fa [untranslatable,
used to intensify expression; example: Haggoy fa!
= Be careful!, Watch out!] (adverb; 18)
faba to save, to come
to rescue of, to come to the aid of
(verb; 11p)
fafe, fafo breast (noun; 10)
faham #: to
understand, to comprehend; usually put nda before
the object which follow the verb (verb; 4p)
faka to put on [as a
man throws his robe about him]
(verb; 11p)
fakara conversation,
visit [high tone] (noun; 10p);
to converse, to visit [high tone] (verb; 10p)
fala easy; by
extension: cheap, not expensive (adjective; 8p)
falawa aluminium;
any shiny metal noun 23p
fandu, fando round
flat mat [for sifting, bowl lid or fan]
(noun; 24p)
fansi to dig (verb;
23p)
fansiko, fansikwa [dey fansiko]:
digger of wells (noun; 6, 11)
far to farm
(verb; 8)
farga to be tired,
to be fatigued [low tone] (verb; 19p);
fatigue, tiredness [tone from low to high] (noun;
19p)
farhan to rejoice
[tone from high to low] (verb; 13p);
joy [tone from high to low] (noun; 13p)
fari, faro
cultivated field, farm (noun; 6p)
fari-koy, fari-koyo
owner of a field or farm (noun; 11p)
farka donkey [high
tone ; domestic animal (noun; 1p,
5 list)
farmi science or
occupation of farming (noun; 23)
farsi to divide, to
make into equal parts (verb; 24p)
farsimi, farsimo
fraction, part, half, portion of a division
(noun; 24p)
farta to go out, to
exit (verb; 5p);
farta (labo) ra: to go out of [the country] (verb;
5p)
fata underarm, wing
(noun; 10, 20p)
fatta to go out, to leave (verb, 11)
fattandi to make to leave, to make to go
out (verb, 7)
fawa to butcher, to
dress a carcass for sale (verb; 11p)
fawako, fawakwa butcher (noun; 11)
feji, fejo sheep
[singular; domestic animal] (noun; 4p,
5 list);
feji garu: ram (noun; 5)
feji nya: ewe [has given birth] (noun; 5)
feji way: ewe [has not given birth] (noun; 5)
fenetar, fenetaro
(F): window (noun; 6p)
fereje, ferejo brick
(noun; 12p)
fey to divide, to
separate (verb; 11p);
fey nda to leave alone, to separate one self from
(verb; 22)
filana a certain, so
and so, such and such (noun; 24p)
firssa cobra [reptile] (noun; 5 list)
fisi to scratch
around in [high tone] (verb; 24p);
fisi, fiso garbage,
sweepings, refuse [high tone] (noun; 24p)
fiti to open (verb;
10p)
fitifita duck (shoveler / garganey /
chestnut-bellied sand grouse) [bird] (noun; 5 list)
fitila lantern, lamp
(noun; 19p)
fo [ho]: to greet
[short vowel]; to hunt [game; long vowel]
(verb; 2p, 13p);
fo [afo]: one [1]
[high tone; in combination with noun] (cardinal
number; 3)
fobu, fobo clay
water pot (noun; 10p)
fofo hello, thanks,
greetings (adverb; 2p)
follon only
one (adverb; 18);
banda follon: levelled out, even (adverb; 18)
folo, fola hag,
purse, sack (noun; 19p)
fonda [see also fondo] greeting
with [used in greetings, derived from "fo nda"]
(interjection; 7)
fondey Coke's hartbeest [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
fondo, fonda road,
way [like French chemin],
path
(noun; 5p, 9p);
fu fondo: a way home,
home road (noun; 5p)
fongu #: to remember,
to reflect (verb; 26p)
foono kirey monkey [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
foono bi baboon [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
foono kirey patas monkey [mammal] (noun;
5 list)
fooru, fuuro testicle (noun; 10)
foru to play (verb;
17p)
fotoforo carp species (Cyprinidae) [fish]
(noun; 5 list)
fottu
bitter (adjective; 18);
fottu-fottu slightly
bitter (adjective; 18)
foy to spent, to
pass the daytime [high tone]; to pass the middle of
the day [low tone] (verb; 2p, 7p);
foy, foyo sauce, gravy to go on dish [tone from low
to high]
(noun; 16p)
foyan [hoyan]:
hunting (noun; 13p)
foyyan state of
being during the day (noun; 7p)
Franse French
(adjective; 6)
Fransi boro
Frenchman / Frenchwoman (noun; 6)
fu, fuwo [hu] house, home
(noun; 1p);
fu borey: members of
one's immediate family (noun; 26p);
fu fondo: a way home,
home road (noun; 5p)
fufule, fufula
humidity, hot weather (noun; 13p)
fukoy, fukoyo home-owner, proprietor; head
of a house
(noun; 11)
fula hat, beret [not
straw hat] (noun; 11p)
fulanzam to rest, to
breathe, to take a vacation, to breathe in [low
tone] (verb; 13p);
fulanzam eleventh month of lunar year
[high tone] (noun; 25p)
fullu, fullo anus (noun; 10)
fumbu to rot, to
stink (verb; 21)
fun to come from; to
come of something [tone from low to high]; to make a
vehicle go, to drive, to row [a boat] [tone from
high to low] (verb; 5p, 18p)
funa to live, to be
alive [not to reside] (verb; 10p)
funsu to
breath out, to blow out, to exhale (verb; 17p);
danji funsu: to fight a fire;
funsu ga: to blow upon
furo: to
enter, to go into (verb; 5p);
furo fuwo ra: to enter the house
furu to throw out,
to throw away, to abandon, to discard, to abort, to
toss (verb; 13p)
furu kange [boŋ dake]:
cushion, pillow [literally: toss the knee]
(noun; 24p)
futu, futu, futo [*]:
bad, mean, dangerous (adjective; 5p) |