, coincide, happen —

tai ta b^nane, these (two) things meet, ka-bghane, chance, ke-b^hkal, ta-, side, a-b^hkia, boy.

a-bQnkila, ma-, piece (wood or metal), b^hkisa, shout.

kg-bqiikle, ta-, winged ants that have lost their wings, b^nkra, chirp.

ka-bep, ta-, spoon, shoulder-blade. be pi, when, if. b^r, draw (palm wine) ; give present to parents for

betrothal, beir, come upon, come into one's mind, ber, lodge.

ka-ber, ta-, task, share, part. ma-ber, liquor, gift, bera, lodge (act.). b^ra, engage (wife) for another, u-b^ra, a-, female, ma-b^ra, vulva, o-bqra of at, young girl, o-b^ra (wat) of at, betrothed girl, a-b^hq, Q-, stones for divination, a-berkat, ^-, basin.

ka-ber ke, ta-, " hamper " (of cane), long basket, be 8, change house. bQS, dig.

a-b^sQ, prayer enclosure, square of logs for ritual purposes, b^t, be sullen. bQt, sob.

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b^t, sunk, absorb.

a-b^t, Q-, shell of palm nut.

a-bet, Q, rush from which hats are made.

ka-bqt, ta-, hen.

ra-bQt, na-, plait (straw).

a-bqta, Q- (? abqta), skin of fruit sucked dry.

b^tala, dirty (of cloth used so long that it cannot be washed

clean). ta-bqtQ, stuttering, a-betieli, q-, circumciser. bqtla, spoiled (as cloth), bqtlas, stain.

bi, be dark, cloudy, misty, black, bi, dark, cloudy, hazy, black, a-bl, Q-, hole, ka-bi, mist, o-bi, ko-bi, blackness, bia, make dark, get dark, ka-bia, ta-, channel, bias, go on a journey. a-biSs, §-, journey, a-bil, ta-, q-, canoe, am-bil arua-, shuttle, a-bila, e-, long gown (with sleeves), a-bil an, fish species, bilin, bridge.

a-bilin, q-, mud seat, mud floor (upper story). a-bilo, Q-, worm, bim, red.

ra-bim, ta-, porpoise, ka-binta, ta-, shield, a-bintayi, rheumatism. a-bintQ, ^-, bier, a-bin, ^-, board, ka-bip, ta-, spoon, bir, be blackish, bir, darkish, get dark; kom kabir, it looked like rain.

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bir^n, circumcise.

bis, bisa, dye, blacken.

a-bis, Q, dyed cloth.

i-bis (a), ma- (ka-, ta-), yellow " plum " ; hog plum (spondias

myrohalanus). o-bitan, a-, son-in-law (Susu word), a-bitan, son's wife's parents, biti, be black, a-bitiii, e-, drum. a-b!tra, Q-, bottle.

bo, boi; be fat, get fat ; be fertile (soil). bQ, be (engaged in) —

QbQna der, he was coming.

q])q yQ ma pant, he was doing work. bQ, trust, lend, borrow, take on credit. b^j (raka ka...) — (...raka), borrow, lend. bQ, then —

bgna, to-day (past time).

bgtete, just now. a-bo, t a-, antelope, "bush goat." ka-bS, ta-, cake, boba, glimpse, bobo, be dumb (from birth). a-bgbQma, scurvy, a-bof, ma-, blister (from heat), i-bof, ma-, blister, k a-bof, dust (earth in the street), bof la, make dirty. boflanq, wallow in (dirt). ka-b^fQli, ta-, yolk of egg. ka-bof to, calf (of leg) ; muscles of upper arm. Q-bQfto, fist, upper arm. b^ftar, strike with fist, boi, be fat. bgi, soak, sink (tide), boi, fat. a-boi (? boy), Q-, servant.

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ma-boi, low tide.

boia, be inflamed, swell.

a-bgiQ, q-, piece (from wall).

boisa, swell (intr.), soak (tr.).

bok, bemoan, mourn, bleat, bellow, low, perform burial

ceremonies, a-bok, ^-, snake, intestinal worm, ra-bgk, ta-, vvilva ; also, curse to woman, boka SQna, Jupiter, Q-boka, Q-, cutlass, matchet. a-bgk^, §-, tumour in groin, a-bok a 1, q-, vat,

bokar, cry over (person near death), bokgt, be muddy, a-b^ko, e-, potato (red skin). ka-bgkQlma, ta-, chiefs staff, bokta, make muddy, bgl, be far, long, tall, make long, grow, bgl, bgli, far. a-bQl, Q-, pot. t8-bol, craw-craw, ka-bgl (no pi.), length, a-bgla, ^-, virgin money, a-bola, deep water, ka-bgla, ta-, shell fish, mussel. bolauQ, wallow in (mud). bQlanQ, be far from, avoid, a-bgle, e-, swollen glands, o-bolam, a-, Bullom man. b^lirokQm, high. a-b61o, Q-, throat.

o-bolomba, a-, head doctor, diviner, b^lgn, deep, bgl^h sirgh, very deep —

kalamp ake kghglgn sir^n, this well is very deep. bQlgn, be deep, bglgns, deepen.

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bQin, defaecate (child).

bom, woman, female (human).

bom, old, "grand" (father).

a-bom, Q-, sheath.

Q-bom, a-, old woman, madam.

boma, be sick (chronic).

ke-boma, to-, grave.

u-boma, a-, sick man.

a-bom bo, e-, labia.

k8-bombo, smallpox.

bQmar, damp.

b(jm9s, have diarrhoea.

ka-bQni9s matir, dysentery.

a-bom bi la, shell, husk (egg, kola).

bomiia, womankind.

a-bomp, Q-, cape, land (regarded as property).

ra-bomp, ta-, head, top, cause, management.

bompar, join together.

a-bompQr^, Q- (eldest), first wife of chief.

a-bompQSQ, q- (cash -keeper), second wife (of chief) in

Eom^nde. ma-bomta, hint. a-bomtei, fly species, a-bom turn, crab (salt water), a-bgmum, q-, hut. r9-bon, ta- (or rabon), river, bgna, borrow for each other, a-bona', q-, family, clan, bonda, be large, ka-bonda, build, size, bulk, big. bond as, enlarge, b^n^, move (self or object), pulse. bQnQ (imp.), gladden (with two objects) —

iyg pa bonqko, I make him glad. a-bguQ, joy. bonas, blunt, bons, blunt.

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a-bonsou, e-, subdivision of the clan, crowd.

bent, mention, pronounce, sinell.

a-bgnt (or i-), ma-, smell.

ka-bont, ta-, navel, cord.

bonta, indirect.

a-bont bonta, q-, pimple.

bontas, call over (names).

ka-bontila, plant species.

bontna, tread mud.

bgntna, pour away.

bon, dig, till, trench.

boh, blunt.

a-bQh, Q-, crest of feathers, knob, tassel, headman.

ra-boh, t9-, river.

ka-boh, e-, ta- (? b), ground-nut farm.

ka-boh, ta-, narrow-mouthed vessel.

o-bou, trench.

bgha, favour.

a-bgha, q-, favour.

bonk bonk, be convex.

a-bohk, Q-, block (chopping).

i-bphk, ma-, kidney.

a-bohk a, e-, pool, pond, lake.

a-bohk a, e-, ma-, scar, defect.

i-bohka, ma-, vice, sickness that man hides.

a-bohkah bgrbgr, mason wasp (the same as kgukg-

bQJQ)- bQhke, yellow, a-bghke, disease, jaundice. ma-bQhQ, gold. m-bQhgl^, insect species. a-bghglQ, Q-, beach, a-bohwara, q-, head wife of king, a-bgpar, q-, leaf.

a-bQpar (ak-ala), a green snake {dryophis fulgida). b^r, borrow from, bor, shell, husk.

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ke-bgr, ta-, line.

ka-bQr, ta-, domestics, household, crew.

b^ra, be early.

bora, be earnest, much, far, very, overdo.

bora, wag, shake, touch, beat together, wag tail.

ka-bora, ta-, house of mourning.

o-bora, a-, widow, widower.

a-borana, bell.

boranQ, move (body).

bgr^kq, barren.

m-b\jri, comrade.

Q-bQrko, a-, girl.

ra-b(jrko, puberty (in female).

a-boriiQ, ma-, woodpecker.

a-boro, q-, dance-hut.

a-boro masar, hut for worship of ancestors.

a-boruma (carries gown), §-, fourth wife.

i-bgrbgra, ma-, dewdrops.

a-bor^, e-, small mangrove.

a-b o r n Q , ma-, woodpecker.

a-bQyQ, q-, snake species.

bgs, lend often.

bos, fatten.

bos, make (honey).

a-bgs, Q-, curse.

r a-b OS, na-, q- (ka-, ta-), calabash plant.

r a-b OS, shoal of small fish.

a-b o si, e-, capon.

a-b 0 si, e-, present to judge, parents of betrothed, etc.

bo si, castrate (fowl).

bosi, break down dam.

b5sne, complain, long for, be anxious.

bgt (imp.), be sweet, good.

hgth^, be insipid.

bot, appoint, put —

gbai gbot kg rabomp ra kapet, the king made him headman of the town.

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bot abi, bore.

— am era, attend, pay attention, beware.

— amolg, fix a price.

— atal, put in order.

— mas 8m, forbid, tabu.

— kor, impregnate.

— Qbaske, put separate.

— ri rim, give one's opinion.

— rim rin, make agreement.

— ronei, put in the sun.

— t8ber, classify.

— t^tsP) sort.

— tgkQ, separate.

— wuni aloma, mark a person.

— nes na wuni ka malen, sing about a person, ka-bot, ta-, ball, lump, piece, tuft of hair (negro), (in pi.)

curds, bgt, dear.

bgta (wuni) abaya, cheat, bgtor, beloved. bQter, love, like. bQtas, behave, take heed, bot as, arrange (papers). bQti, be pleasant.

bQti, salt, sweet (like sugar), savoury, pleasant, botn^, behave oneself. bQtQ, be slow, a-boto, bag (cloth). ka-bQtg, ta-, mutual help society, boy a, give, boya (see boia). a-boya, e-, abscess. a-boya, gift, boyafun, benefactor. boyStai, generous, a-boyaya, q-, starling. a-boyembQ (carries shoes), q-, third wife.

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a-buf, Q-, bed of earth, " peiie " farm.

biikbuk, soft.

o-bukbuk, gangrene,

bukbuka, mortify, gangrene.

a-bukQ, PQro implements.

buk^, bathe (tr. and intr.), wash.

ka-bul, ta-, spine.

ka-bul katQii, t-, spine.

a-bulmus(u), q-, prayer dress (with hood).

biilg, go to farm, work in the farm.

ka-buloko, ta-, basket with small mouth.

bum, watch over.

o-bum, a-, watchman (of farm).

a-buma, §-, shoot, leaf (medicine), herbage.

bumar, watch over.

am-bumbun, ^-, goose (wild).

ka-buniQt, civet (substance).

bun, miss, mistake, failj omit, offend.

bun, almost —

Qbun lane, he almost believes, ka-bun, ta-, mistake. bunauQ, be different. bunauQ, contrary, bun das, enlarge, a-bunde, Q-, Poro soldier, a-bunt, Q-, pool, a-bunt, ^-, cloud, vapour, a-bunt, e-, tuft of hair, a-bun, Q-, brow, forehead, a-buii (bunk^nkq), grey water-bird, a-bun, e-, large water-bird, ra-bun, ta-, river, ta-bun, fame, buna, kick (?)

a-bunk, ma- (or niunk), kidney, ka-bunkan, ta-, long fowl cage, a-bun ko, ropes in roof.

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bup, stink.

ka-buf, te-, fish species (said to jump).

ka-bup, t9-, corn (foot).

bupi, stink.

ka-buT, t9-, scar.

bur9p(a), be short.

bus, divest, strip, skin.

burep (? obs.), short.

bus, abdicate, depose, take off.

busn^, give satisfaction for adultery.

a-but, §-, hunchback, hump.

ka-but, ta-, heart.

but a, neglect, hinder.

a-but a, e-, stump (low), trunk (animal).

a-but is, q-, jar (stone), pot.

a-butu, Q-, bag, pillow.

ba, answer.

ba, very much.

ka-ba, ta-, twenty.

Bab an ^, knock against.

babin, heavily.

bafat, public.

baft a, rove, wander.

bai, castrate, break (glass).

bai ma-ra, spread (as tree).

a-bai, prejudice.

(on a) o-bai, bullock.

bail, castrate.

baii, split.

o-baia (pi. o-baisa), crack, gap.

bais, tear, split.

bak, roof, cover.

bak, hang.

bak, get rusty.

bak amera, hope.

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ma-bak, rust.

baka, fasten.

a-baka, loud laugh.

bakauQ, compare, be rivals.

baker baker, be rough (voice).

bakas, complete.

bakbak, tremulous.

bakQ bak^, run all about.

baki, take off.

baki, answer, testify. •

a-baki, oral evidence.

baking, flow.

bakta, shake.

bal (see bal), quarrel.

bal, "greedy," keep someone out of something.

bal, twist on leg (tr.).

bal, write.

ka-bal, quarrel.

ka-bal, t9-, eel (long).

a-bala, Q-, hotch potch.

a-bala, q-, harpoon.

balalqnkQ, asquint.

a-balan, ^-, rocky place.

balap, blink.

balep'anjpanjp, blink.

baler, quarrel about.

ke-balba, te-, dirt in rice, particle (salt); as adjective

coarse, a-balbot, bile, a-balbot, Q-, gall-bladder, a-bale, Q-, oil palm (only for wine), very high, bali, arrange in order. ball, row (in a), balian, flat down. a-balisQ, Q-, strip, stripe, line, a-balpa, q-, eyelid. bal par, wink at, make sign with eyes.

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Bait a, be coarse (sand), be tough (meat).

Bam, sip, nibble,

Bam atQf, creep along the ground (as creeping plant), do

well. Bam mare, doze. Bam a, be exposed. a-Bama, fish species. Bamor atpf, do well —

gBamar kg atgf ka sap kg, he flogged him well. Bam 88, eat (int.). a-Bamfa, ^-, bag. a-BampQ, q-, fish species. Q-Bana, crust (food burnt in pot). o-Banai, rat species. Banq, carry (on shoulder). Banq, meet. a-BauQ, Q-, meeting. o-Banika, part of the Pgro bush. a-BanuQ, district, meeting. Bans, welcome. Bans a, spread, put across. Bant, beat fine (moist substance). Bant, break, mash, digest. ka-Bant, td-, procession, bone. Bant a, strike, flog. Bantan^, announce. a-Bantani, q-, edge of farm, boundary, BantQ, be different. Bant§, different. B a n t a n §, spread, be kno wn. Banti, finish. ma-Banti, crumb. Banting, confess,

Bant!r, accuse, end (place or time), a-BSntir, q, accusation, ending of palaver. o-Bantir, end. Bant is, be complete,

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ban tun, cut off, chop off, top (branches of standing tree).

bdn, lay across, hang.

ban, hammer out, make.

a-ban, PQro initiant.

ka-ban, a-ban, ordeal by hot iron.

a-ban, dry land.

ro-ban, on land.

ka-ban, t9-, rice taken in spoon and given to someone.

o-ban, a-, blacksmith.

abanba, fish species.

a-bSnfa, §-, wallet.

ban kabala (come for marriage); ? bride ; first star seen

in evening, often near the moon, a-ban kalo, a form of initiation into Pgro; the house used

for it ; the initiants. a-bankan, Q-, koko. a-bankap, §-, kite (bird). ban kasQlo, Eokel above Mabile. bankloii (sot), affectedly, bank Ion, aloud, ma-banko, bird snare, bap, patch. bap...alol, abuse.

b/ap, avoid, pass on one side, deviate from, a-bap, Q, direction, side, party, bapa, put portion aside, a-bap a, lay (loom), bapn^, wander, bapn^, adhere to. b apron, March.

bapsa, spy, listen secretly, adhere, bar, bite (snake).

ko-bara, ta-, palm nut (without pericarp), ko-bara kapoto, to-, kokonut. ko-bara, ? to-, back of neck below nape, bar am, bold, bar an, be clear, light, clean (house or vessel).

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Bar an, clearly, well.

ka-bare, fish species.

ka-Bargn, ta-, fish species.

a-Bari, cold.

Barn a, graze.

barQ, flow down.

i-BarQ, ma-, hatchet.

ka-baro, ta-, streamlet.

bas, distribute (e.g., land), allot.

a-bas, ma-, share (in working farm).

bas a, give share of farm work.

basa, hang (intr.), hang loose.

a-basa, ^ (hand)kerchief.

a-bas an, ta-, ear of rice, corn.

basi, take (in hand), take up.

a-basia, §-, sentinel's post, outer war fence.

baski, distinguish.

basni, slip off.

bat, be abundant.

bat, ring bell, knock, strike.

batbatuQ, sit with legs stretched out.

a-bata, §-, mat.

batas, pick up.

bat§, tie up (in hamper).

a-batQ, base rings of roof.

bat bat, flat, low ground.

bati, be jocular.

ma-bati, fun.

bati, be plentiful.

bati batine, cross-legged.

batuQ, strike (as clock).

batQ, be late, behind one's time.

bato, around.

a-bat^, Q-, sword.

bay a, cracked (pottery, iron).

a-baya, Q-, shed (flat roof), camp.

bay§, give to.

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bef, bark (dog).

a-Bof al, Q-, corn-cob, head of maize.

^-bafta, empty ears, chaff (from threshing).

ftak, close, obstruct.

bok, cut through, decide, govern.

bak eyuiika, brag.

bak QSQm, carve (meat).

ke-bak, ra-baka, government.

baka, govern, adjudge.

bakan§, govern arbitrarily, be self-willed.

ka-baka, ta-, poles in roof radiating from centre pole.

ka-bakal, core of a boil.

bakas ^IqIqIqI, chip, cut small.

baking, cross (of roads).

bakta, shake (child) by the arms.

bal, clean, sweep.

bal, quarrel.

a-bala, §-, broom.

beli, can, be able —

ibali takygti, I can do this. *

bali (am bora), wash (at the end of mourning), cleanse,

clean (as knives), bali, in a row.

a-bali, Q-, kind of bean (small), bam, pound (rice), digest, bamm, heavily. bam a, repent, bamar, do too much —

QbamarkQkasap, he flogged him too much, bamat, blunt. ma-banQ, cramp, a-bantan, q-, "piazza." banbalQ, flow about. bankQ, banki, abate —

ibanki amgl^, I lower the price, bap, turn over, upside down, bapar, cover.

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a-bopra, covering.

Bapri, uncover.

baps a, lie on the face.

bas, pick.

bat (see bate), set (trap), tie, trap. , "

bat, middle-sized.

bat, span,

bat, dip.

a-bat, fish species.

ma-bat, trap, snare.

bata, take from creek into river.

batar, flow into.

batQ (? batQ), go round.

ka-be, tQ-, bracelet.

b^ba, be exhausted.

b^bala, pick (bone).

ka-be be, handle (of pot).

bqp, halfway.

a-beka, q-, sickle.

b^kanq, catch, be in distress.

a-bekam, q-, cheek-bone, spool.

a-bel, ma-, bird species (black), "fundi bird."

ka-bQl, ta-, palm-nut.

a-bel an, Q-, hornbill.

k^-belaii, kabqiika, thin legs, "calf flat and crooked

inside." belbele, cry out.

bQlQn, find by investigating, asking. a-bQlen, ^-, hair (?). a-belih, q-, ma-, bell, bqmp, short (cut). b^n, hatch.

bQnd, roll (thunder), peal.

b^ndn'Q, knock oneself accidentally {e.g., in hammering). a-bQn§, patch of leucoderma. bqnt, scratch, fall on, strike (lightning), roll on. b^nta, shine, be bright, emit, make beautiful.

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bQnta, bright.

b^ntas, recognise.

b^ntQ, be stunted.

ma-bante, ladder.

Q-b^nt^h, fish species.

ma-bQnti, current (strong).

a-b^ntQ, Q-, broken thing (canoe or calabash).

benya, finish (as canoes by fine work).

benya, treat, entertain.

btjn, b^nnQ, hatch (tr., intr.}.

bQn(a), hate.

b^n, sound (thunder).

ben, own, very, real.

b§n (tgk^), separate (adj.).

ka-ben, ta-, armlet, bracelet.

o-b^n, treeless area.

bQna, dislike.

ma-b^na, dislike.

o-bQnanq, a-, enemy.

ma-b^nauQ, distress.

ka-bQnb^, ta (or q-), pepper.

benba, be restless (at night).

b^nbalQ, repair.

b^nb^n, enquire, ascertain.

bQni, be spotted, speckled.

a-b^ni, ma-, freckle, spot.

b^iiiinQ, be hot (fire), angry.

b^nka, have flat calf.

b^nkanQ, be overladen.

i-benkita, ma-, prices (wood or metal).

bqnkra, chirp, shout.

b^nksa, shout in anger.

b^ns, mischievous.

bep, bring up.

bep, climb.

b§par, be high (sun).

o-bepar, a-, staircase.

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bQporn§, be high (sun).

b^pat, join lengthways.

b^pra, raise (in rank).

b^ptanq, keep close together.

bQpti, separate (act.).

bQpti, narrow.

a-b^ra, flour.

b^re, by no means.

kg-barka, td-, stilt.

b§s, all night.

bQS pali, night and day.

b^t, exact (adj.).

a-bet, bench, stool.

ra-b^t, na-, creeper used as rope; ka-, ta-, walking-stick.

beta, be low water.

beta, behead.

b^tar, cry out against.

bQt bqt, mince.

b^t bqtuQ, sit cross-legged (as Tula do to eat).

bgtor, button, close.

a-b^te, threshing floor.

Q-bete, fetters.

b^ti, harass.

a-bgti, fish species.

b!litai, capable.

bind, warn, threaten.

ka-bin, ta-, bangle.

bin, take oath.

a-bin, oath.

a-bihbin, Q-, wall of house.

binki, diminish.

a-bihkla, ^-, big bundle of leaves, grass ; apparition.

binkra, shout.

bip, catch (fish, etc.).

a-bip, Q-, captive.

bipar, spot, stain.

bipar bipar, be spotted.

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a-biri, scalp with much hair, bisua, hurry (work), ^-bit (pi.), dregs (of palm wine), leaven. bibanQ, declare, confess, biti, trap.

ka-biti, to- (or a-, ma-), cudgel. Ib6, just, only, but. bo tQn, it ought to be. a-bobala, Q-, ant-eater. a-bobQ, Q-, patella. bQf, bark (dog).

hqk, grind (blunt or new article), abet, boki, run. bgl, grind.

ka-bgtQ, te-, hammer.

a-b^fgn, tree with low branches and many leaves, hiding- place, ka-bokan, ta-, sugar cane. <^-bQkal, a-, ankle. ra-bQkgt, n-, hip. b^la, rub, powder.

k9-bolau, ta-, roll of clay for making pot. ka-bolko, tg-, basket (of bamboo, smeared with cowdung). a-b^lkQnt, t9-, elbow.

ka-bom, ta-, beam, hut (in farm) ; in pi. hamlet. boma, starve. bSmpa, heap up. bon, touch, bon, grind. bQni, besiege.

ka-bgni, ta-, cork- wood hut (for war), b^jni bgni, smooth, ^-bonli, a-, elder. Q-bgnQ, a-, fig. a-b^nt, Q-, elbow, ka-bont, ta-, elbow, bonten, get hard.

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(Qtgf) Q-bontoii, mud for house.

a-bonto, ^- (or o-, a-), herald.

^-bgntQ, peppermint (?), " tea-bush."

ma-bontohi, rain water (on ground).

bon, feel (tr.).

bon...SQi, dab.

a-bon, Q-, ground-nut farm.

a-bQii, ma- (nant amaboh), sheaf of rice (small), bunch.

i-bgh, ma-, end (K.)

boh sane, adult, stubborn.

o-bghb^h, desolate place, desolation.

a-bohbo, q-, pelican, pocket.

boner, worry.

bghk, clean (?) cotton.

te bghk, raw (cotton).

bohkal bohkol, be rough (road).

ko-bgnkQl, te-, valley.

S-bgnkg, e-, forest.

i-b^hk6', ma-, poison (witch's).

bohkta, be in confusion.

ma-bghkta, uproar.

a-bQukto, e-, women's house.

bohs, grope, handle.

bQp, turn over.

bop§', have outside removed, take outside off, abrade, be

rough, bgpsar, fill in, bor (?), be initiated, a-bor, ma-, lock, boras, only.

o-bor-ka, a-, uninitiated person, uncircumcised boy, girl, a-boro, swamp.

a-bgr^, e-, naga hagans (spitting cobra), bos, persuade, tempt, instigate. bQs, curse —

a-bQsamu, curse you (by old people), bgsa, scrub.

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(t9) bosQ, have diarrhoea.

a-bo8§, bruise.

ka-bosQ, diarrhoea.

bgsi, abrade, bruise, bring up old palaver.

a-bot, Q-, gizzard, goitre.

ra-bot, na-, fungus, growing on anthills, etc., with short stem.

hq^ bQt, clucking of hen.

bQt bgt, splashing of drops.

bgti, pinch.

bgti, pluck (fruit), cut off.

b^tkQ, September.

bQtla, stunted.

bQtQ, set trap for.

a-b^tQ, §-, wooden " shoe."

o-b5to, a-, bruise.

a-botubot, q-, bubble.

b^ya, stroke, caress.

a-boy5, §-, fish, eagle.

buk^, outrun, run about, away.

buki, chew the cud.

bukg, wash.

ka-bukg, t9-, spoon, ladle.

a-buktQ, flail (short).

bukti, provoke.

a-bulan, §-, whirlpool.

bun (i), be celebrated.

ta-bun, lower platform in roof (lit. sticks).

ka-bun, forehead (?).

a-bunbo, ^-, pocket, big.

buni, illustrious.

bunkli, arouse, put up (game).

bur an, be clear (road).

bur an, flat down.

a-buru, ma-, gadfly.

bus(e), dig.

but, be short, abrupt.

but, short, fast (asleep).

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Butas, abbreviate —

ibutas ampa, Icut the palaver short, butu, have a knot, a-butu, ma-, lump.

D.

d, interchangeable with r, da, of (=ra).

a-dalakilaki, ta-, fraenum.

darner, heal (tr.).

^-dandol, basin.

dahko, notice, care for.

a-dara, property.

da ran, back.

date, below.

daton, among.

de, come (=re).

de, there.

de, really.

dq, no, and.

de, no.

dqn dQn, early.

der, come —

der anoset, come into the house (said by one inside), ka-der, arrival, ma-d^r-, body, skin, d^rod^r, anywhere, di, cheat, di, eat —

ta di, to eat too much. §-di, victuals.

^-di, dust, dirt (body or furniture). dia(ntj), eat with —

gdia kata, he eats with his hand.

QdianQ wuni, he takes a meal with someone, dia, it. ka-dibat, breakfast.

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a-diBa, Q-, head, Bundu woman.

dif, tan.

dif, be poisonous, kill.

dif wuni ma sgt, assassinate.

ka-dif, murder, tanning.

dif a, kill with.

ka-difuQ suicide (act.).

Q-difn^, a-, suicide (person).

dim, overgrow, flood, destroy.

dim a, suffer loss.

dima, lost.

ka-dima (no pi.), damage, loss.

d;msi, erase, extinguish.

a-dina, religion.

din Q, be corroded.

dinuQ, be lost.

diriQ, spare, pass over.

dio, right, south.

an-diQ, ka-dig, south.

diotaln^, bound.

dir", greedy.

ka-d^r", ta-, mortar, gizzard, threshing floor.

dir a, go to sleep.

dira, asleep.

Q-dira, sleeping place.

dira dira, be stale.

d^ra fgklg fgklo, be" soft," come slowly.

dira(nQ), coagulate, curdle.

dirasnq, pretend to sleep.

diras, put to sleep.

dis, feed (act.).

djs, sleep often, stay long.

dis, yesterday.

dis a, feed . . . for.

a-dor", hunger, famine.

ke-dgr-, ta-, omen.

dgrQ, four days hence.

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k9-dumbu, ta-, baboon, grey. dur(nQ), rur, spin (self) in, darn, o-dure, a-, citizen, inhabitant.

E.

e, interrogative with preceding interrogative particle ; fg ma nonk Q, do you not see? ma ma pa e, ye peyi, you said it as it is.

n-ei, sun as source of heat.

k-§ (S.), t-, property.

qka, pi. of raka, things.

k-ek, t-, beard, spider's web.

k-elanta, osprey.

k-eleh, t-, Mandingo drum (hollow wood), large.

k-Qm§, t-, hundred.

s-§mb^, authority, show.

n-Qmi, hammock (old kind).

n-§mpina, m-, fungus (edible).

m-enap, pitch (from nenep tree).

k-enda, t-, locust seeds prepared for food.

k-ene, p-, coral (?).

k-entj (grain), p-ene (pi.), millet (digitaria).

s-enak, stitch (in the side).

k-Qh, t-, property.

k-§hkQ, gong.

k-Qiik^, t-, gong, struck by ma wo s a.

n-es, an-es (pi. am-es), name.

r-Qii, thunder.

d-^r" (no pL), place.

d-QrosQt (?), mantrap (war).

ad-QTQtila, bazaar.

d-er, S-, face, point.

m-Qr*, salt.

w-er (pi. t-er), rat.

ow-er kabQpr (pi. ater t^bQpr), rat species.

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^w-er ufula, mouse species {crassicaudatus).

ow-er kasQp, rat species.

ow-er aka mQrmQra, rat species.

ow-er ubein, t-, ta-, arvicanthus stnatus.

k-Sra, t- (? ara), message.

k-^rQ, k^ra, t-, errand.

k-Qr^, t-, bead (threaded).

k-Qr^, t-, ground squirrel.

k-^rq, defect.

k-QrQ, t-, excuse.

k-eren, t-, grass, weeds.

n-es, m-, name.

m-QS§, fringe.

k-Qt, t-, whip.

k-et, heartburn — ■

ketkayikQ, he has heartburn, m-et, time, festival, term for payment (pi. inet, not used), r-et, S-, sun.

r-^t, S-, hairy caterpillar, y-et (see raka). k-^tka, t-, lizard (smooth).

F.

^-f adQn, a-, enemy.

a-fafa, §-, meeting to take girl from Bundu; ladder, scaffold

(for house-building). f ai, cut throat, a-faia, water-pot. faik, winnow with fan (katqm^). f ak, drop, let fall, f ak, check, stop, dam. fak kabal, comndt adultery, a-fak, ^-, fish species. faka . . . abaya, beguile, a-fak a, %-, flood-gate.

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fakot, braid, plait (straw).

f aknQ, jump (as monkey).

fakti, flick off.

f aktinq, rid oneself of.

ko-fala, ta-, bamboo basket.

f alan, live again : they come out of the grave after burial and go to another country; must never see relatives again — if they do, will vanish again and go to another country. Their eyes are turned back. They rub chalk on themselves, and are invisible.

f al§, turn (away) (intr.).

fall, turn (away) (a.).

fal^r", fly.

fa lira, fly with, blow away.

falir", flying.

falir falir, hover (bird).

a-falma, ma-, plate.

ke-fama, to-, loin-cloth.

(abQra) a-fan^, a-, virgin.

ka-fant, to-, cowry.

f anta, entertain.

a-fanta, ^-, food-supplies (on march).

a-fanka, war-drum.

a-fahkali, Q-, fathom.

a-far, ma-, mouse species.

a-far a-bani, python.

fari, part of the Pqto bush.

farki, disgrace.

fas, suddenly.

na-fas, benefit.

fa sir-, bore through.

fat, scrape.

fat, betroth.

fat, come near

a-fat, §-, iron.

ra-fat, t a-fat, iron.

a-fat abqra, §-, hinge.

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fata, bring near.

f atan§, get close,

o-fatanQ, a-, neighbour.

a-fat9n, pot.

fat fat, scrape, erase.

fat fat, get close.

f ati, be near.

fati, close (adv.).

fati hiqIq, cheap.

a-fatla, §-, angle (obtuse).

fan, be pale.

foi, consume (fire).

f 9i, burn (intr.), be warm, hot.

f Bi, newly burned, warm.

foia, hot.

ka-fgia, heat (of body).

fale fole, variable.

f9l f 9I, whirl.

f 9li, remove {e.g., stick from road).

ra-fgli, na-, warp.

o-f 9m, a-, person.

a-f 9m (see wuni), people.

ra-f 9 m, civility.

k9-f9m9k, t9-, fungus (big).

ma-f 9nf, contempt, disgrace.

ka-f 9hf, lightness.

k9-f9nt9r, t9-, bed.

f9nta, lie down —

of9nta botgn, heisina hopeless state, he keeps his bed. o-f 9nta, place to lie down, lair, (am era) f 9nta, contented. f9ntn^, copulate, f 9nf9r9s, make light of. f9r9n, come up, climb up, copulate (animals, birds), rise

(tide). ma-f9r9n, high tide. a-f9rm§nk, §-, goose (long legged).

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a-fes, ^, moth.

fa si, cross over.

fasia, ferry.

f9ti, near.

ka-fati, td-, grain, that :^alls.

ko-fgti, ta-, grain of cooked rice, crumbs.

a fef, air, shame, object of contempt (put air in someone

= disgrace, because air is hght, and he looks small). a-fQf atgfl ( = slow), breeze, k 8 -fef in a, to-, harmathan. ka-fek, t9-, pit. a-f^kat, rapids, fela, desire, a-fela, wish, a-fela tadi, hunger, ka-fena, space, leisure, air. a-f Qne, sour cream, clotted, f^nn^, blow (nose), f^nta, fade; wither (in sun), f^nta, crisp.

a-fentan, ma-, insect (? small wasp). f^ntuQ, shake hand and snort, a-f^ntal, castor oil plant. fQn, blow ; play on. fqn, spout.

a-f en, small hornet or wasp, a-f^nfun, Q-, albino, a-f^nk, §-, hole, crevice, a-f^hku, asthma, fer, flog; beat, a-fer, music, fer a, clear.

f Qra fon, white haired, be. f era nan, be moonlight, f^ra, white, a-f era, q-, turkey, a-f QrQ, fish species.

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a-feru, millipede.

f§t, be young.

a-f^t, see wat (wah^t ? = wanfet), child (small).

fetar-, make white; cleanse (ceremonially).

f^tas, treat like a child.

fetosnQ, feign youth.

f^tla, blow up (fire).

f e^u, altogether ; no.

fi, be dead.

(nof) fi, be in the last quarter (moon).

fi argn dafiuQ, die happy.

a-f i, Q-, waist, loins, lower part of back.

a-fi, dying.

o-f i, a-, dead man.

rd-fi, death.

fia, die of....

fianQ, die a natural death.

fiauQ, be benumbed. '

ka-fiki, rat species.

fil(a), swing, turn.

fila, whistle (mouth).

fila fila, swing (pendulum).

f il fil, swing (hammock, etc.).

f ili (?), raise (stone).

a-findi, q-, net.

f ino, be convenient, rich (soil), good.

finfin (tor, flow), with a strong current.

fir~, find.

a-f ir, Q, buttocks.

ka-fira, ta-, steam, vapour.

f is, die, wither.

fisa, better; fisa ma kg waian^ maro, you had betiter

go and buy one for yourself. fisa(kQ), be better; convalescent. fisuQ, feign death, fit, blind, ma-fit, brain; marrow.

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fit a, throw away.

fitas (S.), blind.

fitis, blind.

fie, turn aside (act.).

f o (obs.), say.

fq, tqta. (or hQ, liQta), negative interrogative particle.

f 9, that (conj.).

kg-fo, ta-, mud-hole; ditch.

a-fobola, q-, wild duck.

f^f, speak, chatter, creak (shoe).

fQf tatin, speak truth.

a-fpf, Q-, language.

t9-fQf (pi. form), talk.

ke-fgf, talking.

fQf a, speak with.

fQfatuQ, rave.

fgfar, warn.

fQfatanQ, mumble, grumble.

kQ-fgfe, pagan.

fgfla, whisper.

fgf mo wqndema, caw (as crow).

fgi (imp.), be well off.

fo h§, be unable.

f oi (kara), be able, easy (to).

fQi kg tei, be better (q); get better (pa).

foi, float.

ma-f Qi, mashed leaves.

ra-foi, evening.

a-foir-, Q-, shadow, shade.

ka-foin, umbrella.

foit, float (act.).

foi tai, convenient, all right.

fgk, tie (in small parcel), wrap.

a-fgk, Q, parcel.

a-fgk, Q-, ant's nest.

fQkar, bandage.

f oki, bark (tree).

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f^kia, unwrap for.

fgklQ fQklQ, rustle.

a-fgkQ, Q-, rush, reed.

a-fgkQma, Q-, loophole (in wall).

a-foktoro, Q-, pigeon (? semitor(iuata).

iql, fglauQ, brood (fowl).

fola, Tula.

fQlfgl, be sweet scented.

f^l f q1, sweet scented.

ka-folin, ta-, gap in teeth (lost tooth).

foma, ever.

fon, shave.

rk-fon, a-, hair.

a-fgnf, light.

a-fQiifQh, "horsefly."

f onka (S.), whistle (with cane),

fghker', weed (with hand).

f oiike, be beautiful (person).

f onke, beautiful, handsome (person), ka-fop, t8-, pigeon (blue).

for, backbite.

ra-f Qr-, Q-, eye.

ra-fQr (or ka-), ta-, bud.

fgrar, line (garment).

k9-f Qre, fish species.

a-fgrne, q-, kind of cap.

a-foro, Q-, stalk (cut with ear).

a-for^j, Q-, baft.

a-fgrpgn, §-, dish.

fos, carve.

fgs fQsar", compel.

a- fos, Q-, cast skin ; corpse.

a-fgsa, gf^rsa (Eng.), power.

f osng, cast skin ; be the image of.

fot, be bad (egg).

fot, empty.

a-fot, Q-, " horsefly."

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ka-fot, foam, scum.

fota (fQ, hq, hpta), not ?

f otanQ, rest (intr.).

Q-fgya, fish bladder.

f u, new, fresh (palm wine, milk, bread).

to-fu, news.

a-fuba, Q-, dense bush.

f udia, house of mourning.

fufal, fan.

f uk, ferment (intr.) (of solids).

a-fuk, ma-, hook (on dress).

Q-fuk (pi. form), chaff; husks.

o-fuka, te-, chimpanzee.

a-fuk 9 1, Q-, lungs.

fukos, leaven.

o-fulu, childbed.

fumpg, fall down.

fumpQ kasi, become liable to a fine.

fumpQr, fall on, attack.

fumpran^, fall to, begin.

a-funti, Q-, prisoner of war.

funa, winnow on threshing floor.

a-funa, Q-, fan.

a-funk, Q-, granary.

a-funku, powder (medicine).

fur ah, deep and wide.

furap, blow (bot food); blow away.

(o-kom) ra-fus, house slave.

futa, stay.

f uta, half -cook.

f utali, dull (in rainy season), but not wet ; short period of

good weather. a-fut9l, Q, side. futQ, boil up (intr.) f uti, escape.

f utia, sustain, keep alive, support (in palaver), save. a-futQ, t8-, bush crocodile.

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H.

ha, hail, till.

hali, very.

hali, earnest.

hali hat a, exceeding.

hali, though.

halisa, moreover.

ha ma (mQ, mg), as long as (future).

h^, not.

a-h^ri (from Arabic), good luck, lucky man; without cares.

hQ, as, that.

i, interrogative without preceding interrogative particle ; n a

der ro i, did they come there ? will they come there ? i,I.

r-ianna (from Arabic), heaven, k-ibari, alarm, news, war news, y-ikala, soft food, k-ilan, repute (?) m-im, liver.

r-im (dim), s-, word, voice, k-ima, t-, smoke. n-in, one. y-int, see nant. r-inti, s-, perinseum. w-^r-, pi. t^r-, goat, n-lran, m-, python, n-iran, m-, small sticks tied together in a cu'cle to support

tabaka, of house. k-;rQ, spinster. k-5rke, t-, saddle, k-isan, t-, bottle, gourd, k-iti, work, service; danger.

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K.

In all cases where k changes to t in pi., a can be prefixed or not ; where a is changed to §, it must be prefixed.

ka (kQ, kg), and, when, that.

ka, in, into.

kate majQ ma, unwillingly.

o-ka, ana (noun referring to any noun denoting an animate being).

a-ka, Q-, inanimate thing.

Q-ka, sweepings.

Q-ka ^-katok, moss.

o-ka (pi. a-na), person, neighbour, property; ahami, my people.

o-ka', a-, beast.

ma-ka (mobi, malamba, etc.) (black) beads.

kaka, disease like smallpox.

s o-ka, greens.

kabanQ, admire, be remarkable.

kabi (aka), since.

kabi ma (mQ, mg), as long as.

Q-kabi, a-, blacksmith.

a-ka bar, ma-, mouse species.

kadin^, be lost.

a-kai, ta-, farm lying fallow.

o-kaiba, a-, hero (Mandingo, an old or great man).

a-kaiikaii, gills.

kaisQ, burn dully.

kaisi, take wood off (fire).

a-kak, q-, joint (grass, sugar cane, any tree).

a-kakai, Q-, gills.

a-kakam, q-, bat (?).

kaker", rob.

kaksa, be coarse (cloth).

k^l, scorch, broil, toast.

kal (e), reach.

kal, return.

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kal bond a, get stout again.

kal yoka mader, put on flesh again.

kal pQS, get new leaves.

a-kal, Pqio marks.

a-kal, ta-, hamper (on back).

kald, give back, take back.

kal a, divorce.

a-kSla (osi), money.

a-kala abosa, bribe.

a-kSla, Q-, caddis worm.

a-kal on, ma-, pitfall.

kalanka, remove stones from rice by shaking in calabash.

kal^nkQn, over there.

kal or, shrink, start.

kalbali, force.

kali, postpone, detain, delay.

a-kali, pumpkin.

m a-kal om, palm wine (from felled tree).

a-k alum be, "piano" (of umbrella ribs; from Congo Free

State), kamakisa, rub against, kamali, be full grown, prosperous. <j-kamd§r" (? Eng.), carpenter. kam§, give —

QkamQ una akin rgnQn, he gave him a cow as a present. kami, my. kamu, thy. a-kamu, ^-, iguana, a-k an, ma-, ground nut. kana, kanQ, annoy, kana, who ? whom ? a-k an a (?), bush cat (?). a-k and, ma-, ground nut. a-kande, ^-, paramount chief. kauQ, tell, discuss, command, order, kane, who ? whom ? a-kane, §-, report, history, discussion.

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a-kania, gonorrhoea.

kanson, take by force, do violence to.

a-kant, ta-, q-, bush.

kg-kant, ta-, hoop, wreath.

kantd', close.

a-kant a, a rite to keep witches from the farm.

o-kanta, house in which a chief is shut for initiation.

kantanset, "shut the house" when a suitor has applied for

a girl. kantQ, unfold (intr.). kanti, open.

kantiuQ komane, get " friend." kantonkan, amidst, kanu, your.

ma-kanya, gain, interest, kan, open a little crack, a-kah, §-, court, yard (before house), ro-kan, at large, out of the house. Q-kana (pi, Qkansa), crack, cleft, kahah, their, kank, nurse (child), a-kank, q-, sawfish, kahka, shut in, detain, stop (blood), kan kan Q, be confined (to).' kankla, defend, obstruct, screen, a-kank la, q-, curtain, kankg, may ! 0 that.

kankrati, be stiff (corpse) in wrong position, kansa kansa, be full of chinks, ma-kanya, profit, kap, scratch.

§-kap, a rite to keep witches from the farm (S.). kapane, beckon, a-kapar, q-, councillors of chief, a-kapot, Q-, bosom, kapas, kapat, scratch, paw. kapili, go round.

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kapkap, be tight.

u-kapra, a-, hunter.

kar, wait.

ma-kar, custom, principle.

kar, kar kar, turn, revolve.

kar a, bring, hang.

a-kkrd, indigo.

a-kara, §-, crab.

o-karS, mother.

karaka, camp.

Q-kar ancle, a-, scholar.

a-karSntQ, or k-arantQ, school.

karSri, read, educate.

Q-karankg, a-, cobbler.

kararan kati, nevertheless.

karap karap, be brisk.

a-kareta, claim.

ka-kari, ta-, young palm branch.

karihan, force.

karihan (from Arabic), violent.

Q-kar" kar-, white marks on skin.

o-karmokQ, schoolmaster.

k-art (?), caterpillar.

o-kas, a-, father, master.

kasa, join.

kSsa, intercede, interfere, be concerned.

a-kasa, terms of peace.

kSsi, refuse.

kasi-kasi, have rough skin (from eruption).

kasna (?), be insubordinate.

kasra, violent.

kasu, our.

kat, put, foster, make (heap), wattle (house).

a-kat, fish species.

kata, can ? (followed by e at end of sentence, if last word!

does not end in i). kati, rid.

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kati, that.

kati, except.

kati, give out.

Q-kati, booty.

katQ, drop, escape from.

katQ (? katq), go away —

katQ r' afQin, to keep out of society, kati, take by force, kati, exclude.

kat kat(ries8m, breathe), fast. katkateruQ, force oneself on. kat kqre, apologise, make excuse, katn^, interfere, go away, kay^r, aside. k9, to, in. k9, it, they. kabel, bury. kabankel, fish species, kabep, meet with, o-kebi, a-, dew. kadi, before (adv.), forward, kafa, be curved, kgb^tas, set (trap), kabqn, crack (nuts), kef it a, be blind, kofta, wrinkle (forehead), kofur", slander, kakti, stir.

kel, turn, pour, return, kal^, decline (sun).

kol!, take care of, look, behold, be awake,, live, kali, alive.

kali der, be partial to. kglian^, look for, expect, kalis, wake the dead, kalkel, be circular, o-kelkel, circle.

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a-kam, fish species.

1 8-k a m Q, antelope species ( ?).

kan, twist.

ken a, be crooked,

kan a, crooked.

a-kana, q-, wrist.

a-kana, charm, bracelet.

kanar, screw in.

kenas, kans, curl.

kanas kenas, writhe with pain.

kani, untwist.

kans, curl.

kansa, curly.

kansa kansa, zig-zag.

a-kant, Q-, root (whole).

ra-kent, throe.

kan tar, substitute.

kantaruQ, take one's turn.

kan kan, gurgling.

a-kant la, Q-, ta-, shoulder.

kap, scratch.

a-kapat, §-, chest (body), bosom.

a-kar-, %-, (or i-, ma-), column, pillar (mud, wood).

a-kar, small hut for rice.

kara, scrape (dirt), crash (tree).

kara(?), keep.

o-karakom, a-, cousin, relative.

karda, kerta, grate.

kar kar, deep (voice).

a-kerkqte, Q-, purse (leather).

o-kas, a-, companion.

kasi, refuse.

a-katakambQl, base of pot.

ke, steal.

kQ, swear.

kefir, young.

kqfuQ, avoid.

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kei, thievish.

o-kei, a-, robber.

ra-kei, theft.

kqkar, be rancid.

k^kGr*, carry (in flat hands), nurse (child).

k^k^, here it is, look.

o-kqkQ, a-, grand-child.

o-k^lfa, a-, warrior.

k^l ktjl, shine (as star).

k§l k^l, bright, shining.

a-k§m, Q-, brass, copper kettle.

a-k^mboi, brass dish.

a-k^mpita, q-, fish scale.

a-ken, e-, adder (?).

na-ken (pi.), coals of fire.

kqna, full grown.

ktjnQ, peep.

a k^n^, public place.

a-ktjnt, Q-, raphia vinifera.

kenta, be bowlegged.

a-kQiik^n, ma, a water bird.

keoke, however.

k&T', be painful to ear, harsh.

kerq, carry off, lead (horse), lead (of road).

a-kqra, message.

kqret (sQn, hQr), sparingly.

k^r§, but.

a-kere, necklet, beads.

a-keria, fish species.

kQS, kQsa, trim (cut).

a-kes, circle.

k^sas, on purpose.

kQs§, muscular.

kQt, notch.

0 k^t, a-, step (of ladder).

kqta, lead.

k§ta, puzzle.

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k^tan, be half full. kQtaii, half full. kqtebQter', dislike, hate. kqtkQtaiiQ, be economical. a-kQtkt{tiiia, beetle, key a, steal.

a-kiki, e-, crowd, company, a-kil, footsteps (?). a-kil, ta-, giant rat. kilar, be swollen, kili, living, ma-kima, soot, a-kimali, gonorrhoea (?). k!n, one.

a-kin, snake species, a-kin, breadth, kind, fall upon —

matatak makind mi, dewdrops fall on me. kin t la, get an attack of an old complaint, a-kin tQ, e-, foundation of a house, i.e., low wall left of a house

that is fallen ; ruins (in pi.), kill a, shake down, a-kinkin, shrew.

kihtanq, dissemble, profess falsely. a-kihtQii, e-, puddle. k;ny?m, yawn.

kira, annoy, agitate, trouble, take care, tease, kira, troublesome, troubled. a-kira, ma-, charm. kiran§, trouble, kirih, firm, kiro, be homesick.

^-kis (pi. form), chewed palm kernels, kisa, outbid, surpass, kisi, escape unhurt, kisis, deliver, kit kit, be thick.

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kiting, be obstinate in doing.

kiyiokor of^t, bein early stage of pregnancy.

kQ = ka g —

wnni kQ bonclo, a Bondo member.

k9, go to- ko ro bil, go to the canoe, ko a bias, go a journey, kg kgdi, proceed,

ko, what?

ko, him, his.

kg, and.

a-kQba, §-, hem (at bottom of garment).

kobang, meet.

ka-kob^t, ta-, mud fence.

ma-kob^, ordeal by hot oil or water.

a-kobio, fence.

a-kobQkQbo, garden egg.

o-kQb5ha, a-, member of family entitled to chieftainship.

a-kobtu, e-, iron cooking-pot (K.).

koba, twenty.

kQQn, why.

kpfar, conceal.

kqfat, assemble (tr.).

a-kQfta, Q-, sandal; akgfta Qbgli, boot.

a-kok, e- (? Eng.), penis.

kQinyQ, give.

koka (?), speak ilL

koko (ko oko), a little.

k6kd, anything.

kokob^, everything.

kokus, turn out, pour out, empty.

kgkut, go for water.

a-kgl, anger, oblique look.

kql, asquint.

kolauQ, believe.

a-kQl^, e-, Fula arrow-poison.

a-kolma, e-, rush mat.

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k9-kQlma, ta-, rush, reed.

kolo, approve, revere.

kolo, right.

k(jlg, hollow,

kolSriQ, boast.

ka-kQlgii, te-, bed bug.

kom, bear (tree, woman, or animal).

k9-kom, birth.

u-kom, a-, parent.

ora-k5m, a to-, relative.

Q-kom rabai, "father of the kingdom."

k^m, outward.

o-k^m (?), roof, top.

re-kgm, height.

kg ma, iron (clothes).

kom a, be related.

komanQ, innate, natural.

a-koman^, mole (on body).

Q-koman§, a- (a)k8manQ, friend, relative in law (perhaps

a Mohammedan w^ord). [See also man^.] ma-komanQ, genitals, a-kombila, e-, shell (mussel, etc.), empty box ; turtle shell

(back only), kg mar, banish, komar, native town.

o-komora, a-, woman in childbed, generation, ra-kgmara, offspring, ma-kgnig, palm fibre (from leaves), ra-kgmq, palm -leaf, komi, be fruitful, a-komp, e-, palm-tree, ma-komp, palm- wine, kgmpta, warp, shrivel (heat). kgn, twine.

a-kgn, tree whose bark is used for ordeals, a-kon, ma-, eel, conger, a-kon, g-, right angle.

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ka-kgn, iroko.

ma-kQn, rheumatism.

ma-k^n, poison (snake).

kona, where is he ?

a-kgnde', Q-, guitar (Susu word).

kcjnq, go away.

konQn, he.

a-kgnt, e-, track by a cow.

a-konta(n), q-, staple.

a-konta, an object inside a witch, said to be like the stomach

of a small animal, a-kontan, e-, a bird that plucks feathers from other birds. kQntli, dislocate.

a-konto, Q-, tortoise shell (the whole, upper and lower). kQntofali, amaze. ma-kontQii, madness, kgii, his.

a-koh, foundation (?) a-koh, hipbone, koha, shake down. kQuf^r^n, be barren, kohi, set free (from chain), a-kghka, q-, pond. ma-kghkuQ, numbness, cramp, a-kohko, squirrel (red), a-kohko, q-, room. kQhkgbQS, t-, cucumber, kohkoh, shake off. kopaspas, converse, kgpra, claim, demand, kor, breed, bear, kor, fish, kor, steer, a- kor a, q-, rudder, o-kor, a-, helmsman, kgres, fish for. •

kori, salute.

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kori 0, hail (I salute you).

a-kori, q-, call (visit).

a-koro, q-, green pigeon.

a-koron, Q-, platform in farm.

o-kQrgsu, a-, man who makes charms, conjurer who trans- forms people.

a-kos, §-, ma-, jaw (bone) cheek.

o-kos, Q-, companion.

kQsa, scratch.

k^t, walk, flow (water).

kot, tie.

a-kot, §-, bundle.

o-kot, o-kotnQ, pi. o-kot9s, knot.

kota, hollow out (tree).

kgta kor, defsecate, go to stool (walk with one's belly).

a-kot a, or a-kata, q-, crop (bird).

kota, although.

a-kote, Q-, load.

kot9r, put a halter on.

kotar, walk with.

kot9ranQ, visit each other (regularly).

kotarnq, bind oneself.

kQt§, keep for (K.).

kgtQ, load.

koti, put out (eyes).

koti, unloose, cut up (beast).

o-kQtir", joint, knuckle.

o-kQtirani (joint of foot), ankle.

kQt kQt, walk about, circulate (blood).

kotnQ, be surety.

kgtQ, brother.

o-koya, a Kwia man.

a-koyaba, guava.

o-krifi, a-, demon (see Eeport, i, 31).

ra-kuban, na- (=mawon marank), plant (creeper) with tuber root like yam, " elephant yam."

kuf, swell, rise.

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kufanQ, cover oneself (cloth).

kufol, fan, cool.

kufkufn^, clap wings (fowl).

a-kuf na, q-, wing.

a-kft, yam (Mandingo), grows on ra-ku.

a-kukun, fish species.

kul, blow (with belows).

kul(a), smoke.

kul, smoked, dried.

a-kul, ma-, nostril.

§-kul (pi. form), bellows.

k u la n a n e, mixed.

kul kul, be almost ripe.

kulo, cry.

a-kulgn, §-, greater plaintain eater.

kumbulu, a chief brought out of the kanta, vampire.

kulun, mix.

kulunan^, mix (intr.).

kumle, roll (waves).

kump, roll up.

kumpn^, uncover oneself.

a-kump, Q-, oil palm (big).

o-kump, a-, (fellow) workman.

a-kumpor, rat "plate " on rope.

kumpgri, uncover (one asleep).

a-kumpia b^ria, q-, fungus, large.

a-kumpila, q-, shell (ground nut).

a-kumra, guardian of Pgro initiants.

kun, beget.

a-kunsQse, tortoise.

kunta, be arched.

kun tar, fester.

a-kuntQ, Q-, ta-, kitchen.

kunt kuntes, be hollow.

a-kun, ma-, corner.

kunk, keep out (sun), be in the light of.

a-kunk, ta-, fence, trigger guard.

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kunkor, fence.

kunkla, screen.

o-kuf, Q-, eyelid.

kur", hook, take.

kiir (a), be old.

kur, old (animals, things).

a-kur, ruins (of a town).

rakur-, t9-, family; as adj., old, traditional.

o-kiiruba, a-, soldier.

kure, anoint, rub with.

^j-kurpa, wooden stave.

kuru (see vmder u), sky.

kiiru mas|ba, god.

kus, pour out, land, discharge, release (from Bundu, etc.),

celebrate (feast), a-kftsaba, q-, sleeveless gown with pocket. kusn§, run out.

a-kusQ, Pgro broom, to mark tabu. a-kusQ, fire stone, kusu, put soup on (rice), kut, draw water, ko-kut, knife for making pots, a-kut, fish species, a-kut, Q-, head of nuts, bananas, kuta, sow (rice), cover over, kuta, hoe.

kutir . . . mant, irrigate, kwea, be bent inwards (leg). kwi, hold between the teeth, defame —

kwi anes na wuni, talk ill of someone continually, a-kwi (or a-), q, to, crocodile, a-kwoti, fish species. kwqn, why.

L.

Id', wax.

la', use, be used to.

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Ik', lai, be many, full —

la ncjkQ, be covered with dirt, lafti, turn (over), change, wheel, ka-la, p8-la, grain of rice, a-laba, bag, wallet (for powder, etc.). ka-labo, shinbone. laflaf(bak, grow), fast. lahiri, promise, lai, be high (sun), lai, agree, lai, many.

lak, raise, throw up; lak aroii, shout (for help), lakes, throw up. lakat, look up. lakti, raise (eyes). a-lal, Q-, t8-, grass-field, a-lal, ma-, treadle of loom. ka-lal, ta-, hook, fork (of tree), a-lal a, q, oar. a-lama, ^, locust. k 8-1 am, ta-, comb (cock), lamas, throw at. ke-lamp, ta-, bee-eater, a-lama, q-, locust.

a-lambe, §-, homage, respect, offering (e.g., to chief), a-lana, ^-, period (past), time, a-lando, dance-dress. lanQ, believe, hope, trust in. lane, ashore, lansa, perhaps, a-lan^, q-, sling, ka-lantan, ? seagull. 1 ant a, be forked. Ian, groan, grunt, moan, sigh, laii, crack (sound). 0-1 an b a, a-, adult, young man. ra-lanba, puberty (in male).

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Ian bar", court (man).

lank, consume.

lank, grow thinner.

ra-lank, t9-, burying-place (? of chief).

a-lanka, q-, sherd (large).

lankas, make thin.

lahkQ, decline (sun).

lanki, lean,

laiikli, surrender.

ma-la nk^, nut-oil.

^-lankQii^, native cloth.

a-lankQUQ, ^-, country cloth.

lap, kindle (tire), stir, keep up.

lap, be ashamed, modest.

ma-lSp, shame.

la pas, deride.

la pas, shameful —

taitgrnalapas, a thing that is shameful. lapra, a cap. laprQ, forgive.

a-laro (a-daro), ^-, war-bell, cymbal, las, be full (moon, etc.), fill, ma-las, high water. Idsar", fill (tr.), be full (moon), lasi (trs.), answer (word) (person), lat, be wet.

ka-lat, long grass used for making covers, la tsar, drench, lauldu (four syllables), aloud, laf ti, twin, lak, copulate.

a-lakat, §-, stump (in farm), lam, throw, fish, hunt, a-lambe, q-, benefit, ka-lamp, ta-, well, cistern, a-lans, q, ear, brim (hat or basin), Ian ka, feel (for).

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^-l9nk, Q-, thigh, lap (in pi.).

lenka, swing, stir in bowl.

lahke, lean, decline (sun), heel (ship).

lahki, aslope.

lap, poke, stir.

lap, light.

lap as, accomplish.

ka-lapat, ta-, torch, brand.

lapQ (imp.), be late.

lapQ, come late (evening) —

QlapQ der, he came late. lapsQ, be last, do last —

ilapsQ kq nahk rokamp, I saw him last at Freetown, laps^, last, las, be ugly, bad. las, bad, wrong, las, bad —

ron del as, bad road, lasa, be spoiled, ugly, lasar", damage, deform, spoil, waste, lati, be thick, lati, thick, le, allude to.

l^be, be of weak constitution, be overdone (meat). iQbu l^bu, be pliant, a-l^fa, Q-, cover, leisa, lie on the back. Iqk, copulate (man and woman), ka-lek, ta-, shoot (first yam), germ. • ka-l^kq, ta-, basket, lei, be grave, tired, heavy, serious, lei, irksome, heavy, a-lel, Q-, bean, ra-lel, snake, lela, tire, k a-lel a', weight, a-lele, call (of the voice).

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a-lele, q-, jelly-fish.

a-lele, wild duck.

a-lelepele, q-, centipede.

a-lQlm^nt, q-, caterpillar (?).

a-lem, ^-, animal (very wise) size of squirrel.

o-lQmlQHi, point (sword).

lemn^, bid farewell to.

l§mp, be quick.

l^mp, quickly.

a-lem pe, q-, prepuce.

a-lQmr^, ma-, lemon.

ma-l^mrane, agreement.

ma-l^mrane, farewell.

a-len, ma-, antenna.

ka-lQn, t9-, horn, flask.

ma-lQni, hornet (?).

l^nnQ, hold in arms,

l^nsir, sing praises of.

ka-l^nj^, ta-, baby (up to twelve months).

ma-lent, childishness.

o-l^ntapir, top.

k9-lQntar, ta-, centipede.

a-l^nte, ^-, ladder.

l^n (with na), flower.

len, sing.

len bo iwinon, sing in time.

iQn, slow.

a-len, ma-, song.

a-len, ma-, peg.

ka-lQn, t8-, flute.

a-len a (or ko), ta-, tail.

ra-15nbQ, ta, trigger (of gun).

iQni, be grey-haired.

iQni, grey.

leni (with a), get blossoms.

a-l^ni, ma-, flower.

iQnk^u, yonder.

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l^nki, serve.

iQnkgtQrQ, asquint.

ka-l§p, nape of neck, where hair finishes.

l^pti, boil, cook too much.

a-lera, q-, paper.

iQsa, catch, intercept.

0-1 etu, top (tree).

a-lik, Q-, bundle (sticks, grass).

ks-lim, te-, neck.

lima, file.

limini, say good-bye.

o-limp9ti, summit.

lind, brace.

lindan^, pull tight.

linnQ, crawl (snake).

lins, pull tight (drum).

linsnq, crawl (worm).

k 9-1 in a, t9-, tail.

kg-lint, centipede.

lih, hang down.

lih, draw.

lihau^, draw to oneself.

a-lihb9ti, Q-, swelling.

lins a, delay (n.), hesitate.

a-lip, t9- (quill, k9-, tg-), porcupine.

a-lisa, snake specie (? blind worm),

lis§r ankala, spend (money).

a-lo, time, season, turn.

k9-loba, t9-, shin.

IgftQ, be soft (as skin).

lQk9s, make to grow.

lyko, grow.

a-lQk^, Q-, day, time.

Igk^ algko, always.

olgko, Loko (properly Landoro) man.

o-lQkgr, root (of hair).

lol, peck.

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lol, make a hole, hollow out (large tree).

1q1, get ripe, be tried.

1q1, be small, thin.

lola, hollow.

kg-lola, tg, spool.

IqIos, IqIs, fatigue.

lolas, be perforated.

Igli, tired.

lol ok, be round.

lolok, round, complete.

k9-lolom, creeper, species ; kidnapper.

Igm, count.

iQm !raka, calculate.

Igm (t8), tell of, relate.

a-lfjm, Q-, another.

(qtQf) Q-lgm, quantity of earth.

loma, fish (with hook).

a-loma, signal, mark.

lomanQ, aim, direct, front, face, concern, apply.

lomar*, mark, notice.

ma-lombo, fruits.

o-lomor*, mark, butt.

ko-lgm^, t9-, sheep.

lomi, describe.

lomQ, speak in parables, liken to.

a-15m(J', Q-, parable, proverb, riddle.

lomp, be right.

lompar, lompas, put in order, set, settle, load (gun).

lompori, unset (trap).

lompi, right, straight.

Igmpi b§t, exact.

lond, inlay, overlay.

lond, spill on.

i-1 QUQ, ma-, wart.

ko-lont, td-, occiput.

kelgnt, nipple.

ma-lonti, fashion, likeness.

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a-lonto, ma-, okro.

Ion, pour out, capsize (tr.).

k 8-1 on, ta-, dimple, mark of wound.

Ion mant, revoke (medicine) oath {i.e., pour water).

lona, founder, capsize.

a-lonk (i), ma-, arm.

ka-lgnka, ta-, corkwood funnel for palm wine.

ka-lgnko, ta-, handle, haft.

Iqeiq (lonon^), the other day.

Ion sir, dash (water).

ka-lop, ta- (or Qlop), fish.

lopan§, halt, walk lame, be maimed.

lopra, be clothed.

Q-lopra, clothes.

losir", clothe, provide with cloth.

a-15ta, Q-, blister (from rubbing).

ka-lgti, ta-, occiput.

ka-luba, shinbone.

Ink, remove, capture, take as booty, plunder.

a-luk, ma-, calf (of leg).

0-1 uk, a-,' cob.

0-1 uk a ban a, a-, waterbuck.

luka (?), bring.

a-luk a', ma-, seed.

a-luk a, ma-, bead (before threading).

luluk, complete.

a-lulu, ma-, bird species, soldier bird.

lump, be straight.

lumpar, load, set (trap).

lump as, arrange (affairs), amend.

lun§, emigrate.

lunQ luuQ, be nomadic.

luh, drown (act.).

ka-lunka, ta-, funnel.

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M.

ma', be right, know (?). ma, let (us), must.

ma, mQ, mQ (present tense) ; na ma mQ, they are gomg. ma (m^, my), how, as, if (past).

ma, mam, man, why? how? (2nd person) ; past tense if the verb follows immediately ; future if ma or man follows the first ma. ma, they, people, mak (nq), hide, ka-makisa, a game. makQiitQii, be mad.

malauQ, be agreeable, allow, agree, accept, malef ti, beguile. o-male!ka (from Arabic), angel, mamal, be mad.

mambgri, tortoise shell, woman member of Pgro. ka-mambwi, hut in Pgro bush, mamal, madness, mampla, clasp, ko-maii (a-), ^, advice, mandira o, good-night (let us sleep), ma nan, wear.

mang, concur, agree, suit (medicine). o-manQ, a-, friend, ka-man^, friend, usually woman —

sankomane (of animal), our friend.

m a-m a u q, friendship. a-Manika, Mandingo. o-manson, attendant of chief (K.). man, you —

mian man yQna amtql, with this you (must) make the medicine.

manmabQsanga, are you digging here ? (for ma in present or future). man, advise, warn, exhort.

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mank, hide, buiy.

a-mank, q-, wrinkle.

ka-mank, tQ-, corn.

mankar", confide to a person, give in charge.

mankQn^, hide,

a-map, " stack " of rice on sticks.

map an Q (man t), walk by side of (water).

mar", help —

imaramu, I help you. mar", mari, b^t (imp.), mar- sQto, deserve, ma-mar-, birdlime, mar a, burn, mar a, lascivious, mari, ought, mari, help, ma-mari, right, a-mahkua, Q-, charge, trust.

maran (=ma ren, they two, or [masar] niaran), two. mares, wife's sister's husband, husband's brother's wife, u-mariki, a-, master, martei, lucky, a-mas, Q-, water yam. masarQ, constellation, rises 9 p.m. in August; Orion (?),

Pleiades (?). masar, suckle.

o-mas6n, attendant of chief (K.). mat, closely. matqkQ, in spite of. a-matir, vein. matlauQ, adhere. matlQ, put piece on house, patch, ma tank, be cold.

mba, thank you (reply to salutation), mbaki, belong to —

mimbaki, it is mine, ma, thou.

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mgfi, emerge (from water), man, warn —

imamu, I warn you.

imone, I warn myself. a-mon, §-, warning. mantQii, be sluggish, monk, bury. a-m9nk, ^-, seam, weal, m anker, give in charge, marat mar at (tfjm), cud (chew), marki, be thick (grass). mar mar, tickle, mas mas, be soft, cartilaginous, mat, avoid, turn from, despise, reject, mat, dip (in), matas, dip frequently. mQ, how, as. m^fa, be dented, a-m^f^, groin, m^fu, be mellow, m^ka, avoid, dodge, m^ku (L.), be soft. m^mar, try, undertake, a-m^mnq, Q-, looking-glass, u-m^n, a-, diviner, ka-m^nd^, employment. m^uQ, pure. a-Mqni, Mendi. m^nt|, coax, fondle.

ka-mqp, ta-, top (coronal suture), crown (head), mer, mir, swallow, ra-mer, na- (? ta-), tongue, a-mera, §-, mind, a-merabana, pride, a-merafera, candour. m§ro, left (L.). ka-m^rQ, a-m^rg, north.

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m^ru (S.), be soft, mellow.

mes, eat greedily.

ra-niQs, q-, egg.

a-m^sa, §-, table.

a-mQsa, ^-, crumbs.

m^t m^t, tap, coax.

mi, me.

mili-mili, be twilight.

minan, I.

minta, dare, risk.

minta, bold.

mintasnq, show oneself bold.

m^r", swallow.

a-mis, Q-, mosquito.

a-misidi, q-, mosque.

mit, be shy.

ra-mit, taciturnity (from dullness or desire to avoid a sub- ject).

mg, he, she, one.

mq (for Q in present or future), he.

mQ, how, as.

mg (future); kQUQ mQ re SQtQ akala, he will be getting money.

a-mgbftla, ghost (stands in corners at night, runs after children ; dressed in white ; seer's hair stands on end).

Mgdu (from Susu), son of.

mgfola, butter.

mghQ, as if, for example.

mginQ, slink away, creep away.

a-m Q k Q b u 1 a, ghost.

mgl, abhor (K.).

a-mgl, thinking (?), sadness, grief — sail amgl, to sit deep in thought.

a-mgl, q-, pattern, mould.

mglo, amount —

mgloabai anyi rQnu ropeta', how many chiefs are there in the town V

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ka-mgm, ta- (kat), stack.

a-m Q m p i 1 a, ghost.

mQmpla(iiQ), fold (hands, arms).

mQn§, be poor.

mgnQ, poor.

mouQ, trouble, danger —

niQnQ minQn, alas for me. a-niQiitQ, Q-, pimple, lump, mgp, shut (hands, fist), shut the eyes, grasp, mgri, show the road, a-morka, Q-, white ant. Mostari, Jupiter, mot, light, get light. niQt, be first. mQt, just (?)—

wuni mgt tQna, adult, mota, come before —

Qmota mi der", he anticipated me. mota, sink (ship or stone), dive, set (sun), be flooded, ke-mota, tQ-, thing that gives light, light, torch of bamboo

(not yet lighted), ka-mgta, sinking. mQt as, drown (tr.), overflow (tr.). ka-niQt^, ta-, bag (of cane plaited), basket, a-m pa, affair.

mpiari, a salutation (have you been well ?) ma-mpiar'o, good-bye (let us be well all day), m u, thee.

mufar, be mouldy. Mufar, October, ka-mui mui, flying ant. mukti, dig up, root up. a-mul, ^-, tapeworm, mulat, half-breed, (tgi) mulQ, singe. muma, thank, call, mumal, kiss.

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mumal, smell (tr.)

a-mumpasi, bat (?)

mun, drink, lap.

a-muna, e-, sweet potato (white skin).

mun a, where are you?

munQn, thou.

a-munkal, q-, wave.

a-murare, ^-, bargain, secret.

murd^ (from Arabic), mutiny (?)

a-murun, q-, heap of rubbish.

ka-m&t, ta-, back.

ka-mut daran, behind my back, absence, during.

ro-mut, outer.

a-mut, ma-, q-, paw (cat or leopard).

muti, grub up.

muti, bid, call, thank.

muti mamo, thank.

muyu, suffer, be patient.

N.

na, nana, to-day (past).

na, go, kick.

na, nan, nana (with nouns), nanan (with verbs), to-day.

na, mother, madam.

Q-na (oruni), ta-, cow (bull).

Q-na obai, ox.

Q-na ob^ra, cow.

o-na a-, step (of ladder).

o-nabi, a- (from Arabic), prophet.

n^fa!, get rich, be rich, numerous.

nafa, rich.

nafas, make rich.

a-nai, anei, ma-, yam.

a-nai (kq), good temper.

nai nai, be obstinate.

a-nak, ^-, boiled rice.

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nakat, parch, fry.

nakot, fried.

naktine, lightning.

nak nak (imp.), blind (with two objects).

nal, cluck (hen at seeing hawk).

nal, curse (intr.), insult.

nam, someone.

nam fa, thrive.

namra, satiate, satisfy hunger, be satisfied.

namsaruQ, over eat.

uamt^nQ, click.

nana, to-day (past).

nan an, as before.

a-nanSs, Q-, pineapple.

nauQ, think, hope, guess, mean.

a-nauQ, Q-, ma-, thought, meaning, sense.

a-nani, poop.

a-nani, Q-, awning.

ka-nanka, td-, landmark.

nan la, be rich, obtain (riches).

Q-nanla, riches.

nant, remove, bring, fetch.

ko-nant, t9-, mucus (from nose).

ra-nant, na-, rope for trap.

nanti na mara, blaze.

nanta, marry (of man).

nantia, pick up.

nan, last, to-day, already (past time) (subjunctive).

nan fa, be profitable.

nank, be convinced.

ka-nanka, is-, chameleon.

nap, judge.

a-nSp a-raf Qr~, Qnap ^rafQr", iris (? apple).

napauQ, knock down.

nap at i, slimy (ground), sticky.

napas, hit.

narnq, put foot against for support.

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Q-nasai, a-, companion.

nasi, blot out, brush away.

o-nasin, brother-, sister-in-law.

nasnas, trample.

natla(nQ), adhere.

a-nawor*, q-, tigercat (?)

no, you.

nofol, be pliant.

n8fra(nQ), shrivel.

nekaran^, shrivel.

nom, nonk, see.

noma, swarm (insects).

non, you.

nonoa, appear.

ko-nonkra, t^-, boundary.

nonkanq, consult together.

nop, convict.

nop, hit with fist.

nop OS, throw.

q-not (pi. form), gums.

ndig, north.

ndiroi, a salutation (have you slept ?).

ne, see.

ma-ngfi, slowcoach.

a-nei, sun as source of heat.

a-nei, or inei, sympathy, pity.

a-nei(i-), ma-, yam.

ko-neka titiri, lizard (small).

n^kQ, " watch pot," sponge.

(wuni) ko-n^kQ, parasite.

a-u^kQ, horn (?), used by EagbenlQ.

nek nek, fine (person).

n^mpAt, elastic.

u^mtQUQ, beg.

a-nqng, q-, cockroach.

a-ncQ (rapor, sat or), circlet, crown, (put on).

a-UQpol, Q-, long grass.

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n^r- ner-, speak through nose.

lies, fear.

ra-nes, fear.

a-nes, vanity.

a-nes, ma-, spider.

11 a-nes, cobweb.

n^sa, be afraid, frighten.

a-ni, Q- (or i-, ma-), sole of foot.

a-iii, ^-, shore.

ma-iii, greed, avarice.

ma-nifi, tinder; chicken.

iiifli nifli, obscure.

Q-nTl (pi. form), saliva.

nimi nimi, low (voice).

nJmtanQ, mumble, murmur.

Q-nin Qna (pi. form), cowduug.

11 in a, to-morrow.

niiiis, terrible.

0-11 in is, terror.

ninla, mumble (with lips to).

ra-nink, te-, electric fish.

o-niiikara, mother-in-law, son's wife.

o-ninkas, a-, father-in-law.

a-n!(}n, q-, chief's turban.

nipraiiQ, be liealed (sore).

iiiprQ, disappear.

ma-iikqne, secret.

no, here, here with ...

nq nQpet, here in the town.

iiQ, into —

der angsQt, wqii aiiQSQt, come into the house, ngdi, here in front. 11 o i, take away (by force). iiQia, take up (chorus). nQk, tan. ngkQ, dirt. ngkQ, dirty, unclean (ceremonially, e.g. food).

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ngk^Js, defile.

ka-nQl, trail of snail.

ka-nompQlQ, to-, a water bird.

nQmut, outside.

nQnla, deal in slaves.

ma-ngn^, milk.

nia-nQnQ madira, curds and whey.

nQnt, be slippery.

nQiikel, snore.

a-norQ, bad luck.

nQTQ, with. ■

ngru, here outside.

uQsnei, be miserable, make miserable.

ngsnei, sorrowful.

o-ngsnei, pity.

ngt, coil.

notu, push in (rice).

k9,-nson, greed, violence.

sa-ntak, ma-, claw.

nt^uQ, aunt, father's sister (Mandingo word).

nu, you.

nul(a), be bent.

a-nul, Q-, tape- worm.

numpta, compress (cloth). . .

a-numu, pigmy hippo.

a-nunk, §-, poison nut.

nusQ, nusi, stoop from old age, straighten (S.).

nut, fold, bend.

nutar, clinch (nail).

nut8s(nQ), curl, be curly.

nu1^Qn§, bent.

nya, where are you ?

na, they, them ; anf8m nakgn^, the people went away — ma na la yq, ma na tam^ ta jq, as they are accus- tomed to do. alai na lune, many emigrated.

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h ^, where are they ?

o-na', on an a-nan, one of family.

Q-na, a-, companion, adversary (in game).

nai, grin.

naibi, reveal.

nal, hinder,

naine riasS, have teeth jutting out.

nair", grin at.

nak nak, strike teeth together, nod (in hammock).

nal, restrain.

nane, those.

nantsn, swim.

(to) nant, vomit —

Q nant balbot, he vomits bile.

Q ta nant, he is vomiting. nan, bite, nan, they, it —

anre a na dis are afino nan, yesterday was a fine day.

man di, let us eat (two persons).

man di nan, let us eat (more than two), o-nan, a-, companion, one of kindred, nani, gape.

nap, condemn, pronounce guilty, nar", shut (K.). a-nara, gate (K.). nas, paddle, row. hasa, paddle, hasa, pull, nasi, erase, nat, ascend, nat, scratch, nat a, raise.

o-natan^, top, high ground, nati (imp.), itch, ka-nbuma, shrub, a-namp, ma-, fish hook, noti, itch.

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nQ, say.

ko-n§ (?), mason wasp (?).

nei kaka, be rough (leaf or skin)*

a-nek, green pigeon,

11 Qm, yawn.

n'esam, breathe.

a-nes9m, q-, breath.

nesamnQ, pant.

nesQn, green.

nes!n^, wake in night suddenly.

a-n^te, q-, rag, wick.

net, mince.

ka-nf^na, (no pi.), air, atmosphere.

nil, growl, roar.

a-nile, heddle (?).

11 im, yawn.

nin ( = na in, it one), one.

k^-nk^boig, mason wasp.

a-nola, q-, kola.

ngmi, twist mouth.

hgrnir, make faces.

ngn, his.

(to) ngnkol, snore.

nut, fold.

nw8m(?), fall (night).

0.

0, and. Q, he. Q, it—

Q lomp hQ fg wuni q wuni, it is not proper that any man. . .

Q lompi mu (pa lomp mu), it is fitting for me. k-o basin, t-, snake species, (1) peliasherus. s-^bQ, wealth, ability. k-obi, t-, ant hill (mushroom shaped).

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k-oboii, t-, water vessel.

ii-of, anof ; Q-yof (pi), month, moon —

nof alas, full moon, an-of abana, July, n-of, m-, tie.

r-Q f, S-, viper ("? bitis nasi cornis). s-ofali, ass. y-of ta-, clay (for pots). n-gkQ dirt (cloth). k-Qla, t-, kola nut. k-oli (ground rice flour), t-, cake, k-gl^, t-, arrow poison. k-glQ, t-, hollow (tree), bees' nest, k-glg (= hollow), t-, hive, k-olo k-olo, t-. . . t-, defile, pass, k-olyama, t-, whiskers. k-Q^m, t-, rain, k-oma, t-, plain tain -eater. r-Qma, s-, mouthful {e.g. cooked rice). k-5malQn, t-, ousel (?). k-ombolo, t-, flying squirrel, r-on, road.

k-ona, wooden bowl (large) for palm-nuts, t-ond, kitchen.

k-QUQ, t-, curved sword, scimitar, k-ont, t-, charcoal, s-gnt, pubic hair.

k-QntQ, t-, chief's gong (struck with a ring), k-onto, t-, lizard (saffron head, grey), k-onto kalapara, lizard (red head). qh, him.

r-on, S-, tos-, way, road, passage. k-oriQ, t-, wasp. n-Qnk, m-j kidneys, k-gnk^bos, t-, cucumber. k-Qnkeb^t, t-, Adam's apple. k-Qnkol, t-, testicle.

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k-onken, t-, Adam's apple.

k-ohkarQS, t-, millipede (?).

k-onko, t-, squirrel species (red).

k-ofiko falfal, whirlwind (caused by krifi), always goes

towards east. k-Qukgnkula, t-, chimpanzee (?). k-or, belly, k-or, family, k-gr, t-, farm, w-or-, t-, duiker (grey).

k-ora, or ma-kora, " pitch " (produced by an insect). k-Qrqnta, t-, chain. k-Qr^kQ, drumstick.

m-5roro (pi.), n-ororo (sing., rare), hoof (horse, cow, etc.). k-or or 0, t-, creeper species. k-Qs (pi. t-Qs) (as star), grain of half -clean rice, rice in the

husk. k-QS, t-, star, hail. k-Qska k-alina, t-, comet, r-os, ashes.

ak-ot (pi. at-ot), watery pith (?). m-ot (from h-Qt, pi. m-ot of tree called ii-ot, pi. y-ot), Initter

(shia). n-ot, y- (m-), butter-tree, k-ota, t-, cloth, k-ota konasia, towel, y-ota, farm, cut but not burnt, k-ote, ^k-ot, load, baggage, k-otikatana (pi. t-otitatsna), cowherd. k-gtQ, t-, iron (native), owa, and. owe (pi. ane), this, owean, this one. owo, that, who. Q w Q n i, long ago. oyai, meanly, t-gya, right, justice, enough.

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P.

P&,, assert, say.

pa (fg bQ pa yi), affirm (positively).

pa, it —

pala pafino pa yi ti, this is good rice, a-pa, remark, palaver.

g-pa, master, sir, father, father's sister's husband, pabaki, nephew, pawos, sister's child. p§, p^ p£l, drop after drop, patj, very, pai, start.

pai ifi, be at point of death, a-paia, irreconcilability, pai pai, be prodigal.

paisa . . . Qfgr, pass over, take no notice, ma-pak, salt water. pala Qpat, besmirch, smear with mud. a-palbQ, Q-, chunk (wood). pali, all day. a-pali, ta-, q-, grave, pampa, brackish, ka-pampa, ta-, stagbeetle (?).

a-pampakai, q- (or bampakai), ^SiYrot, psittacus species, a-pampe, Q-, dam, mole-hill, pamplanq, embrace (tree), pan, draw (bow), o-pan, a-, bowman, archer, pan a, speak about. panQ, carry in.

panqmu, a salutation at the second meeting (I have em- braced you). Q-panipani, creeper with red fruits, panle ( = pa anle, it four), four, pant, huddle together (tr.). a-pant, ma-, work.

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pant an Q, shoot by mistake, pantantj, mix. pan, wantj be lacking in, lack, ka-pan (? kafant), womb (?). pananQ, be wanting, pani, be without —

pani tei, be harmless, pani inei, cruel, pani taii, harmless, pani wan, childless, a-pankal, q-, seven-stringed guitar, a-pankgl, to-, bongo, pah sir, dash (water), ka-pap, ta-, tabanus fly. a-papai, ka-, ta-, pawpaw, par-, along.

par (or kar), round about, para, brandish, parak parak, brisk, parf i, glance off. parki, expand (by hammering). parkQ (imp.), dawn, par* par-, quickly, ma-pas, chatter, pas (sim), in two (?). a-pasa, q-, quiver, pasak pasak (ran^), profusely, pasar, come up a second crop (rice), pasi atatak, straddle, pas pas, converse.

pa^, carve (with knife), hew (operation next after topa). pat, drop (tr. and intr.). pat, cook, boil.

pat masgia, make h oney-beer. pat masyi, boil soap. §-pat, freshwater mud. patSka, bespeak.

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pa tar, stain (with fluid).

patara, carve for (operation after pulk).

pat as, boil (rice).

pStas, drip.

a-patal (apatal, paddle), news.

a-pati, a castrated man.

pat pat, be stout.

pay a, accompany.

a-paya, attendants.

a-paya, epidemic.

Pay a, August.

payi, be ready.

payi, jump.

pay is, frisk.

payi, retract.

pa, it they —

patananQ, it is (now) level.

[gtanane, it is (and was) level.] a-paf, Q-, fool (quiet), joker, paf la, be stupid, pakasif^, because, pakpak, wave. pal pan, forget. pali, circuitous.

palnQ (ka), give oneself up to, rely on. ka-pamp, te-, edge (table, cause), pan^ (panQ), forget. pant(nQ), raise oneself.

a-pant obile, piece of calabash used in making pots. pantanQ wuni, commit manslaughter, ma-pan tan, acrid juice of orange-peel, pantn^, rise up. k a-pant ma, chance, pantpala, stagger, pank, foolisli, folly, panki panki, put grating, panki, go aside, lay across (as stick).

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pankinQ, intervene.

pa^Qk, shake the head.

par, stir up.

par", quite,

parS, brandish.

porar, keep off.

ka-param, ta-, pigeon.

paran (it two), two.

pas, make balls of.

ra-pas, bleeding from nose.

i-pas, ma-, sandfly.

pasas (it three), three.

pat (ra), stumble (over).

pata, smack with lips.

patar (? pat), fall on.

pat as, stumble often.

pati, blow (fire).

ka-pe, fish species.

ka-peka, wood, bush.

ka-p^l, ta-, net.

PqI, forget.

a-pQra, Q-, frog (large).

PQmplQ, stalk (game), lie in ambush.

PQudaf, take care, keep off.

p^nsa, refuse (to agree).

PQnsa, deny, find fault.

p^nsauQ, contradict (tr. and refl.).

a-penta, q- ; ka-, ta-, track, mark.

PQpal, be thin.

PQpal, thin, fine.

a-pQpQ, §-, calabash.

a-pQpe tunta, §-, measure (calabash).

PQr, go up (as a tree), go on the top, copulate (animals).

a-peram, ma-, manatee.

ka-pQs, big palaver.

PQsa, contradict (person).

p§san<j, contradict (statement).

p§ ski, be a difference.

peskiaiiQ, open, contradict each other (opinion), cross

(roads). peskiSne, contrary. PQt, enough. k9-pet, t9-, town. PQt a, crackle, ra-peta (or a-), §-, incisor. PQtkQ, be very angry. o-pQtpQt, swampiness, ma-p^tpet, drop, pi, collect. pi(?), be ripe, plentiful, collected (?) —

apilapi, ripe rice, pidra, spend all day. pi, it, them, o-pi, giddiness, pifri, stout, dim.

pii (imp.), be giddy, have head turned, pika, faint, ka-pika, ta-, weed, ka-pil, west, ropil, west, a-pilur", ma, bullet, pim, pick, break, break loose, pima, break, tear, get loose, pima rapes, nose bleeds, pima wuni raka, bereave. pimQs, tear to pieces, lacerate. pimnQ, get rid of. pin (= pa in, it one), one. pin a, be drunk, ka-pina, delirium, pin tan, be lukewarm, a-pinkar", Q-, gun. a-pipa, Q-, cask, pirin, without ceremony.

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pirni, importune, harass.

pi riling, enter abruptly.

pisak, be sourish.

i-pit, fish species.

pitas, look disdainfully at.

pitka, mash (as pepper, with spoon).

po, finish.

a-pQf, q-, banana.

a-pof, ^-, perch.

pofai, finish killing.

Q-pQfari, twilight (morning).

p^i, be soft, be lukewarm.

poi poi, be slow.

poka, assure.

ka-poka, ta-, mid rib (palm).

poi, clap.

a-pol, Q-, strip, chip.

ra-pol, na-, fishing-line, rope, string (palm-leaf), string of guitar.

pola, applaud, clap (tr.).

pol^, cease (rain).

PQlin, tglin (basa), far down.

pglk, confusedly.

PQI9, crown.

ke-pQloh, te-, cotton tree.

polpol, scold. p61p61, smack.

PqIpqI, January.

pl^m, away.

ka-pom, ta-, bundle of grass (e.g. for thatch).

pomar, be damp.

PQmar, wet.

Q-pQmp2 (pi.), cotton.

ra-pgmpQ, na-, wick.

a-pomponi, ma-, large speckled bird.

poh, finish, be corroded (stone).

pon, entirely, already.

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k9-pon...bo, as soon as —

kg-pon kQn bo k^n^, kg wuni gder, as soon as he had gone, a person came. ra-pQh, pabn-tree (young pith), palm cabbage, pon, pond, enter abruptly. ponQ, resemble, be skilled in. pon8(i), wipe, brush, pons, be skilled in. a-popa, latrine. a-pQp8t, ^-, wild goose. a-pQpla, gunpowder. PQpgk, pQ^Qk, flap (sail). porianQ, make one's home with, feel at home. a-Pgro, Pgro Society. a-pQro dif, Pgro bush. a-pQrkQ na anlal, bird like a nightingale. a-pQru, Q-, semen (?), embryo. PQS, sprout. PQS, altogether.

a-pQse, tail hairs of elephant, as chiefs rod for messenger, a-pQsi, leaves sprouting from stump, a-posuma, training, good manners, pot, give way (on road), a-pgt, medicine ball, a-poti, Q, cup. Q-poto, a-, European, powone, long.

poyQse, decorate for sacrifice, puk (S.), very (?) pulak, in confusion, a-puli, Q-, singing bird, soloist, a-puli; Q-, albino, pulk, rough out (woodwork). pulkQ, go to waste, be ugly, pulki, be prodigal, waste. pulk^', clumsily, punsi, wipe.

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ka-punt, lime (shell).

a-puntun, furnace.

a-punkan, §-, verandah (K.).

pupla pupla, be convulsed, struggle.

punkri, prick (ears).

a-p^re, q-, concubine (female), " friend " (male or female).

pusnQ, crumble (stone).

put, rise (sun, etc.), come out of its leaf (rice), break out

(light), crush (as reed), put rafi, make known (a death), putane, quarrel, dispute, putar*, burst (gun), putas, form ears, putia, curse, abuse, a-putu, Q-, large intestine.

R

ra (sataka), offer (sacrifice).

ra, at, in.

ra, substance, object.

rakauraka, anything.

ra rasam, executioner (who killed deformed children in the

night), person set apart, ra- ra-wolane (pL, yet Qwolane), toy. ra- ra-di (pi., yet ^di), victuals, raramun, drink.

ravinisun, animal, living thing, thing that breathes, ka-ra, ta- (or a-ra, or i-, ma-), branch, ma-ra, tendril, raf, burst, pierce, stab, raf (a), make, fix. raf ar, put up for. rafi, abolish, pull up —

arafi nto, the law has been abolished. rakuQ, rapuQ, coil round (intr.). raf am, civilly.

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raii, forge.

a-raka, q-, honeycomb.

a-raka, camp.

rakAt, elastic.

rakiiQ, cling to.

rak rak, be loose.

g-rakun, member of family.

ram, pay, pay out —

ram matei males ka rabomp, pay a person out for evil, a-ram, pay, reward, ramar, cure, heal, a-ramba, q-, house (mud bricks), rambas, build of solid mud. o-rame, a-, doctor, leech. ramnQ, worship, ram pes, deter, terrify.

ramp ramp, slender (round waist), well shaped. ramptanQ, wind oneself round, ran, shave, ran^, perspire, ma-ranq, sweat. rauQ rauQ, hacking (cough), o-rani, a-, wife.

rant, be not pleasant to taste, be lazy, rant, fresh (water); timid, level-headed, dull (sound) a-rant, ma-, prong, ke-rant, soup without salt, rantos (amera), deafness, ran, away.

a-rank, ta-, beam (of house), rahka, curse (tr.). a-rank a, Q-, curse; arankamu, your curse (especially by

mother whose son does not work for her), o-rank, ta-, elephant, o-ranko naromant, hippo. rap9r . . . aneg, crown. rapnQ, cling to.

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rapsar*, wind.

ka-rare, ta-, doorway.

ko-rarekarargn, ta-, back door.

raran, back.

aka-raran, ta-, back part.

raran, backwards.

ras, sift.

ras, first.

a-rasa, q, creeper species.

rasQkcjn, day after to-morrow.

rata, under.

rata, low, below.

ko-rata (no pi.), bottom.

ratia, bale.

ratnQ, gird on.

ratQn, between.

rat use, fall out.

a-rawok, dry season; rawok raf^t, the rains of October.

rawunQn, about this time.

ray an, at noon, daytime.

rayqr, near, aside, beside.

ray^raka, alongside.

rabQ rabQ, be thick (liquid).

raf, entangle.

a-rafa, army.

rafi, annul.

rafota, stick in, on, entangle.

raf raf, fine, delicate.

raf ti, disentangle.

rak, be black.

rakar, spy out.

rak tar, wheedle out of.

ram(i), sound, echo, jingle.

ramah, all.

raman, pure.

o-rami, sound.

rana, carry on back.

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ran as, load.

ransar, load (animal).

ka-rant, sky.

a-rQnt§, Q-, clot.

ran, two.

k a- rank a, ta-, stocks.

rap, rapQ, put round, surround, turn round.

rap, be unchaste.

ka-rap, ta-, adultery.

rapa, turn (act).

rapanQ (imp.), make giddy.

rapauQ (imp.), turn round.

rat rat(a), get dirty {e.g. teeth).

re, come.

re, future particle —

Qte re dif kQ, he will kill him by and by. matei ame ma ba kare yQUQ, these things have to happen, re, there, here, with, o-re', ta-, waterbuck (?). Q-re, cattle-yard.

ma-re, dream, sleep, sleeping sickness — kQ ro mare, go to sleep. wQn mare, get sleeping sickness. reanQ(?), wash.

ma-r^f, sleep.

a-rei, ma-, day.

a-reka, e-, skin, letter.

a-reka a-bal, letter.

r a-reka, n-, hide rope.

a-rqk^, dish of rice flour.

reke, which ?, who ?.

u-rqkia, a-, great grandson.

(yQt) qma-rekia, outfit.

r^n, spread.

Q-rQn, bed.

a-ren, head of tobacco.

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ka-ren, to-, night.

kg-ren datQn (no pL), midnight.

r§na, carry (on back).

rQnda, trim.

r^ndanQ, cross the legs.

a-rendQma ('or wendema), crow.

r^ns, pare.

rqnsa, ride, take seat on.

rQn, put, lay.

ko-ren, t9-, year.

ke-ren okar^n, every year.

ren dis, last year.

^-r^p, salt mud.

ma-re re, *soot.

Q-res, a-, mate (fellow wives).

ka-resia, te-, house (rectangular).

a-ret, sun —

ret r<d rayan, noonday sun. ret yan, after noon, ri, it.

ro, at, in, with, ro. . . ray^r (dayqr), near. rq, there with. robQttj, threshing floor, robun, nearly, rodarun, after —

k^darun kaci, after it.

damn kaci be, after all. rodi, before, rodika, before, a-rof, viper, rokgm, above —

koinye rokgm kambai b^, he is above all the chiefs. rQk, cut, reap, rgk, decide, judge.

Q-rok, a-, descendants of original ^rok (male) in male line, also (1) sister's children (chiefs family), (2) grand-

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children, (3) regent (after chief's death), (4) attendant of chief, u-rgk etgnka, a-, jvidge. o-rQk, a-, reaper, a-r^k (ad^k, duck), duck, rgka, be hoarse, be watery, wane (moon), a-r^^ka, small cut. E ok amp, Eomaron, Freetown, rgkor, wane (moon), rokarn^, rSknQ, cling. a-rok8s, lime. rQki, blue (light).

rokian, hut for the worship of ancestors, rokin, together — *

S8 wQnt rokin, we eat together. rgkiuQ, cross (country), o-rokrok, fish species, rokri, help, save from trouble. rol^nkQnka, beyond, a-rom, leprosy —

wuni karom, wuni kanrom, a leper. Romarori, Freetown. , a-rombo, q-, patch, mend, ka-romp, fish species, ko-romp, ta-, pestle, romut, outside. rQnda, report.

ke-rondo, ta-, a bird that nests in mangroves. a-r^nQ, §-, lesser egret. TQnta, accuse.

i-rQntma, ma- (from Eng.), iron nail. a-rQn, (i), ma-, q-, mountain, a-rgn, Q-, lak (sel), a-ron, call for help. a-rQn, q-, mask, wood or brass, ronkat, be bitter, ronkat, ill humoured. ka-ronkQ, two snails joined together.

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ke-ronkQ, yoke.

ronko, be dirty (cloth).

ronko, dirty, foul (weather), brown (rice before it is ripe).

a-ronko, Q-, red dress, war shirt.

ka-rQnko, ta-, palm branch.

rQnQn (?), sleep with (same sex).

rqnqn, rQnan, home.

a-r Q n p § t §, §-, owl (small).

rQns, nod, be drowsy.

a-rQp, scab.

ka-rgr, omen.

ro rQnan, to, in their place, home.

ros, serve food.

a-rQsam, q-, leech (blood sucking).

rQt, leave off (wind).

rQt nan, lull (wind).

ko-rot, scrotum.

ru, braid, plait (hair), weave.

u-ru, a-, weaver.

ma-ru, plaited hair.

ra-ru, ta-, world —

eyet ya noru, things of this world, ruba, bless, a-ruba, blessing, ruk ruk, small, a-ruma, gown, ka-rump, to-, flail, ko-rump, pestle, o-runi, a-, man, male, ma-runi, semen, a-runia, crowd, a-runu, drum (K.). runa, creep up (climbing plant), runkat, mix, knead, runkot, bitter, a-runkot, gall, a-runku, heavy rain.

rur = dur, spin.

rusam, train, rear (children), accustom to food.

kQ-rusi, t9-, monkey species, black with white tail.

rusma, behave.

ka-rutut, headlong.

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sa, be in habit, use.

a-sa, Q-, buttock.

ma-sabgn (?from Portuguese), lye.

a-sabani, §-, turtle.

a-sabona, ma-, wasp, large black.

a-sabun, reason.

a-sa fa, class, order, row, line.

sai, despise.

sai, filter.

sai a, bask (sun or fire).

saik, be lascivious,

sainQ, sit with genitals exposed.

saisn§, percolate, filter.

sak, scatter, sow.

ka-sak, to-, bag (bamboo fibre, for rice).

sakanQ, scatter (intr.), separate.

t8-sakan (= separate), cross-roads, fork in road.

ka-sakari, te-, monkey species, white and red.

sakar, stain.

saki, God forbid!

sako, God forbid!

Sakoma, October,

ka-saktQ, ta-, talon.

sakti, disorder, scatter, be dissipated.

sal, mould (of clay), build (wall) (of mud only).

§-sal, pottery.

ka-sal (tap, begin), foundation.

ka-sal, ta-, kingfisher.

sSlan, sunny (in rainy season).

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a-salbQ, prayer-mat.

sal§, sali, tear.

a-salin, q-, limb (Susu word).

salpQ, slip.

ke-sam, ta-, sore, disease.

ke-sam k9-tot9k (?), t-, spleen, inflammation of.

ma-sambo, disgrace.

sambos, disgrace.

ka-samp, to-, prawn.

a-sand§, q-, porch.

a-sande, headband, white cloth tied by bundu girls.

a-sande, porch, gate-house.

san^, be obedient.

sania, splendid.

san§, stoop, be hooked.

sant, point {e.g. stick).

santani, be straight, be stiff (corpse).

a-sant9k, m9-, nail (hand or foot), claw.

santi, arrange (hair), comb, trip a person (?).

a-santi (?), weaver bird.

o-santiki, sub-chief, deputy.

a-santor, plant with acid leaves.

sari, coil.

sari, bow, stoop, hang (head).

sane, stoop (refl.).

k9-sari, t9-, lip.

k9-sari, t9-, ginger.

sari, we.

san temne, we Timne people, we Timne.

sann^, bow, stoop, bend.

a-sant9k (i), q, ma-, nail, claw.

ka-saria, stature.

sank, redhot.

a-sanka, bier for divining; wuni yif asarika, diviner.

k9-sarikr9r, to-, salt hamper.

ke-sankin, cloth.

sap, take in hand,

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sap, beat, catch, get, ladle out.

sap a, scoop up.

sapa rahka, be cursed.

a-sapa, asapQ, ma-, key.

a-sapar, ma-, digger, digging-stick (for bush yams).

sap 9 8, catch in trap.

sap9t, beat (as waves) (tr.).

a-sapsQ, fish species.

a-sar, ma-, stone.

a-sar akb^nkofe, ma-, overhanging stone; cliff, not high

and not low. sara, carry (head). .

u-sara, a-, carrier, saran, be clean, sar-am, be clumsy, dull-witted, saram, awkward, clumsy, sanna, be rich (K.). sas, three.

sas, sasnQ, do on purpose.

a-sasa, bag (leather, for charm), charm (with Koran texts), sata, receive, put (?). sator ancQ, crown, sati, finish. so, we. sok, go. soka, send, ka-sok, to-, rib, side, a-soka, palm-oil chop, soup (formerly), ke-sokot, to-, hiccough. sokQ, turn, be changed, soki, change (tr.). sokin^, trade, sol, laugh, sol, build, tie. a-sol (i), ma-, finger, toe. a-sol abana, ma-sol mabana, thumb, a-sol atak aret, first finger (for pointing at sun).

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a-sal aratgn, second finger (middle).

a-sel in a mas u, third finger (ring).

a-sel ararun, ma-, little finger.

sali, loose (rope), set free (from rope).

S8m, holy.

Q-sam, ma-, " holy " thing, forbidden.

sama, swarm (insects).

samas, make holy.

ka-san, ta-, mouth, beak, advocate, brim, edge (vessel or

wound), a-sander, ^-, hat. sani (?), pity.

sani, bitterness, acidity, pity, sorrow, ka-san, te-, bristle, ka-san kaset, shrew, a-sansan, q-, fort. Q-sant, seed (rice), ma-sant, seed, a-sant, Q-, sandbank, sap, thresh, saram, spin.

sat, lie in wait, set (trap) in hidden place, sat banklon (lie in ambush aloud), be affected, a-sat, Q-, ambush, a-saba, dance performed by PQro members, punishment for

violation of Pgro law. a-8Qb§, Q-, charm. a-sQbQr§, spur. sqk, gird.

sek atarQU, tie bridge, sek, bind, get blades close to stalk (rice), form knots, joints

(rice). SQk kota (tie cloth), cohabit with virgin, a-sek, ma-, fish species, ra-sek, Q-, tooth.

ra-SQk, ra-tan, q-, canine tooth (lit. dog tooth), ra-sek a tgtgkg, milk tooth.

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Q-SQk Qsela (laughing), front teeth.

SQkq, pledge.

8QkQ, be silent.

SQkQ, a salutation (I pity you); now used for "how are you."

ma-SQk^, bail, pledge.

8^1, laugh, mock, jeer —

sqI sgi, laugh to oneself.

sqI arpn, laugh aloud, ma-s^l, laughing, s^lanq, welcome, smile. selSne, confidence. a-SQlamont, fish species. o-sq1q, declivity. s^linQ, lean (intr.), rely on. sqIo, agree, wish —

9 w a, 1 s e 1 2, all right, I agree. s^lohQ, be quarrelsome, disagree. sQm, refuse, a-sqm ta-, insect. a-sQm, Q- (or o-, t a-), animal, meat, o-sem ka kapet, tQ-, domestic animal, o-sem ka r ok ant, to-, wild animal, a-sewa, ^-, circumcised person. nia-SQmbu, suddenness, u-semer, t9-, bush buck. semnQ, forsake.

SQn, welcome [reply mba (well)], a-sen, §-, ma-, otter. senQ, gird on. ka-SQndugu, thistle. A-s Qui, ma-, needle.

i-s^ng (a-), ma-, Q-, arrow (of cane with iron barb). y-sQnti SQnti, point (stick, spear). ka-SQna, t9-, fly flap, sen a, swear on medicine, a-sen a, e-, charm, o-sqni (n), a-, (or i-, ma-), duiker.

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SQnk, altogether.

senka, narrow (?)

a-senQ (i-), ^, ma-, barbed arrow.

k8-s^nkra, ta-, river bed.

ka-SQpa, comb.

ka-SQp9r, ta-, comb.

o-ser, a-, witch.

rS-ser-, witchcraft.

seren sere n, be clear (voice).

a-seri (u- of evidence of person), witness, evidence.

ses, gird.

set, build (house) (of mud and sticks).

a-set, Q-, house, nest.

a-s^tg, ma-, crowd, stick for top of fence (horizontal), rod.

a-SQtQ, ma-, porcupine rat, hedgehog.

<j-SQtQ, value.

ka-SQt^, advantage.

ma-s^tQ, wicker work.

o-siamukul, dried meat.

ma-si bo (from Arabic), trouble (public), danger.

sikQ, be a doubt, call in question.

sikQ, fear, reverence.

a-sikQ, doubt.

a-sikra, q, letter (of alphabet).

sil, settle (in water), sink (stone or wood).

silg, comply.

sim, break —

sim bQmp, snap (stick, needle).

sim pas, snap (chain), sima, be steep,

si ma (wood), cracked, broken. Q-sima, gap. simQt, crumble (intr.)

o-simore, a-, novice (in Pgro Society), initiated person, simta, give short notice —

rafi rasimta, death does not delay, sim tar, be abrupt, give short notice.

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simter-, top.

k9-sina, ta-, broom.

sink a, exchange.

sinkaii y^t, barter.

sinkar, change, lose teeth, feathers, moult.

Q-sip, t8-, leopard.

sitQ, break wind.

sq, land.

s^, pierce.

so, bend —

SQ tawa, to kneel.

SQ masora, to curtsey. SQ, touch on, hint at. s^', again, also. sobQ, careful, good, smart. SQb^, best one can do —

iy2 SQbg, I do my best.

yo SQbg, do your best. SQbinQ, be careful, sobis, warn, soi, quiet, a-soi, t8-, horse, ma-soi, potash. ma-SQia, honey beer. sQk, dawn, be clear. ra-SQk, dawn.

ka-sok, ta-, oesophagus, larynx. SQkanQ, hunt. o-sQkanQ, a-, hunter. ka-SQkane, te-, hunting, sokadi, further.

sgkor, perplex, cause to err, go astray (in forest). SQkQs (a), enlighten, elucidate. 0-8 Qki, a-, magician, four-eyed person. SQk 2, be awake all night, go on all night. o-SQkQ, a-, uncle, father's brother, brother's child, mother's brother.

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^-SQkQ, time; ^SQk(^ye, this time.

a-sokonti, §-, ostrich.

sqI, hum (bees, Bundu girls), bubble, purl.

soli (a), fear (tr.), be anxious.

soli, anxious.

a-soli, Q-, (or s-oli), anxiety.

SQlia, stroke (beard).

som, cause to —

Qsommi ifanta, he made me lie down. SQm, eat, devour, som, send.

o-soffl, a-, messenger.

o-sqm kobai, a-, ambassador, chiefs messenger, som pa, punish, humbug. k8-sqmpa, t9-, punishment, sompan^, suffer. SQmpanQ, miscarry (woman). kg-SQmpane, suffering, somra, send. SQm SQm, corrode (tr.). SQmsqma, be corroded, son, alone.

q-Sfjn Qfino, kindness. k8-son, t9-, cane, sqna, kneel.

sQna tQwu, kneel before. SQna, mention. sgnanQ, meet, fight a duel. SQnd, give up.

SQuda wuni masgt, betray. sondnQ, abandon. SQndnQ (tq), be addicted (to). sgnnQ, make oneself . . . sqntamQsiri taka, bear witness to. SQuto, go through, run (Huid). sontQn, permeate, pass through. SQutQiia, lead through.

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syn, bestow, give.

SQin (wuni), akala taka bgn sukg, bribe. SQin mat 911, divine, ka-soii, ta-, weevil, sond, deliver up, resign, son, still (sit), a-sofia, east wind, a-sonala, a-soinla, a-soanla, lion, sonas, sonis, perforate (as a weevil), sonis, full of small holes, sonkar, chum.

SQhkg, buzz (bees, crowd), shout applause, raise lamen- tation. a-s6nkQ, shouting, sghko, inflict. SQhk(ir, cheer, applaud, sohkti, pick the teeth, sop, rub, daub, smear. a-Sf^p (aruni), to-, pig (boar). SQr-, besmear. SQr-, cough, ka-sor* (no pi.), cough. Q-sqr, mucus, sor, thread, string, pin. a-sor, Q-, dart. SQr-, made of mud. sora, crawl fast.

a-sor a, §-, chapters of Koran used by Morimen. i-sora, ma-, bow, curtsey. SQ masora, to salute, sgran^, race (on canoes), ka-sorere, stream of water from a roof. SQrn^ (a), butt, soro, agree.

a-soro, Q-, watch tower (in war fence), bone ash. Q-SQrg (pL), fa?ces (child). 8Q8, jam, press down.

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a-sos, sting.

sgsar", press down, beat down.

a-Soso, Susu.

sot, support.

SQt, join, sew.

o-8Qt, a-, tailor.

a-sot, nose.

a-sgt (i-), ma-, trick.

^-sgt, cunning.

sot, by accident.

k a-sot a, ta-, reed for drinking palm wine, Limba whistle.

ra-aota, q-, prop.

SQt^, urinate —

ka-SQtakgmu, you are urinating (abuse). ma-sQtQ, urine. ra-SQte, n-, bladder. SQt el a, repair. SQti, unpick.

SQtn^, understand, recollect. SQtnq, recline. SQto, get —

Q-SQto rabai, he has got the crown. SQtQnQ, meet each other, fight a duel. 8u, stretch out. 8u, us. a-su, curb, i-su, ring.

ka-su, pipe, trumpet, sua (kata), offer (the hand), o-suba, a-, vice-chief, viceroy, sub la, put in ashes to roast. sublanQ, wriggle on the ground (as in Hogging), (f of) sue, hiss (snake), a-suf, Q-, seaweed, a-suku aban, Q-, Pgro initiant. sul, splash (intr. of water), sul, put on.

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t9-siil, nozzle (bellows).

ka-sul, ta-, bamboo, snuff-box.

sule, have diarrhcea.

sulpi . . . fas, snatch.'

a-sulu, furnace (Mori word).

sum, be dark.

sum, spend the late evening.

a-sum (from Arabic), fast.

a-siim, darkness.

sum a (imp.), get dark.

sum a, be sulky, frown.

§-suma, time.

SUU191 sunial, get dusk.

Q-sumal sum9l, twilight, evening.

sumu, night visit.

suni, irritate.

sunt, close, stop, cork, caulk.

sunti, take out stopper.

sunti, bore through.

^-sunt, seed (rice).

a-sumt i kicin (?),fmouse species.

ma-sunt, moustache.

a-sunta, q-, stopper.

a-sunti, garden.

a-suntmu, ma-, feeler (fish, etc.).

a-sununu, q-, swallow.

sunkar*, stir with twirling stick.

ka-sunka, ta-, Hail (long).

ka-surap, te-, cane used for weaving baskets.

suri, take off.

sut, fire (gun), rub, reeve rope.

ka-sut, tide (stream).

sut a, be well off.

sutar", fire at. .'

sutn§, beat (heart).

sya, we, 1.

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ta, leave, wait.

ta', sting; wound with arrow, gun ; shine (su.n, moon).

ta, let.

ta (? = for), ti ; mg (as), mQ, ma, future particle.

ta, it, they.

ta, yet, still.

ts, particle to form present tense.

ta, tambe, unless, except.

ta', best (adv.).

ta', about, for —

ta ra keirgn, for his thieving.

ta sap 9k 9, that is why he has been flogged, ka-ta, ta-, ma-, hand, ka-tak, ta-, plait (hair), ka-ta romut, ta-, back of hand, ka-ta kg rank, trunk (elephant). tSbana, for ever, tab tab a, be awkward, a-tabule, g-, chiefs drum, taba, jut out.

ka-tabombo, ta-, woodpecker, tai, ma- (or tei, matei), thing, tafi, remove (tr.). tahg, tg, not to know, tai, tete, dry. tai (S.), common, tai gtai, anything, everything, tai tofino, benefit, tai tomankane (? pi.), secret, taiang, be immodest, a-taii, spinny. taing, warm oneself, taig, be unruly, tais, foment, tai 8, review.

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ka-taisQko, ta-, fine country cloth.

tak, point.

tak, prick (ears).

tak a, give.

taka, about.

ka-taka, t9-, pleurisy.

takari, three days hence.

takle, be lazy, be useless person.

a-tako, q-, trunk.

tak tak, totter.

taktakar, beckon.

tal, pare (hoofs), peel, cut (nails).

tal, quite.

a-tal, Q-, frog, toad.

a-tal, q-, seat (canoe).

m a-tal, body marks.

o-tala (n^), end.

k a-tal a, ta-, hoe.

a-talah, palm (of hand), flat hand.

talas, mark (the body).

talQ, unlucky.

taler, sheathe.

tali, pour out (n.), draw (sword).

o-talibi, student.

talk a, pare (hoofs).

talgm, or.

tarn, taste.

tam, conquer.

tam, proclaim, crow (cock), tell.

tam (for tan), follow.

a-tam, §-, cowbird, lesser egret.

a-tama, drum (? tension) used by Yeli people.

tamat (? t amat, they five), five.

tam as, lick, lap.

a-tamba, ma-, tomato.

tambe, unless.

a-tame shell (snail, sea).

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tami, conquering.

tarnmQn^, tease.

ra-tamp, na-, creeper used for tying fences.

a-tampi, vagina, woman's curse for women.

tampQ, visit; otampQ dis romi, he visited me late yesterday, tamro, be defeated, be disappointed, tam tamnq, think about, tamtresas, eight, tan, be low (price). tan, a little.

tan, follow. - •

tan, steadily. Tanantia, December, tan an (?), carry.

tand (a), put in chains, put handle on. tand, succeed, resemble. tandQ, succeed (chief), follow, tane, be accustomed —

itauQko, I am accustomed to him. ma-tantj, custom, tani, thinly, tani, test.

tani, future (on same day), tanlo, be obstinate. tanuQ, be used to. tanuQ, be intimate, inured. tans, fasten with nails, tan sane, imitate, dissemble. tansQ, inure, taut a, follow, tan tan, tremulous, ko-tantaii, fungus (on tree), tanti, stretch.

a-tantkala, tj, red-legged francolin. tan to, ascribe to. tan (? tara), know.

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^an, promise, tell.

t^ri, follow.

tan ne roii, defsecate (adult), (lit. follow the road).

tdn, lock, nail, shut, constipate.

tana, be deaf.

tana, deaf.

tana, make to pass, follow, take with one, " send part of tlie

way," accompany. ra-tSiiai, na-, spark, tank, be silent.

tiank, be fresh, cold, have a cold (imp.) tank, unripe, be green (wood), tank, fresh (water, meat), not ripe, green (plants), tiank, cold. Q-tank, §-, ant bear.

a-tank, ma-, post (of verandah), or house wall, tank a p^m, keep silence, a-tanka, claw (crab), a-tank a, platform for taking oath, r a-tank a, e-, tusk, ivory. a-tankQr", Q-, molar, tank as, micturate —

ba katankas, to wet the bed (of child). ka-tankQ, ta-, reed, pen, bobkin. tanki, melt, tanking, confess, tahkla, mend, tie up. tansar, be stout (person), be full (ear of corn in which no

grains are wanting), tan tan, trembling, a-t a n t a k a 1 a ( ?), bastard, tap, pack, tap, wound, cut. tap, get stalk (rice).

a-tap, Q-, stalk (older than otamp but no grain), a-tap, wound, ka-tap, ta-, a plant used as cough medicine.

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tap a, charge (price).

Ic8-tapai, handful.

tap§, tapi, fail, miss.

a-tapir, q-, tarantula (?)

tapis, disappoint.

tapsar", pack.

Q-tar, a-, slave.

ra-tar", slavery.

a-tar", q-, tortoise.

k8-tar, t9-, split bamboo (for making mats, etc.), play arrow.

ka-tar, ta-, spleen.

tar a, conceive, understand, know.

tara...raka, think highly of.

ka-taran, to-, cricket (K.).

tarap, entirely.

tarQn, be light red, scarlet.

tarQn, light (colour).

a-tarQn, e-, flat rock.

TarQkane, November.

a-tarQn, bridge.

tas, hit (with gun), clear (grass with cutlass).

tas, surpass, pass, be more, larger, flow (water) —

ak9nt ake kiatas, this stick is larger, tas, ago.

taren tasas tatas, three years ago. ma- tas, juice, sap.

a-tSsalQ, Q-, vessel used by Mohammedans for washing, tasi, more than.

owi QtasikQ, that is better, tas kadi, go in front, advance, tasa, allow to pass. tasauQ, be full of. tasauQ, be unequal (in size) —

tana ake na tasanQ, these cows are not the same size, tasng, go about.

tasQkQ, country cloth (Man dingo word), tasuk, cut ofif (branches of felled tree).

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t<ata, pray.

ta ta, for.

o-tata, young woman (older than ofane, younger than;

obQrlvQ). a-tata, q-, mud wall, ko-tatak, ta-, night, ma-tatak, dewdrops. a-tataka, q- (or a-teteka), butterfly, tatar, court (of woman), ka-tatop, bird species, tat^n, be true, tatktj, be lame, tatla, be sour (food), tatla, spoiled (food), tatg, too long, much —

rabqha ra tatQ b^l, the rope is (still) too long, tawin, once, ta (referable to tei), it —

te mar fQ mu ta yq ti, it does not befit you to do this, q-tas Qta kot, he walks past, ta, for.

taba tanle, eighty, toba taran tofat, fifty, ka-tabampr*, lizard species, taf, skin, flay, a-taf, binding of roof, tafatangn, very many. Q-tak, ta- (or atak), harness antelope, ka-tak, palaver, t akas, learn, taksa, teach, taktak, tickle, taktakne, struggle, tal, hear, obey. Q-tal, a-, hearer, tal a, hear, feel, smell, perceive, talantj, wait for.

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tali, shoot (plant, seed).

tolniQ, slope.

telnQ, feel — taInQ dor, feel hunger.

tali, come out in plenty.

talpQ, jump down, come down (lightning).

tolpir, alight upon.

torn, tan, put down.

tama, stand, stop, he —

na tama tin, be naked.

af^f na toma su rodi, the wind is against us. tama, be about to. tama daran, help —

itamamu daran, I help you. tarn a . . . kadi, head, tama yufra, be ruffled, o-tama, foundation, ma-tama, condition, rank, tamar, build, call, a-tamaru, catfish.

a-tamat, end, butt end, measure of powder, tamar-, erect, tami, wake (tr.). tamne, quite, tamntj, wake, tamp, get spines, blades.

ka-tamp, ta- (or o-, Q-), stalk (young), blade of grass, a-tamp, q-, river bank, ka-tamp, ta-, awl. tampan*, be tight (garment), tampta, reel, tamsar, halt (intr.) tan, shock (electric fish), a-tan, q-, dog. ma-tan (tgri, t^n), oracle, tana, be able, be master of, control. tanauQ, be level, be a match, tanapas, smooth.

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a-t9ni, ma-, bead (brown), tant, mow. tant, collect (?) ka-tanta, ta-, cataract, tan tan, follow.

tantnas, contract, stretch (water), tan", attentively. tan, steadfastly, ka-taii, ta-, catfish, tanar, put. tank, keep quiet, tank, hush, o-tauk, chill, a-tank, root.

tankanQ (imp.), be too close, narrow, in a difficulty, a-tankar, Q-, molar, ra-tanka, na-, ivory, tusk, taukli, demolish, tap, begin, ka-tap, beginning, ka-tap, ta-, fashion, sort, kind. tApa, once, tape, begin (intr.). tapi, create, ka-tapi, ta-, cock, tar, shock (electric fish), tarair, steadily, tara, love (tr.). tar am, callow, bare (as bird), tar ma, get naked. tarmQ, recover, tanap tauap, smooth, a-tasoma, reason, because, tatak, tickle, tatk^, walk lame, tasam, sneeze.

te, not ; to form negative adjectives, for the meaning of which see the second part of the word.

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tei, be over ripe, rot.

t§ (L.), remain, wait, leave.

tQ, let me.

te obara, take widow.

t§ romant, be drowned.

t§ wuni raka ka kafi, bequeath.

te, by chance.

ka-te (kgn) der, absence.

a-tQbqii, q-, girdle (leather).

a-tebetebe, syphilis (?)

t^blQ, lower (lip).

a-tQbe, Q-, civet cat.

t^bli, turn inside ont.

tQf, clean.

ttjfar, be yellow (person).

teho, tQ, mind not to.

tqi, sun (tr.).

tei, bend back.

tei, cease, leave, abandon, abstain from —

iterumu, itemu, I abandon you. tei: adjectives with this termination correspond to those

ending in able, -ish, etc. tei, y^t (see also tai), affair, matter, things —

mgho ma tei ta ya, as things are.

tei o tei, anything, everything. a-t§i, Q-, ant hill (large), teis, leave here and there. tek = tek=:lek. tek, tek, be deep red. tek tek, make enquiries.

a-tek, Q-, ma-, ceiling, upper platform in roof, rack, t^ka riddle. tqkq, blame, hate. ma-tQkg, ill-will, teki, bad luck, te] strange. ka-t^l, ta-, grasshopper.

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ka-t^l, garden.

ma-tel, spice.

tela, call invite.

a-teli, ma-, trap.

i-tQli, ma- (or tQli), sores at corners of mouth.

a-tglkont, ma-, hornet.

tQlma, gabble.

t^lma, talkative.

ko-tglma (no pi.) babbler.

ko-t^lma mQdu, prattler.

a-t§m, Q-, guinea fowl.

Q-tem (pi. temna), old man.

k9-t(^ma, td-, horn (war).

a-tqmbQli, §-, nightjar.

ka-tQmQ, t8-, winnowing dish for rice.

t^mi, wake up.

a-temne, Temne.

tQmp, get wise, become clear.

ke-t^mp, ta-, wisdom, sense.

t QUI pas, make and get sense, edify.

t^mpi, be thin (liquids).

tQn, annoy.

ten, carve, cut up.

t§n, look for, ask (as wife), be guilty.

t^n matan, divine.

tQn, then, now.

ta-ten, truth, justice.

t^na, engage (wife), for another, provide for.

tqnane, be equal.

t§nd, annoy.

tgngn, to-day.

tQns, look for.

t^naia, glean.

t^nt, hand over.

ko-t^nt, bald head.

a-t^nta, ^-, hammock.

t^ntei, be mischievous.

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t^nt^n^, indeed, truly.

tQntQntQn, certainty.

a-tQnb^n, squirrel species.

a-ten, anvil.

pon-t<?na, mature.

ke-tQii, ta-, hill.

tQnga, reach, become.

t^nkri, prick (ears),

t§p, plant, cultivate.

(yQt) Q-tQp, cultivated plants.

tep, be apt to break in two.

tepa, translate, interpret.

tQpa, pass over.

tep tep, be brittle.

tepor, infect.

tepi tepi mara ma, poll (tree).

•o-tepi tepi, a-, top of tree.

ttjpra, chatter.

ter", let go, divorce.

ter, dislike, be improper for.

ma-ter, seed.

ter a, forgive.

a-terauQ, a-, monstrous child.

a-tQraf§, Q-, bit, bridle.

tQritei, be unfortunate (hated by all).

teri tei, unfortunate.

ma-teri, wrong (in law), guilt.

tern^, die.

tgs, shallow.

tesa (uq), please, be pleased,

tqsla, be sour (food).

tgta, cackle.

tetara keyQ tai, helpless, stupid.

a-t^tel, Q-, groin,

tQte, presently, now.

tete, dry.

teti, not know.

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teti, some time ago.

a-tQtka, Q-, butterfly, moth.

t^tofoi, easy.

a-t^t tQt, a womau's kriji.

a-tetu (?), messenger.

teya, sell by retail.

teyQ, neglect.

(bi) ti, very (dark).

ma-ti, pus.

ti, it, them.

tia, remain.

tia som, hence.

tian, it, they.

ko-tiar, to-, cricket (large).

ma-tii, vexation.

o-tik (male), a-, stranger.

a-tik, basket.

tikas, estrange, make strange.

til, different.

tila, sell.

ka-tilolo, ta-, cricket (small).

tilqii, steep —

ka-teu katama tilgn, the hill is steep (from below).

ikali ka katQn rorata tilQn, I see the hill is steep (from above), tim, fight, endeavour —

i la bo tim, I made it my endeavour, ka-tim, combat —

wuni katim, a warrior, tima (n^), bustle, g-tima, ammunition, tfmane (cimane), struggle (intr.). ko-timQ, net with round hoop used by women, tin, be empty, bare, naked, tin, empty, naked (?) —

ka-tin, for nothing, in vain, tin, squeeze.

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tiuti, catch.

a-tin, ^-, anvil.

ka-tiri, ta-, hill.

tin a, put grass on a house.

<j-tiiia, roof.

tinkau^, be tight, squeeze, importune (with moderation),

be constipated, confine, tinkar, press down on, harass, importune, a-tink^, pit of stomach. a-tinkQ, snail, tip^ tiplQ, close, repair, ka-tipra, ta-, bird species Ceats pepper), a-tir, centre of whirlpool, nia-tir", blood, o-tira, a-, female stranger, ka-tiri, yaws, tirin, labour, tis, be drunk, intoxicated, tis, drunk, a-tis, knife, a-tis afona, razor, k a-tis a, beauty, tiskar, clip (hair), tit, choose, ka-tit, choice.

ka-tit, anus, space between buttocks, titap, be sourish, t q, pound (rice). ka-to, 4.0-6.0 p.m.

to, how many, what ; to p^e (payie), what news. topQ, how are you (afternoon salutation) [reply tei o tei,

nothing (is the matter with me)], to, now.

tQ ras, for the present, to ral^m, ere now. a to, law, adze.

toblauQ, gabble, twitter. ^,

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ka-tobo, to-, cloth (for burial).

a-tof, head pad, coil.

a-tQf, tQ-, country, ground.

Q-tgf (pi. form), earth, soil.

tQfSt, tofAt, ten.

tQf At tamtresas, eighteen. ' |

trQfAti nin, eleven.

tgf At tamSt, fifteen.

tQfal, be cool, soft (voice, hand).

tQfol, quiet, cool.

tqii, choose.

tQfi...ander, take something out of the body by witchcraft,

and make man lean ; or remove rice from farm, tgf la (imp.), get cool, tgflos, appease, be cool, satisfy (hunger), tgflas, calm.

a-tofo, bag (of bamboo cord), toi, bum, roast, tiji, roast, tgi mulQ, singe, tg is, boast, praise, tgk, praise.

tgk wuni abolo, choke. tQkar" wuni abolo, be choked. o-t8k, Q-, friend, companion, a-tok, each cross pair in the game in which boys sit in four

angles of a cross, ka-tok, ta-, firewood, tgka, dip (gourd), a-tokan, q-, or ka-, ta-, corn stalk, tgkar, tqkas, press, choke (of weeds), encumber, t^kas, praise.

ka-tgkQ, spout, opening for liquid, toke toke, on tiptoe.

tgki, be dense, heavy (rain) ; be in disorder, toki, narrow, overgrown (road). t^kQ, now.

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tpkg, afraid.

a-tgkQ, Q-, fowl.

a-tqkQl, Q-, bush fowl.

o-tQkQiiia, a-, namesake.

tokti, fish.

tol, rear, mind, kindle (fire).

Q-tQl, a-, herdsman.

tosqm tQtql, cattle.

(y^t) Qtol, small cattle (sheep and goats).

a-tQl, Q-, medicine, amulet ; atqlasopa, ointment.

o-tol, a-, beggar.

ra-tol, machine.

tola (taka), tolir (ta), beg for —

itolirumu, I beg from you. Q-tola, kola nut. tqlar, set fire to. tolir, beg from. k8-tolo(n), bald head (baldness). ... ...

t-QlQii tqlqu, be steep.

ko-tolu, jackal.

tolQii, upright, due (of direction).

ko-tolone, shaved head. , •

tqm, chew, ruminate. s ,

o-toma, a-, namesake,

tomla, watch, keep guard. . •

tgrnnq, grate the teeth.

tQmo, dance.

tqmq, wrong.

a-tQmg, §-, dancer.

ke-tQmQ, dance; (children) kgnkq fiko fiko; (Susu^

kg-sanba; (Mandingo) a-bgnkq. * •.. • t-QmpQ, do wrong, have a defect. .» ' ^

ka-tgmpg, ta-, fault, vice, defect. |

tqmti tomti, be rough (as stone). tqn (? tQn), move, ka-tqn, to-, cat-fish, tond, cook for, sacrifice.

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a-tonQ (1), tree species (matQu§, grapes).

tQni, be thankful to.

a-toni, Q-, bush left in farm.

a-tono, good luck (Susu word).

tgns, deceive.

ka-tgnt, ta-, small creek.

a-tonta, q-, wasp's nest.

ton tar, sit halfway on a seat.

tQnti, find fault with.

tontuQ, cower, squat, couch (beast).

tgnto, coax, flatter, console, persuade.

ton, leak, overflow.

ton, cook.

tQD, move, push away, remove.

tgn, hence —

powon fQ tQu, it will not be long. tQii, too much —

anatamp na bana tQii, the ropes are too big. a-tgn, q-, law.

a-ton, heap of sticks (half -burnt, on farm), ^-ton, a-, cook, ko-toii, ta-, cane, ra-tgn, middle (adj.). ra-tQn, half.

ka-tyn, to-, middle, waist, tqna, echo.

k a-ton a, to-, echo, sound. a-tQnbalq, kind of caterpillar, o-toni, leak, tonk, run away (from), tonka, debate, judge, have a lawsuit. a-tQnka, q-, matter, plea (in lawsuit), case. a-tonkan, Q-, bunch of kola nuts. tonkar~, run away to. tonkas, run away. tQnkla, assemble. a-tgnkQ, ^-, chisel (for palm wine).

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tone, cook meal, tgns, deceive. tQns, move about (act.), tons, dye.

top, come down from, top a, rough out (image). Q-topa, oakum.

ka-tQpai, ta-, groove of upper lip. o-top§, peeling of the skin (sun) ; bruise, topi, take off. topi, make sore, a-topo, ^-, leaf funnel, tor, breed, bear.

tor", come down, flow, alight, fall (rain), tor^, humble, help down. tQra, attack, torana (?), send down, to rang, die.

tor or, come down, get dark (with rain-clouds); pounce, come down on, catch (cold) (imp.) —

otank otorar mi, I caught cold, tori, declare, interpret, show. tQri JQyQUQ yian, identify (goods). toriuQ, appear.

a-tor^, ma-, mite, moth (eats hair of hide), a-toro, witch's transformation gown, ma-tgrg, toil, a-toroke, Q-, green parrot. tQron, east —

antemn^ atgrgn, the eastern Timne. tos, come lower. tQsa, boil, ferment. tQsa, call back. tQsa, connect (cross ways). ka-tQsane, ta- (?), joint.

tosi, t us i (or to si), pull out, pluck (fowl), break (chain), tpt, suck.

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a-tQt, fly.

tot, good, kind.

toti, pick (palm-nuts).

tqtia, indulge (child).

a-totok, ^-, melee, uproar.

tQtgko, first.

k8-totore, ta-, rice stalk (standing, with ears).

a-totoro, pigeon.

ko-totsa, t9-, timber tree.

tu, he sick.

tu kor; tu ratu rabom, menstruate.

tu 11 of, menstruous.

ra-tu, disease —

ratu na bomua, menstruation, ka-tfta, calabash, tuba, concern, tubi (from Arabic), repent, o-tubilei, a-, proselyte, tuesima, brittle, tuf, spit, fall (rain), tuf iiiQsmQS, drizzle, a-tufal, Q- (or a-tiifgl), swarm (ants), tuf ta, be lavish with, tui, be hard, ill, scarce, tui tai, difficult, tui, hang (ears).

a-tuk, §-, straw, rice stalk (ear cut), ka-tuk, epilepsy, a-tuk uii, Q-, flower-bed. a-tukutqke-, ma-, water-rail (?). ra-tul, na-, palm string.

ra-tul, na-, green tree-snake {Dryopliis fidgida). ka-tuli, ta-, centre pole (house), mast. i-tumba, ma-, poison, o-tumbala, a-, large leopard, i-tumbi (or a-), ma-, tamarind, a-tumpan, Pqto "fire."

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a-tumbu, ma-, lead (mineral).

a-tumu, fish species.

tun, lie (on).

tunt, measure, gauge, sound.

tuntauQ, compare.

tun, strike with fist, push.

tun, only.

ta-tuii, midrib floor.

t\}na, beat against.

tunane, knock (against), jolt.

tunk, run away.

k9-tunk, ta-, fish trap.

tunka, plead, argue, judge.

a-tunka, a kind of shell.

ka-tunkar-, ta-, stirring -stick.

t fink la, collect, pack.

tunkli, turn upside down (box).

a-tunku, dwarf.

tunQ,jest.

ra-tung, humour.

tun Q ho, behold 1

tup, try.

tup, bruise.

a-tup, bruise on the toe.

tupS (L.), tupa (S.), ford.

tup as, divine, cast lots.

tupi', repent.

tura, assail, charge, attack.

u-tura, bull (Mandingo word).

a-turane, slope.

ka-ture (?), insect species.

a-turma, trumpet (small).

Turuma, meeting-place of Eagbenle.

a-turunka, q-, fan palm.

tus, be sickly, make sick.

tusi, pull out.

tusuQ, malinger.

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tut, be jealous.

a-tut, Q-, snout.

ka-tut, envy.

a-tutfl, ma^ot, caterpillar.

tutun^, cleanse (mouth).

tu tw!, strange —

ti§i tu twi t§i, strange occurrence, a-tuturi, caterpillar.

U.

d-uba, r-, ink,

t-uf al, heap.

k-xil^, t-, light, bamboo split and tied as torch (lighted).

k-ulis, t-, scorpion.

m-ulfu, wool.

k-ijma, t-, box.

k-umafel'en, veil.

ii-ump, m-, story, fable.

r-uma, s-, "shirt."

r-uma, s-, placenta —

o (ra) ta tor h^ rotQf, the placenta has not come away yet.

o tor(ranQ) rotgf, it has come away, n-ump, m-, story. r-umpa, n-, bowels, n-umpol, m-, y-, shadow, r-unda sinka, s-, narrow pass, r-unia, s-, crowd.

k-unku,.r-, long circumcision gowns, r-u n t, S-, piles, m-unta, net. k-upa, t-, feather, k-upas, t-, haft of a tool, k-urkuru, t-, compound, enclosure shut in by fence round

house, k-urk-uru, t- urt-, compound.

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k-uru, t-, sky.

s-uti (? sing), prisoners (war).

k-uti, t-, drove, swarm (bees).

W.

wa, of —

gderwagbai, the place of the king, wai, pay, buy. wai akasi, pay fine, ka-waika, ta-, maggot (?) in palm wine, a-wakhati, ^-, hour (old word).

wakuQ, be brown (midway between black and yellow). k9-wal, te-, meeting place in bush, circumcision place in

bush, cooking place in bush. wala, walq, abate (intr.). ka-wale, light (of lamp), wali, stretch (arms), ka-wali, fathom, a-walka, q-, prayerboard. o-wan (pi. a-wut), child, wan btjra, daughter, wan duni (= runi), son. wan kapiire, bastard. wan kom, freeborn. ka-wandi, ta-, lesson, wan (imp.), be clear, light, ka-wan, to-, chair, ka-wan, light (of sun). ■ wan a, get clear, wan as, make clear, wank a, put on tabu. wanki, take off charm, tabu, war an, be bright (sky), clean (house, vessel), warka, embroider, was, clean with hoe, clear up. o-wasar, a-, son's wife.

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ko-wasa, ta-, kaolin, chalk.

wasuQ, get light.

o-wat, boy.

wat oruni, hoy.

wat mQt tQua (just full grown), youth,

watobet (watof^t), af^jt, bkby (one year and upwards).

wat, be lascivious.

WQ (woi) abe (pi. Qbe), cry out, scream.

WQk, draw, wring out, crush, milk.

w^kas, squeeze.

weken, gaily.

wela, wither.

wqI wqI, be thin (garment), transparent.

wqI w^l, loose.

wtjna, beautifully.

WQiia, shout (in anger).

WQiik wQnk, transparent.

wenke, gaily.

WQuklQn, crash (pottery in falling).

w^iikwQnk, be transparent (glass).

WQnwQnu, sparkle, twinkle.

a-wQpet, Q-, spring.

WQpta, contract (by heat, etc.).

wQptan^, fall in.

a-w^r9k, Q-, coarse mat.

a-WQrQ, Q-, crumbs (K.).

WQta, squeeze.

wQt wQt, be disgusted.

a-WQWQ, inside baserings of roof.

ka-wil, fish species.

win, once, the same.

wofQ, fuel. • '

wo h^, bakor*, be fragile.

wyi abe, scream.

woinyi, sharp.

ra-wok ra-fet, small rains.

■w^kal w^kal, rustling.

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wok9r, applaud (shout), wol, play. a-w61, ^-, game.

a-wola, Q-, crust (of rice bread), rind {of tree), shell (legu- minous plant, maize, ground nuts), wolan^, amuse, o-wolane, a-, playfellow, ^-wolane, toys. o-w61iso, a-, house slave, wo ma, rough (rice), in the husk. WQmptanQ, fall in (cheeks), warp, won, be warm, hot. WQn, shake, clap. WQU, stay long, go on, be long —

Q won liQ bok, he soon cries.

pa won fQ tQya, it is not very long. Avon, put on, wear, ma-won, yam (bush). WQna wuni ratar, enslave, a-wona, shouting. wonanQ, have fever, ague, m a- w o n a n Q, fever. wQnd, invade, rape. o-wQnra, entrance, wons, warm. wQns, sharpen, wont, feed, graze, a-w Q n t, ear-ring (K.). a- wont, Q-, wattle (of cock). »

a-wont, bait.

o-wont, a-, brother, sister (B.F., B.M.), WQntnQ (ka), live by, live on. WQU, be brown (horse).

wQii, enter, set, assent to (usually with negative), get into the habit of, be in the habit of —

obaf won, he is a farmer, ko-won, suit (clothes).

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won a, make noise.

a-WQnanQ, society for farm work, helping one another..

woiianQ, form a company, make an agreement.

Q-wgnar, a-, entrance.

WQni, sharp.

ma-WQiii mantis, blade (knife).

wonka, abate (intr.) —

okom kawonka, the rain began to leave off. wonkor, clear (farm). a-WQiiko, Pgro dance, a-woiiko wanka, tj-, war bells, wons, warm.

wop, catch hold, accede to, admit, penetrate (bullet), controL wop a sum, keep fast, wopar, take the fancy. na-WQr", serval. a-WQra, Q-, first wife of chief, m a- wo r a, ring for l)eating k o n t e. wgrap, dream. a-WQrdg, q-, sickle, ka-wgrtj, ta-, cattle-yard. WQrka, crawl (insect, child), a-worwora, ^-, bulrush (?). wos, dry. o-wos, a husband.

wosa, answer (yes), confess, assent to. a-wosa, answer. WQsar, flow, wo si, be solid (food), wosi, dry, q-wosi, drought, ka-woso, ta-, chalk, wgt, break in pieces (tr.), shatter. WQt, in pieces, all to bits —

qbainye WQt, he broke it to bits. WQta, be ruined. wQtar, sharpen, whet.

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k9-woto, tQ-, chimpanzee (?).

a-woto, Q-, bandage for scrotum.

na-woto (pl.)> strap.

ra-wu, t9-, knee.

Avufntj, wash (intr.).

wnfte, make a rusthng noise.

wufti, dig out (e.ff. buried cassava), bring up old palaver.

wuka, retch.

wukan^, disgust.

a-wul, tj-, ma-, thousand.

a-wSl, ma- (or ^-), noose (for antelope, etc.).

t a-wul, duiker.

a-wul a, Q-, long road, distance, wilderness.

wun, be hot.

o-wuni (pi. af 9m), .person.

wuni otql, artisan.

wuni rgkQ ^unkar~| .

wuni pake tunkarj ^ *

wuni ba, wuni baka, slave.

wuni bom obala, married woman.

wuni kul9nan^, half-breed.

wuni kafon, barber.

wuni dif tasem, butcher.

wuni k'abalma, man.

wuni k'abasa, woman.

wuni katila, trader.

wuni jqr, hypocrite.

wuni nam, some one.

wuni o wuni, everybody.

a-wuni, Pgro dance.

wunn^, disgust.

wuno, wungn, such an one.

wunka, bulge.

wuiikar, cut down stumps.

w u r, go out from (inanimate subject, animate object) ; come

out from (with or without ka); go out into (inanimate

object) ; produce, get, lose colour.

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wur ibont, smell (intr.).

wur ^jbopar, get leaves.

wur maleni, get flowers.

wura wuni matir", bleed.

wura wuni ratar-, free slave.

wuran^, come up (seed), appear (moon).

wurn^, understand, contrive.

wurun^j, plan.

wus, come into car.

a-wiit (pi.), children (larger than afet), brood.

Y.

ya, lodge.

ya, leave.

ya, thus.

ya, mother, madam.

yaf^t, father's (mother's) brother's wife.

o-ya, mistress, mother.

o-yS', lodging.

ka-yaba, ta-, onion.

yabi, explain.

a-yabi, q-, answer.

a-yabi, horn (instrument).

a-yabo, ^-, heron.

k o-ya fa, ta-, hut, tent.

a-yaflani (= losir), large bird that climbs trees.

yafyaf, disgrace.

yai, abase, be low (price).

yai, worthless.

yai, hover.

ko-yaia, weakness.

ra-yai, weakness, worthlessness —

ra rayai, a worthless thing, yak, wash (clothes, pottery).

e-yaka [pi. form], present (Mohammedan after fast), ko-yaka, pa-, rice.

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pa-yak a (pi. form), good rice, yako, suddenly, yak^n, qilickly. a-yakumal^, mouse species, a-yal, to, boat.

ain-yale (?), lizard (cries at night), yaloa, get shiny, a-yama, cortege.

a-yamana (from Arabic), age, greater part, assembly, yamari, order, a-yamari, order, yamari, covetous, yamar, court, o-yamba (a) kala, beggar, a-yambo, ma-, loin cloth for initiants. a-yambo, ma-, woman's gown, yamg, hire, a-yamp, e-, swamp, yampun, folly. yandQ(n), I pray ! pray ! yantj, wash.

a-yanle, ^-, holiday, day of merriment, yannq, wash (refl.). yang, be late (in forenoon), yanta, wander, yantnq, drop off. yantomi. May. yan, thus.

ra-yan, noon, hot part of the day. yan a yaii, so and so. yanQn, now. a-yaiifa, e-, conspiracy, ko-yank, to-, ram, he goat, yankin, now. ko-yanka, ta-, cave.

a-yanka, q-, dance apron (leaves), apron for man undergoing poison ordeal.

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lc8-yankita, snake species {? Dri/ophis ahaetulla).

ko-yaiikita, to-, brushwood.

41-yjinkat, e-, bunch (seed, large ; flowers).

■o-yanku, a-, hunter.

yankuba (from Arabic), eclipse.

yauQr, spend day with.

yanyantj, be, get daylight.

yao, yea.

yao, interj. (? reproof).

yar, shiver.

yarar, be cold.

a-yart{lal, ? mongoose (cat of grass fleld).

a-yari, ma-, cat (yari, only as vocative).

yari, open wide.

rt-yaria, a-, freed female slave, made wife.

a-yar^ (ainyaro), ma-, snake species.

yarsa, shake (?)

yasan^, jump, frolic.

yas yas, active —

owa tow^ oyas y;is, this boy is active, yat, snub, frighten, yata (uq), shake (intr.), jar. yata, error.

o-yatki, a-, companion, friend, yatnq, shudder.

yatn^, fear, respect, be frightened, yaygn, be spacious, ye, yi, than, as.

y^fa, come, go away, down, from, y^far, spring, rise, a-yefu, dropsy. yQk, feign, feint.

y^kap (? yekap), falter, stammer, y^ksi, demolish, spread out (grass). y^ksin^, offend, be covered with (insult). ytjk yqk, flap (wings), flutter. yekyek, blind man's buff.

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y^ky^kor, strew, y^l, feel cold, a-yel, ma-, island, g-y^li, a-, singer. yel yel, shine (as stars).

ra-y§m, lie. ,

yem, lying, ye ma, lie. ye ma, wish, begin, yema, where, yqmas, be desirable. y^mlQ, be insipid, a-y^mp, q-, bag. y^mpirr, gently. '

a-yemre, q-, house (two stones), y ems a, lie about, ytjnt, hand over, yenta, give, hand, y^ntan^j, project. yQntanQ, become great. j^ntQT, direct (eyes). ma-y^nt§, sesame. a-yent8s (from English), hinge. yen (imp.), be silent, desolate. y'6rr, waste, y^nk, heal, be quick, ytjnk madtjr, get well, y^nk ma der, well! y^nkmad(^r, lively, well, y^hk nap, judge quickly, rashly, y^fika, be ready to. y^nki, be quidc to (habitually), ytjnki bal, be quarrelsome, ytjhki mader, be well, y^nksa mader, be active.

ytjnkuba, eclipse (Mori word) [the Timne say: aiuyari wop ahof, a cat caught the moon].

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yep, lend.

yep, falter.

ka-y^pa, ta-, pincers.

yepsan^, do by turns.

yQF, tremble, quiver, move involuntarily —

— bakbak, — barbar, — tarter, tremble like old men. yer, give. ^-y^^, Q-, share.

ka-y^r-, ta-, border (field, river, etc.), edge. yQranQ, share, yetki, clear up. yeryer, be sour, yeryera, become sour, a-yese, n-, weft, yi^si, demolish, ^-yesintj, ornaments, yesia, adorn, bedeck, y^s y^s, quick. yQt, lose (small object), yet (pi.), things, y^jt^luk, booty. yQtQtol, cattle, yqta (raroii), lose (road), err. ka-yQta, fault, yi, be, live.

yi ka man q, be in love with, yi kor, be pregnant, yi, it, them, ye, yi, than, ra-yi, ta-, anvil, yi h<j, negative verb.

abamp oyihtj kotinq, the bird is not loo^g itself.

amiyQ miye, nothing can be done.

mayQ mayih^, there is no help, yi rapure, commit adultery, yia, lodge, yian, it, they, etc.

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a-yibS, ^-, vulture, hunter's pocket.

yif, ask.

yif a, be unclean (ceremonially).

yif a, unclean (Mohammedan).

yifgt, interrogate.

yif yif, shaggy.

ke-yik, to-, monkey.

a-yiki, respect, glory.

yikis, glorify.

yim, red.

yimli, be gloomy (day only, not evening), get gloomy.

yimra. Hush.

a-yin, q-, eyebrow.

a-y ina, " soul," phantom, hallucination, memory image ; when

you see long shadows on wall, like men, you say,

" Dead man's ay ina has come." a-y in a, child born with teeth, a-y in a, q-, girdle (leather or cloth), ko-yina, spindle, a-y in tali, Q-, apparition, ma-yink, wax. yinkta, shake.

ma-yinyih, beer (of ayinyin). yir, yirar, sit down against one's will; perch (bird) from

exhaustion, be on one's shoulders, head (palaver), yir a, live, sit, be aground. Q-yira, ma-, dwelling, ma-yira (pi. form), dwelling-place, o-yirantj, a-, dependant, inmate of house. ka-yirk§-, counting (with stones and tasb!u= beads). a-yirkQ, account, yirka, compute, yiryir, drizzling, yisa, hoist (sail).

yisuQ, settle down, fall (by missing a chair), a-y it a, war magic, carried among the enemy by a man who

falls down with it.

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yiwinan, together. yq, do, make. yQ, cause —

Qyoini ifanta, he made me lie down. yQ . . . faia, heat. yq r^ii, flash (lightning), yolj^jk^rg, click. yqhq, swampy, ygfat, be soft (bed), ygfat, soft. nia-ygi, piassava. yQi, hasty.

yyf u yQf u, be soft (wood), y^k, snap (dog).

a-yyk, forked stick, to hold swamp grass for cutting, yoka, take (up), raise —

yoka apu re, commit adultery, take a "friend"; yoka kgr, conceive, a-yoka, e-, cassava. yokanQ, get up, appear (person), ygker, seize (with claws), a-ygkg, q- (followed by na, of thing) ; (u-, a-, followed by

wa, of man), compensation, equivalent, the like. a-ygkQme, §-, camel, a-yol, deep water, o-yola', a-, rich man. yQUQ, befall (tr.), happen (int.). ka-yontere, week (from Fula). ka-yonton, ta-, "Chinese trousers." ka-yon, ta-, fish-trap of bamboo, hollow, with opening at one

end, tied at the other, yoiiba, slacken.

yonbala, be loose. /

a-yonka, display, pretence, ygr, pretend.

ma-y^s, custom, action, manners, yosi, relax, slacken.

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a-ygsQ, fish species.

(t8-) yot, take snuff.

ka-yQta, trees cut down in the farm.

yQte, decay, rot.

a-yufu, e-, owl.

a-yuke, circumcision mask.

yuki, discharge (gun).

a-yunket (no pi.), bundle of maize heads.

a-yunkoli, <^-, circumciser.

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