tree [sp.] (Afzelia Africana)

• Adaka bini bur' saa, kpalaŋ' bini di mal' karimbaani. The things that are in the box are being beaten by the rain, so the things in the sack should not be proud. [Prov. 8]
• bɛ niŋm’ kawana pali bɛ kpalansi they should fill their sacks with corn. [GEN 42:25]
• Naporo dala 15.15.15 kulim kpalansi 2 ni N.P.K. kulim kpalaŋ yini. Naporo bought 2 bags of 15.15.15 fertilizer and one bag of NPK fertilizer. [DB Math 1]
• A ni ti zaŋ n taali niŋ kpalaŋ’ ni n-lo li You will put my guilt in a bag and tie it up. [JOB 14:17]
• bɛ kpalansi mini bɛ binyɛr’ ŋmahi ni binyɛr’ waɣila their trousers and their short garments and long garments. [DAN 3:21]
• Dagɔrili kpalaŋa (di ka bingarili dimi ka ziifu, di naɣi malila gbaagbini) di kuli nyɛla gbaagbini! The womanizer’s trousers (do not have a zip or a button, but) only a rope (“hold and tie”). [Prov. 799]
• Bɛ ganig' o kpalaŋa, ka chɛ o zaɣim. They snatched off his trousers and left him naked.
• Yinyaa yi fa a kpalaŋa zɔra, ka a mi bi bo kpalaŋa so ka kariti o a zaɣim, nyin’ lee ti nyɛ yinyaa. If a mad person runs away with your underwear and you don’t have any underwear on and you run after her/him, you’ll be taken to be a mad person. [Prov. 2844]

sack, bag

used as a unit in counting money

trousers, pants [Am.]

traditional men's underwear