Meaning of fa | Babel Free
fàDefinitions
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to pull intransitive, transitive
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to scrape or wipe off transitive
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to suck transitive
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to shave transitive
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to subside, to reduce intransitive
- to draw, to sketch
- to become sluggish
- to be elastic, to be mucilaginous (as a soup or stew), to draw
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to crawl intransitive
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to cause, to bring about transitive
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to long for transitive
Examples
“mo fa aṣọ”
I pulled the clothes
“eéwó t'ó wú ti fà”
The boil that was swollen has reduced
“ó fa ìlà sórí ìwé”
He drew a line on the piece of paper
“ọ̀lẹ́ fà tìì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́”
The lazy person was sluggish at work
“ọbẹ̀ ewédú náàá fà”
This ewedu soup is mucilaginous
“bí ìgbín fà, ìkarahun á tẹ̀lé e”
When the snail crawls its shell shall follow it
“ìyà púpọ̀ ni ó fa ẹkún”
Too much suffering is the cause of weeping
“ọkàn àwọn ọmọ́ fà mí”
I longed for those children
“alápatàá fá awọ náà”
The butcher wiped off the skin
“mo fá irun abíyá”
I shaved my armpit hair
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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