fa (Yoruba, verb)
Pronunciation: /fà/
Definitions: examples: text: mo fa aṣọ
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english: I pulled the clothes
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type: example
glosses: to pull
tags: intransitive
transitive
glosses: to suck
tags: transitive
examples: text: eéwó t'ó wú ti fà
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english: The boil that was swollen has reduced
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glosses: to subside, to reduce
tags: intransitive
examples: text: ó fa ìlà sórí ìwé
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english: He drew a line on the piece of paper
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glosses: to draw, to sketch
examples: text: ọ̀lẹ́ fà tìì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́
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english: The lazy person was sluggish at work
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glosses: to become sluggish
examples: text: ọbẹ̀ ewédú náàá fà
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english: This ewedu soup is mucilaginous
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type: example
synonyms: yọ̀
glosses: to be elastic, to be mucilaginous (as a soup or stew), to draw
examples: text: bí ìgbín fà, ìkarahun á tẹ̀lé e
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english: When the snail crawls its shell shall follow it
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type: example
glosses: to crawl
tags: intransitive
examples: text: ìyà púpọ̀ ni ó fa ẹkún
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english: Too much suffering is the cause of weeping
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glosses: to cause, to bring about
tags: transitive
examples: text: ọkàn àwọn ọmọ́ fà mí
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english: I longed for those children
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glosses: to long for
tags: transitive
Forms: form: fà
tags: canonical
Synonyms: english: to pull, cause
word: Yoruba Varieties and Languages - fàview map
roman: Tsɛti, Cɛti
english: to cause, deceive
word: lẹ̀ghẹ̀FAOlùkùmiUgbódùfàFAProto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó ÈkìtìfàFAÀkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́fàFAMọ̀bàỌ̀tùn ÈkìtìfàFAIfẹ̀Ilé Ifẹ̀fàFAÌjẹ̀ṣàIléṣàfàFAWestern ÀkókóỌ̀gbàgì ÀkókófàFANorthwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tàfàFAẸ̀gbáAbẹ́òkútafàFAẸ̀gbádòÌjàkáfàFAÈkóÈkófàFAÌbàdànÌbàdànfàFAÌbàràpáIgbó ÒràfàFAÌbọ̀lọ́ÒṣogbofàFAÌgbómìnàÌlá Ọ̀ràngúnfàFAÌfẹ́lódùn LGAfàFAÌrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGAfàFAÌsin LGAfàFAÌlọrinÌlọrinfàFAOǹkóÒtùfàFAÌwéré IléfàFAÒkèhòfàFAÌsẹ́yìnfàFAṢakífàFATedéfàFAÌgbẹ́tìfàFAỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́fàFAStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàfàFABɛ̀nɛ̀fàFANortheast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbafàFAEde Languages/Southwest YorubaAnaSokodefàFACábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́fàFATchaouroufàFAǸcàBaàtɛfàFAÌdàácàBeninIgbó ÌdàácàfàFAỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́fàFAOnigbolofàFAKétu/ÀnàgóKétufàFAIfɛ̀AkpáréfàFAAtakpamɛfàFABokofàFAMoretanfàFATchettifàFAKuraAledjo-KourafàFAFAAwotébifàFAFAPartagofàFAFAMɔ̄kɔ́léKandifàFANorthern NagoKambolefàFAManigrifàFANote: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties
roman: i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá
word: now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria
roman: Funṣọ Akere, 1977
word: have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms
word: especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi
word: nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo
Derived terms: afà
ọfà
àfọwọ́fà
ìfà