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*  button e.g.); iri n-itaɛ̃ n-iteɽat-
* ũkpɔ̃ (tã [ ˥ ]) yi fiaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ]
* “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 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ / ]