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flɔɩflɔ́ɪ́ v1to peel the skin from somethingFlɔɩ blɔdɩ amʋ ɔsasʋ, abɔ ampesie agyi. Peel the plantain quickly so that we can cook it sliced, so that we eat (it).cfmaɩn 1detachpɩɛɩscrapesre 1carvesre 3peel5.2.1.2.1Remove shell, skin2hatch an eggBatɛ amʋ laflɔɩ abɔnɔ asa, lasi anyɔ. The chicken has hatched three eggs. There are two left.2.6.3Birth1.6.3.1Egg
fonflofoɱfloʔpl.afonflo1nnon-stinging caterpillarOrder: LepidopteraKonkolibatɛ asɩ itsu fonflo.A butterfly comes from a caterpillar.Fonflo tɛdamli bwɛ konkolibatɛ.A caterpillar turns into a butterfly.cfkonkolibatɛbutterfly; mothtɔsɩ1pick uptɔsɩ2caterpillar1.6.3Animal life cycle1.6.1.7Insect
fontroofóntróː (H) adj.light; not heavyKpala amʋ ma odwin, ogyi fontroo. The goat is not heavy he is light.Antodwinheavinesscffakaalight(weight)8.2.9.2Light in weight
fotofotoFrom:Engphotonphotographcfnfunipicture6.6.5.2Photography
fówunfówũʔcnj.so thatAgyawunu atɔpʋ bʋtokwi ɔbɔ kʋla nyi wa mʋ́tɔ, fówun bawa ogya mʋ́tɔ yinki kpa sɩ bun mʋ́sʋ. Ɩhɔ ta a, balɛ agyawunu amʋ.Charcoal burners dig a hole, and put trees in it, so that they have set fire in it and returned gathered sand and covered it. When it finishes burning they remove the charcoal.Mlɩyaaloo! Fówun batsuda mʋ́sʋ bɛɛ, "Dɔɔ, fɛdɩ?"Good morning- so that you will see they have responded to it, " Dɔɔ have you slept?"Kokoli, nɩ fɔbɔɩ fʋ paya amʋtɔ a, fówun faha mɩ fʋn.Please, if you split your avocado, so that you have given me half.Nabla Emmanuel mbɛɛ, ɔba akɩta mʋ́ ɔkɛ odua bɛ́kana mʋ a, fówun alaba anɩasuan atɔ.I told Emmanuel He should come, we plan the day that is fitting for him so that he will come and we have learned something.Nɛbla mʋ mbɛɛ owí pɔn a, fówun alaba anɩayɔ.I told him to come in the evening so that when he has come we have gone.Synfɛkɩthen9.6.2.8Condition
2fɔ́ʔ(H)vto be wet or cause to be wetMɩ tati la sʋ nɛyɛfɩta mʋ́.My cloth is wet therefore am going to dry it.Oyin amʋ lɛdɩda wie ntsu amʋtɔ sʋ mʋ atadɩɛ fɛ́ɛ́ la.The man fell into the river so his shirt / trousers are wet.1.3.3Wet
1fɔ́ʔ(H) dem.farƖbʋ fɔ.It is far.Ndɔ amʋtɔ bʋ fɔ. The farm is far from here.cftsutsufar8.2.6.1Far
-fɔfɔ (H)cf-yinclasssfxsuffix indicating people; singular is -yinSukuu obópula mʋ. The school people (i.e. Christians) will bury him.4.1.2Types of peopleder.abusuanfɔfamily
fɔɔnfɔ̃ːtimeevening after sunsetcfma nɩ mɩ nɩduskntʋpwɛnyedusknyankɩ1morning8.4.1.2.3Time of the day
frafráFrom:Akanfravto mix somethingPʋ ɩsɩ amʋ fra siminti amʋtɔ afʋtsɩa mʋ́.Take the sand and mix it in the cement so that you can prepare it.Ɔlɔpʋ ntsu fra afa amʋ, asa olonun.He mixed the medicine with water before he drank it.7.5.3Mixph. v.pʋ framix
fu vto boilNtsu amʋ defu? O-o, ɩmedefu. Is the water boiling? No, the water is not boiling.5.2.1.1Cooking methods
fufufufu (H)From:Akanfufucfgyi2eat/interact
fufu
nfufu; pounded starchy foodMankani mʋ́a agbodi fufu bʋ ɔdwɛ dʋn igyo fufu.Cocoyam and cassava fufu is sweeter than yam fufu.5.2.1.2.2Pound in mortar and pestle5.2.3.4Prepared food
fuli3fulí vto fly, as a birdMbubwi pʋ́ agyagya bʋtofuli, tamɛ agyagya bʋtofuli yɔ anwunsʋ dʋn mbubwi. Birds and bats both fly but bats fly higher than birds.fuli kpayijump1.6.4.1Animal movementph. v.fuli kpayijump
fuli4fúliʔ contraction ofifulicorpse
fuli2fulívto buy on credit6.8.5.5Creditph. v.pʋ fulisell on credit
fuli1fulívto whitenNafwɩ mɩ atadɩɛ fututu amʋ lɔkpɔɩ amʋ, ɩlafuli fututuutu. I have washed my white clothes that had become dirty, they have whitened to a bright white.Nana nwunsʋ imi lafuli fututuutu. Nana's hair has become very white.8.3.3.3.1White
fuli kpayiph. v. offuli3kpayi 1ph. v. ofkpa1yi1vto jump7.2.1.1.3Jump
funifúnívto winnow grainFuni ɩmɔ amʋ lɛ mʋ́tɔ ntɛtɛ.Winnow the rice and remove the chaff.6.2.6.1Winnow grain
funyafúɲávcomb the hairFunya fʋ nwun. Comb your hair.Comb your head.Nɩ fʋ nwun kpakpaa bʋtamafunya mʋ́.If you have a bald head they don't comb it.5.4.3.1Comb hair
futifutí v1to pierce somethingPʋ oyi futi fɩta amʋtɔ. Take the stick and pierce the leaf (with it).7.8.5Make hole, openingIdiom:futi fɩtatɔ kɩdiscriminate2to give a medical injectionFuti bʋ ɔsɩn sʋ nyebi bʋtamakle futi. An injection is painful so children never like injections.2.5.7Treat disease
futi fɩtatɔ kɩid. offuti 1afɩta 1-tɔ 11 1vto discriminate against someone4.7.9.4Discriminate, be unfair
fututufutútú adj.whiteMbʋ kufa fututu ɔkʋ. I have a white sheep.Obroni gyi ɔha fututu.A European is a white man.8.3.3.3.1Whitecomp.sika fututusilverder.fututuutuvery whitecomp.nta fututu
fututuutufútútúːtúder. offututuREDUP2adj.bright whitecfhʋnanaanabright white9.3Very8.3.3.3.1White
3fʊʔcontraction ofɩfʋadvice
1unspec. var.fʋ-you(sg.)