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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