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fadáya n. open space. Midân dé fadáya. The square is open.

fádi adj. open, clear.

fádul(u) v.t. make remain. v.i. remain.

fága v.t. 1) break, make a hole. Nyerekû fága pakiti lében. The child broke the milk packet. 2) beat. Ána bi-fág-éta. I am beating you up. v.i. break, explode, burst, bruise, get a hole. Pakiti lében dé fága. The milk packet is broken. Úo fága kóre. He burst into tears. Kurâ taí fága. My foot got a bruise. Gézma taí fága. My shoe got a hole. Kásuma tô fága-faga. His lips are chapped. syn. gídu.

fáham n. charcoal. syn. makáa.

fáhim (var. fáham) v.t. understand.

fakía n. fruits. syn. matúnda.

fáktori Eng. n. factory.

fálaja n. gap in the teeth. syn. nyalamá.

fal(a)tá adv. down. géni falatá sit down. syn. tê.

fanána Sw. v.i. resemble, look similar (to each other). Kubáya dé ma sáan dé má-gí-fanána. The cup and the saucer do not look the same.

farási Sw. n. horse.

fása (var. pása) v.i. fart. syn. déretu.

fas(h)fâs(h) n. lung.

fáta v.t. open. Fáta kum éna. Open your eyes. v.rf. 1) open. Bâb dé fáta úo. The door opened. 2) (day) break. Latá kalâ fáta. The day has already broken. syn. sába.

fatarân (pl. -în) adj. tired. v.i. be tired. Ána gí-fatarân ma kázi tákum dé. I am always tired of your deeds. syn. tabân. fátaran, fataranísha v.t. tire. Kázi tákum dé gí-fataranís-ána. Your deeds make me tired. syn. tában.

fatía Sw. v.t. lose. syn. wóduru.

fatilía Sw. v.t. follow.

fatúra n. bill, account.

fédha (var. féza) Sw. n. silver.

féker v.i. think.

fenési (pl. ma-) Sw. n. jackfruit.

fendejía (var. fendegía) n. design.

fentîl (var. fentíli) n. catapult. syn. ab-tida.

ferefere adj. loose.

féri n. matured lady.

férteku v.t. disperse, make apart, dismiss. Ána férteku anâs. I dismissed the people. v.i. be dispersed, be apart. Anâs férteku. The people dispersed.

fetîr n. sweet kísra.

fi (var. fu, f-) prep. 1) at, in, on, to (place). Fi shánta táki dé fí shunú? What is in your bag? Gên fi kúris. Sit on the chair. fi-jua see under júa, fi-ras see under râs, f-ustu see under ústu. 2) in the middle of (doing). Úo fi lifu tumbâ tô. He is (in the middle of) rolling a cigarette.

fí (var. fú) v.i. be (exist). Fí shunú fi bê? What is (what happened) at home? Tá-fí? Are you there (also as a greeting: Are you fine)? Tá-bi-fí? Will you be there? Ó-fí jedé. He is like this. det. certain, some. fí yôm wái one day, once upon a time. fí wên (fú-wên, f-wên) where is/are Tá-f-wên? Where are you? syn. wenú. fí ma 1) be with. Kán ána fí ma difanâ wadîn. I was with some visitors. 2) have. syn. éndis máfi v.i. there is not. det. no. Máfi azôl já. Noone came. negative marker. not (frequent in Uganda). Án-árfu máfi kalamâ al íta kélem dé. I do not know what you said. Ána lísa ábidu máfi. I have not started yet. syn. má.

fídiga n. short veil. syn. tôb.

fíka Sw. v.i. arrive. syn. gídu, rásul, wósul.

fíku v.t. untie. v.rf. get loose.

filêl n. night. Filêl séme. Good night. adv. at night.

fláska Eng. n. flask.

fog prep. on. Râs taí kûn tegîl fog íta. My head hurts because of you.

fógo adv. there, in it (anaphoric, resumptive). Kíla bakân fógo Núbi. Every place, there is a Nubi. yôm al weledú íta fógo the day you were born.

fô(k) adv. 1) up. Ána gú-ró fôk. I am going up. Yowéle dé éna tô fô fô. This guy is a flirt. 2) loud. ma îs ta fôk loudly. le fô upwards.

forónyo n. pillowcase.

fúkó (var. fúkú, fúku) Sw. n. mole. syn. gagamba, lufar dîs

fulân n. someone.

fúlu n. bean, peanut. fulu másri n. cashew nut.

fulúka n. ship. syn. safína, méli.

fulûs n. money. syn. ganzáb, gurûsh, pésa, sénte.

fúndu n. mortar. jina fúndu pestle. syn. murkáka.

furái Sw. v.i. be happy. Án-furái f-ain-íta. I am happy to see you.

fúrfur v.i. itch.

fúru v.t. boil. Fúru na ána béida. Boil eggs for me. v.i. boil. Moyo lúguma gí-fúru. The water for porridge is boiling.

fustu see ústu.

fútu v.t. surpass, go beyond, look over. Séme ta chái dé fútu taân dé. This tea is better than the others. Máta fútu bakân dé. Do not go beyond this point. Ána bi-fútu fógo. I will look over (check) it. prep. (more) than. Úo batâl fútu ána. He is worse than I. Mátara gí-nénzil fútu umbári. It is raining more than yesterday.

futuku n. hoof (as foodstuff).

futûr n. breakfast. fútur(u) v.i. take a breakfast.