to lay, put somethng across gap

• satahinsi maa mini sakuɣa maa daa chɛ, ka saa maa baai the thunder and hailstones stopped, and the rain slackened off.
• sarika duu maa dunoya zaa dii yooi, ka sokam bandi baai the prison-room doors all just opened and everyone's fetters came undone.

to cross over

• Di simdi ka a daa beei chɛriga gili zoli maa, ka di chɛ ka so baai yaɣ’ li You should mark a line round the mountain and don't let anyone cross over it.
• bɔɣilɔ’ titali ... so ku tooi yi ti sani m-baai yaɣ’ li ka yi sanna a great gulf ... no one can come from our side and cross over it to your side.
• yi yi ti yɛn baai du Jɔɔdɛn mɔɣili dahin shɛli ... on the day that you are about to cross the Jordan River ...
• Saa maa ni daa ti baai, ka o mini o niriba yɛn du teeku yuŋ ka nyɔ buɣim mokpala m-baai n-du. When the rain eased off he (Noah) and his people wanted to cross the sea in the night so they lit torches and crossed.
• Chɛ ka ti baai du n-chaŋ Filistianim’ ŋɔ tɔbbihi ŋɔ Let's go across to these Philistines.
• di zaɣi kpi, di ni dii bi ba jila viɛnyɛliŋga zuɣu it withered and died, because it hadn't put roots down well.
• Naawuni yɛligu ... bi ba jila bɛ suhuri ni viɛnyɛliŋga. God's word ... had not rooted well in their hearts.
• O che ka baai m-puhi vari. He let (?) take root and shoot leaves.
• Saa baaya. It stopped raining.
• saa ŋun kul yɔrita ka bi baara rain that keeps dripping and never

to put up shoots

• Saa kan’ baai tia, ni baai mɔri. The rain that falls and revives the transplanted tree will also revive the grass.

to take root

• Di ni baai? Will it prosper?
• m mɔɣi m ma bihim baai I sucked my mother's milk and grew.

to revive (of plants)

to grow

slacken, unlock (fetters, etc.), come off the handle (e.g. hoe blades)

cease (rain)