to lose

• Nimdi barigiya The meat has gone bad.

to be lost

• O barigiya. He lost his way.
• Di barigiya. It's lost (I mislaid it).
• Naɣinyili yi kuhi ka bua barigi bɛ lan yɛn bɔhila so? If the hyena howls when a goat is lost, are they going to ask anyone else about it?

to escape

• O zɔ m barigi. he ran away and disappeared.
• A yi bi zo m-barigi a bi niŋdi asahi If you haven't escaped from someone who is running after you, you don't say it's a joke.”

to hide, disappear from sight

rot (of meat)

over-boil until thing loses its form, to a mush

to unset a trap