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



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



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



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



*    leased him out of court; (b) to



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



*    to loosen (i.e. to take out)



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



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



*    took the yams out of this yam-



*    stack?



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



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



*    bird escaped us; ɔʋoxã na fe



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



*    free from pawn, i.e. from being



*    pawned; ɔfe ʋ̃-obɔ de gb-otɔ



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



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



*    “to escape life”, i.e. to faint.



*    (2) to be cured from a disease;



*    okpia na fe nɛ ʋ-uhuʋ̃u n-ɔvae



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



*    covered from (lit. “escaped”)



*    the disease he had; v. lɛ [ / ].



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



*    [ ˩ ˩ ].



*fe [ / ] to enrich.



*f-ẽma [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. fã [ ˥ ].



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



*    used with the verb fo [ ˥ ]; ɔfo



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



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



*    good, finally; isi kpaa-ʋa fɛɛɽɛ



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



*fɛfɛɛfɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] entirely, completely,



*    altogether; used with the verb



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



*    completely finished; ri‿ɔe fo



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



*    (the fo may be omitted); v. giɛ̃



*    [ / ].



*fɛko [ ˩ / ] an auxiliary verb (cf.



*    hɛko [ ˩ / ]) indicating that the



*    main action is carried out gently,



*    gradually, which may come to