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• òkwụkwọgrinding; grating; sawing Fa nà-àkwọ osisi fa gbùlù n nyàafù They are sawing the tree they felled yesterday
• fàstuff; crowd; squeeze (compare -fa)
• 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)