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f
fa
fɑ
🔊
der. of
fà
2
fà
1
fɑ
🔊
v
light, not heavy
8.2.9.2
Light in weight
fà
2
fɑ
v
1
blow (with mouth)
1.1.2.1
Blow air
5.5.2
Tend a fire
2
cast a spell via blowing a powder
fa
der.
fɑ
🔊
n
trumpet, usually called a flute, traditionally made from indian bamboo; makes low sound as the lips of the blower vibrate
4.2.3.5
Musical instrument
faa
1
fɑɑ
🔊
mɨfaa
n
lie (falsehood)
4.9.4.1
Sorcery
faa
2
fɑɑ
🔊
n
cold weather
8.3.4.1
Cold
1.1.3
Weather
fáa
fɑɑ
🔊
v
winnow, throw in air (grain)
6.2.6.1
Winnow grain
fàa
fɑɑ
🔊
v
be proud
4.3.2.3
Proud
fáiŋ
fɑ̃ĩ
🔊
v
sprinkle (as of light rain), spray with water
5.2.1.2
Steps in food preparation
1.3.3
Wet
fàiŋ
fãⁱ
v
be.light
faʼ
fɑʔɑ
🔊
der. of
fàʼ
pà faʼ
weed a field or farm
zʉ́ʼ faʼ
cultivate, farm
comp.
chuaʼfaʼ
reward
comp.
nchoo faʼ
duty, job, obligation
fàʼ
fɑʔɑ
🔊
v
work
Ŋooŋ Fieʼ chwo nfàʼ faʼe ndɨɨ.
Bafanji people are working their farms now.
6.1
Work
faʼ
der.
fɑʔɑ
🔊
n
1
work
6.1
Work
2
field
6.2.9
Farmland
pà faʼ
pɑ fɑʔɑ
v
weed a field or farm
6.2.4
Tend a field
nchoo faʼ
comp.
ntʃɔɔ fɑʔɑ
n
duty, job, obligation
6.1
Work
comp.
chuaʼfaʼ
chúaʼ
2
zʉ́ʼ faʼ
zʉ́ʼ
fee
1
fèê
mɨfee
n
African paradise flycatcher
Terpsiphone viridis
1.6.1.2
Bird
fee
2
fee
🔊
mɨfee
n
python
1.6.1.3.1
Snake
fèe
fee
🔊
v
1
shell (groundnuts)
5.2.1.2.1
Remove shell, skin
2
open
feefee
fèéfè
n
tree species, the fruit is edible, wood used to make hoe handles
Annona senegalensis
1.5.1
Tree
feeŋ
fẽẽ
🔊
mɨfeeŋ
n
forehead
2.1.1
Head
fei
1
fei
mɨfei
n
mason wasp
Belenogaster griseus
1.6.1.7
Insect
fei
2
fei
🔊
mɨfei
n
valley
1.2.1.4
Valley
fèi
1
fei
🔊
v
throb (with pain)
2.5.6.1
Pain
fèi
2
fei
🔊
v
1
unwrap
7.3.7.2
Wrap
2
open (bundle of fufu, or book)
7.3.6
Open
fei wukwʉ
fei wukwɯ
n
valley of death (the place where they bury bad people)
4.9.6
Heaven, hell
fèiʼ
fɛʔi
🔊
v
judge
4.7.6
Judge, render a verdict
fèiʼ sye
comp.
fɛʔi sjɛ
v
sacrifice, appease ancestors, resolve spiritual conflict
4.9.5.5
Offering, sacrifice
4.8.4.3
Appease
nfeiʼ sye
unspec. comp. form
ɱfɛʔi sjɛ
n
fetish priest
4.9.7.1
Religious person
4.9.7.7
Animism
feiʼno
der.
fɛʔinɔ
n
event of sacrifice
fèiʼ sye
fɛʔi sjɛ
comp. of
fèiʼ
unspec. comp. form
nfeiʼ sye
fetish priest
feiʼno
fɛʔinɔ
der. of
fèiʼ
féɨ
fɛə
🔊
v
rest
2.4.5
Rest
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