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• andaknow; mi andi, I know; mi anda, I dont know; andugo, educated; learned ; andado, well known; andr, verily; andal, ande, knowledge; suda-andaljo, learned; andilanktjum, theoreti- cal; andal vonkinhewal, psycho- logy; andul nyawinkiwal, patho-logy; andal nyawinkéwal, patho-
• dullabe puzzled; troubled, worried; mi dulli no mi gettira, Iam at a loss how to express
• hibbapress against; be tight; be stiff; be close; be stully; hibbila, constrain, detain, on business, &c.; mi hibbiti mo mi
• boyabe a long time at or over; mi vida labi man bova ha mako, I dont want him to take long over the knife; boima, formerly.
• dayadigidum, be distant; mi wari diga dagidum, I have cone from afar; dûina, accompany a traveller for some distance; take to a distance; put at a distance; dagira, be distant from; ndayirka, distance.; daidum, be light, not heavy; be lazy, slow; be weak; düye- ndam, laziness; daido, lazy one ; weakling; ta jungo ma diga, do not be slow over it; dayol, palsy; aina, make light; dairi and dagiri, be weaker tban.
• fodoa lien on a goat or sheep, dc.; mi yarani mo gertude tati Todo: kammm avom to mbala maho rimi min jet gotel, I took him thrce fowls in order to have a lien on the offspring [of his gout]; i. e. if his goat has a kid or kids one is mine.
• halahaluj, talk, palaver; advice;; put one's mark on; choose; ask for; mi hali deftere nde, I would like this book; hold, be- speak.
• hunamake an oath; swear; hunaytre, kunayiy, an oath, swearing; hunagere feure, per- jury; hunana, swear to; hunna and hunina, make to swear; huira, hunora, swear by; mi hunirake yonki am, swear by my life; humirana, make swear by.; cover; make a cover for;huna, cover; malie a cover tor; hümu kafahi ma, make a coverhmu kafahi ma, make a cover for your sword; hünüzeo (laral),for your sword; kúnüzco (laral), leather worker; see hira.
• sirewant, wish; mi mazino
• hattidivination; halli ma a fyi do mi jabai, I do not believe in this divination you have cast.
• heppaawait eagerly, await hope- fully ;ugam sobirizeo an don warta jango mi don heppa nde reclala, because my friend is com- ing back to-morrow, Iam eager- ly awaiting the dawn; heppand, look forward to; v.n. keppanki.