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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 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ / ]