fà
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
stuff; crowd; squeeze (compare -fa)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
O fàrà ego n'ime akpa ya.
— He stuffed money inside his pocket.
Fàa akwụkwọ ndị a n'igbe ozugbo.
— Stuff these papers in the box immediately.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- fastuff; crowed; squeeze (compare -fà)
- òkwụkwọgrinding; grating; sawing Fa nà-àkwọ osisi fa gbùlù n nyàafù They are sawing the tree they felled yesterday
- ǹchaall of them (compare fa niīne); all
- mekwado also; do as well; repair; please by an action; give a tip, small present Ọ sì nà ya amā ana mà ọ bụlụ nà fa eme kwatarọ ya He said he would not go if he was not pleased (i.e. if something was not done to please him)