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*    button e.g.); iri n-itaɛ̃ n-iteɽat-



*    ũkpɔ̃ (tã [ ˥ ]) yi fiaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ]



*    “the rope I put up (tã [ ˥ ]) on



*    (yi [ ˥ ]) which I was about to



*    spread clothes has snapped”



*    (bũ [ / ] is only used of wood and



*    iron; v. also wu [ ˥ ]). (3) to kill



*    a sacrificial victim. (4) to be



*    salty; v. tãtaãtã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (5) to



*    smell sharp; v. taĩtaĩ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*fĩaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to hit (a man); ifĩaʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ-



*    eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] lit. “I hit him some-



*    thing”, i.e. a blow (the ɽ is not



*    nasalised).



*f-ĩdĩ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. fiã [ ˥ ].



*fie [ / ] to make a clearing for a



*    farm, with matchets, previous



*    to felling the trees on the plot;



*    fi-fie ni-sɛse [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ˦ ] make that



*    clearing properly!; cf. ifie [ ˩ ˥ ];



*    v. gb-itɛ [ ˥ ˥ ].



*fieɣe [ ˩ ˥ ] to sway, to swing some-



*    thing; ɔfieɣ-uherhɛ̃ xiã ʋ-imi‿ɔɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ / ] he was swinging the



*    firebrand (along) when I saw him;



*    cf. fi [ ˥ ]; v. ɽueɣe [ ˩ ˥ ] (to shake



*    something that is on the ground).



*fiɛ̃fiɛ̃fiɛ̃fiɛ̃fiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] imitates the



*    cry of the rat oxã [ ˩ ˩ ].



*f-ĩɣo [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. fiã [ ˥ ].



*f-iha [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. fi [ ˥ ].



*f-ĩhue [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. fiã [ ˥ ].



*fioɣofioɣo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] very tall and thin,



*    of a tree only; used with ɔtaɛ̃



*    [ ˩ \ ] “it is tall”.



*f-itã [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. fi [ ˥ ].



*f-iʋe [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. fi [ ˥ ].



*f-iyeke [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. fi [ ˥ ].



*fo [ ˥ ] to finish; often followed by



*    nɛ [ ˥ ] “already”; fo [ / ] also



*    often follows another verb in



*    order to express that the action



*    expressed by that verb has been



*    finished; erhã na fo nɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]



*    this (fire) wood is finishing



*    (already); ɔrhi-ɛɽe fo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ / ]