fà
verb
/fà/
Definitions
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to pull
mo fa aṣọ I pulled the clothes
- to suck
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to subside, to reduce
eéwó t'ó wú ti fà The boil that was swollen has reduced
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to draw, to sketch
ó fa ìlà sórí ìwé He drew a line on the piece of paper
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to become sluggish
ọ̀lẹ́ fà tìì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́ The lazy person was sluggish at work
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to be elastic, to be mucilaginous (as a soup or stew), to draw
ọbẹ̀ ewédú náàá fà This ewedu soup is mucilaginousSimilar wordsyọ̀verb 3 entries are spelled “yọ̀”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. yọ̀ to slip yọ̀ to rejoice, to become elated yọ̀ to make fun of or ridicule someone, to deride someone, to rejoice in someone's failure or problems
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to crawl
bí ìgbín fà, ìkarahun á tẹ̀lé e When the snail crawls its shell shall follow it
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to cause, to bring about
ìyà púpọ̀ ni ó fa ẹkún Too much suffering is the cause of weeping
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to long for
ọkàn àwọn ọmọ́ fà mí I longed for those children
Dialectal synonyms “to pull, cause” 62 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdóàní
- fà
- Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)
- fà
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- fà
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- fà
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- fà
- Ìkòròdú
- fà
- Ṣágámù
- fà
- Òkìtìpupa
- fà
- Mahin
- fà
- Oǹdó
- fà
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- fà
- Usẹn
- fà
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- fà to pulllẹ̀ghẹ̀ to cause, deceive
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- fà
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- fà
- Àkúrẹ́
- fà
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- fà
- Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)
- fà
- Iléṣà (Uléṣà)
- fà
- Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó
- fà
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- fà
- Abẹ́òkúta
- fà
- Ìjàká
- fà
- Èkó
- fà
- Ìbàdàn
- fà
- Igbó Òrà
- fà
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- fà
- Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún
- fà
- Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA
- fà
- Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA
- fà
- Ìsin LGA
- fà
- Ìlọrin
- fà
- Òtù
- fà
- Ìwéré Ilé
- fà
- Òkèhò
- fà
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- fà
- Ṣakí
- fà
- Tedé
- fà
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- fà
- Ọ̀yọ́
- fà
- Nàìjíríà
- fà
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- fà
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Kabba
- fà
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Sokode
- fà
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- fà
- Tchaourou
- fà
- Baàtɛ
- fà
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- fà
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- fà
- Onigbolo
- fà
- Kétu
- fà
- Akpáré
- fà
- Atakpamɛ
- fà
- Boko
- fà
- Moretan
- fà
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- fà
- Aledjo-Koura
- fà
- Awotébi
- fà
- Partago
- fà
- Kandi
- fà
- Kambole
- fà
- Manigri
- fà
Listed as a similar word by
These words list this one in their own definitions. This word does not list them back, so Wiktionary records the link in one direction only.
The meaning shown next to each is the one that named this word.
to cause
to drag
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “fa”.
Reference:
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