Entry: "phi:ma{?}" | Query method: Match substring
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Entry:phi:maʔ, -phi:r-/-phi:-
Grammar:vi.
Meaning:grow thin
Comments:ku-sappo:k-ʔinphi:r-ɛ (his-stomach-ABS grow thin-PT) He's gotten thin; mɛn-nu-bakudza-:nkɛ-dzɔgɔrɔkɛ-bhi:ʔl,kɛ-n-dzɔ-nɛngɔrɔkɛ-bhi: (NEG-good food-ABS 2-eat if 2-have diarrhoea, 2-NEG-eat-NEG if 2-grow thin) If you eat bad food you'll get diarrhoea, if you don't eat you'll get thin; cf. phi:maʔ.
Entry:phi:maʔ, -phi:s-/-phi:-
Grammar:vt.
Meaning:1) cause to grow thin, let grown thin; 2) deflate
Derivation:[caus. < phi:maʔ grow thin]
Comments:1) sappo:k-ʔinkɛ-bhi:s-u (stomach-ABS 2-let get thin-3P) You're letting yourself get thin 2) laNpho:Ngaphi:suN I deflated the football.
