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*    only a very short glide). fã [ ˥ ]

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*    fua [ ˥ ] (a) to release; to acquit

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*    in court; ɔfã‿ɛ̃ fua ʋ-ikotu (or,

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*    ʋ-ow-ɛzɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] he re-

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*    leased him out of court; (b) to

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*    set free (a slave). f-ẽma [ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    to loosen (i.e. to take out)

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*    yams from the stack (eru [ ˩ ˥ ])

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*    ɣaf-ẽma ʋ-eru na [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] who

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*    took the yams out of this yam-

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*    stack?

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*fe 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to escape; to slip out;

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*    ahĩaʋ̃ɛ ni f-ima [ ˥ ˦ / / ˦ ˩ ] that

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*    bird escaped us; ɔʋoxã na fe

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*    ʋ-iyɔha [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] this boy is

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*    free from pawn, i.e. from being

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*    pawned; ɔfe ʋ̃-obɔ de gb-otɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] it slipped out of my

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*    hand and fell down. f-ɔrhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “to escape life”, i.e. to faint.

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*    (2) to be cured from a disease;

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*    okpia na fe ʋ-uhuʋ̃u n-ɔvae

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] this man has re-

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*    covered from (lit. “escaped”)

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*    the disease he had; v. [ / ].

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*fe 2 [ ˥ ] to be rich; cf. fe [ / ], ɛfe

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*fe [ / ] to enrich.

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*f-ẽma [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. fã [ ˥ ].

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*fɛɛɽɛ [ ˦ ˦ ] (1) entirely, completely;

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*    used with the verb fo [ ˥ ]; ɔfo

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*    fɛɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] it is entirely finished

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*    (but v. fɛfɛɛfɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]). (2) for

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*    good, finally; isi kpaa-ʋa fɛɛɽɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] I left there for good.

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*fɛfɛɛfɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] entirely, completely,

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*    altogether; used with the verb

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*    fo [ ˥ ]; ɔfo fɛfɛɛfɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˧ ] it is

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*    completely finished; ri‿ɔe fo

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*    fɛfɛɛfɛ [ ˥ \ / ˦ ˦ ˦ ] eat it all up!

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*    (the fo may be omitted); v. giɛ̃

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*    [ / ].

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*fɛko [ ˩ / ] an auxiliary verb (cf.

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*    hɛko [ ˩ / ]) indicating that the

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*    main action is carried out gently,

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*    gradually, which may come to

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