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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