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*    hit (somebody) something”, viz.



*    a blow: refers e.g. to a blow in



*    anger, while gbe 1 [ ˥ ] means “to



*    flog as a punishment”; ifi‿ɛɽ-eʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] I hit him, cf. egbe n-



*    ɔfi‿ɔʋ̃a‿eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ]. fi oɣoɽo^



*    ko [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] to hop on one foot.



*    (3) to shoot; v. sa 2 [ ˥ ]. (4) to



*    attack; of a disease; eʋ̃ifi fi‿ɛe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “small pox has struck



*    him”: he has caught small pox.



*    (5) it also denotes the direction



*    (of a throw only?) into some



*    locality, v. fi [ ˥ ] fi [ ˥ ]. (6) to leave,



*    in fi [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ]; ɔfi‿ɛ(e) yi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]



*    he left it. fi [ ˥ ] ya [ \ ] to die,



*    of a man with family; wu [ ˥ ] is



*    used of a single man; of a man



*    who has a family it was said



*    that “part of his body is still



*    living”, v. also ikiã [ ˩ ˥ ]. Iterat.



*    filo [ ˩ ˥ ] (a) to drop things one



*    by one; (b) to shoot birds or



*    animals one by one; (t)-ifil-iɽ̃ã



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I am shooting them one



*    after the other; (c) to be foolish;



*    t-ufilo [ ˥ ˩ \ ] are you mad? v.



*    kiza [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. fieɣe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*fiã [ ˥ ] (1) to cut; fiã [ ˥ ] fua [ ˥ ] to



*    cut off. fiã [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ] “to cut



*    (and) add to (?)”: to bless; of a



*    Christian blessing (but v. n-



*    erhuʋ̃u (na 2 [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] na [ ˥ ] “to



*    say prayer for (somebody)”: to



*    bless in the pagan way); cf.



*    afiãgbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]. fiã [ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to cut



*    (food) for somebody; t-uɽami-



*    ɔ̃mɔ fiã na [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “may you get



*    a child (or, children) to cut



*    (food) for!”: used as a formula



*    of thanksgiving after a meal by



*    a woman towards a senior



*    woman or man, also to her own



*    parents, v. ɛrɛe [ ˩ \ ]. fiã [ ˥ ]



*    ra [ / ] (a) to cross a river by



*    swimming, or a road; iɽ̃ã fĩ-ɛ̃zɛ