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*fua 2 [ ˥ ] to be white; ɔfua ʋ-akɔ̃



*    n-unu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “it is white like



*    the teeth of the mouth”; cf.



*    fuɔfua [ ˩ ˥ ], ɛfua [ ˥ ˩ ].



*fuã [ / ] (1) to perish; a curse:



*    uɽafuã [ ˥ ˦ / ] may you perish!



*    (answer: iwua‿en-ɔfuã o [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ (5-4) ˧ ]



*    “I am forbidden what is perish-



*    ed o”: something like “God has



*    not destined me to perish”).



*    (2) to die out; ɛgbɛ-iɽ̃ã fuã xiã



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ] lit. “their family (sib)



*    are perishing along”, i.e. dying



*    out. This would be a bad curse



*    if uttered to a member of the



*    clan; cf. fua [ ˥ ] (?).



*fuɛ̃fuɛ̃fuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] smothering, of a



*    fire that only smokes a little; a



*    smaller fire than that described



*    by ɽuɛɽuɛɽuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; used with



*    the verb ba [ / ].



*fuɔfua [ ˩ ˥ ] to be white; ukpɔ̃ n-ozo



*    rhuaɛ̃ fuɔfua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ] the cloth



*    Ojo wears is white; cf. fua 2 [ ˥ ].



*ga 1 [ ˥ ] to serve; ɔga‿e [ ˩ ˥ / ] he



*    served him. ga [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to serve



*    for a betrothed girl (with her



*    father); ɔga y-ɔʋox-ũʋi [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    he served for the girl; cf. ugaʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ], ega 1 [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ga 2 [ ˥ ] to cook; to be done, of



*    food that is being cooked; inya



*    na fɛko ga [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] this yam is



*    cooking (gradually); v. bie [ / ].



*ga [ / ] (1) to surround; v. lɛ [ / ].



*    (2) to fence, i.e. to set a fence



*    as part of a trap across the bush,



*    cf. ega 2 [ ˩ ˥ ]; or, to put a fence



*    around something, e.g. a tree, or



*    the hole of an animal; ga



*    ɛzi erhã na n-idoxũ‿ĩfi y-ɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] lit. “fence the



*    base of this tree that I may come



*    and set traps there!” v. gba 2



*    [ ˥ ].