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అయి-Ayi mavarupoyu,- v. n- To have the small pox. అమ్మవారుపోయించు am mavarupoyintsu, v. a. To inoculate-

అమ్మాళు, అమ్మి ammalu, amini, s. A familiar appellation for a young girl.

అమ్ము amrau, 5. An arrow ; a dart,

అమ్ము ammu, t a. To sell, to vend. to dispose of; opposed to కొను ko- nu, to buy. అమ్ముడుబోవు ammiidii-bovu, v. n. To be sold.

అయము ayamu, 5. Good fortune. 2. A tax.

అయస్కాంతము ayaskantamu* s. A magnet, or load-stone, because it attracts iron.

అయస్సు ayassu, s. Iron.

అయి ai. The past verbal participai of అవు avu, To become. Lit. Having become. This word added to pronouns, and sometimes to other words, has the power of the emphatic letter "^ e, Thus, వాడై vadai, He himself. It sometimes corresponds with the English word like. మానైనిలిచెను manainilichenu, He stood like a piece of wood. It is also used in expressing such phrases as about to go, come, do <fcc. As వచ్చేవాడనైయుంటిని vachche vadanai untini, I was about to come.

అయితే aite, The conditional form of the verb అవు avu, To become, used as a conjunction to express condition, and corresponding with the English terms if, suppose it were so, but. When added to the past relative participle of any verb, ట్టు ttu, is inserted, and it then expresses the conditional form of the verb to which it is thus affixed. చేసినట్టయితే chesinattaite, If I, thou, he, sho, it, we you, or they do.

అయిదు aidu, adj. Numeral Five.

అయిదుపదిచేయు aidupadicheyu, v. n. To retire from a superior enemy: to retreat.

అయిదువ aiduva, s. A married woman, whose husband is alive. అయిదువతనము aiduvatanamu, s. The state of a married woman ; in op- position to widow-hood.

అయిదువరాలు aiduvaralu, s. vide అయిదువ aiduva.

అయిన aina, The past relative participle of the verb అవు avu, To become. Lit. That became. It is affixed to nouns of quality to convert them into adjectives ; or sometimes to adjectives, as a mere expletive. It expresses the conjunctions either, or; వాడైన, వీడైన vadaina,? vidairia. Either this, or 4