biɛ
1
Verb
to smear, plaster, seal by besmearing
- O zaŋ la tandi maa m-biɛ duu maa. He plastered the room badly.
- O biɛ o pupuru. He seals his granary.
- Dɔnim’ a garo zuɣu n-niŋ kaman a biɛrimi la Lie on your bed and make as if you are sick. [2SA 13:5]
- Bɛn mal’ alaafee bi bɔri dɔɣite naɣila bɛn biɛra. The healthy don't need a doctor, but rather the sick. [MAT 9:12]
- a ni kariti ma shɛm ŋɔ n-lee biɛ n-gari a ni niŋ ma shɛm maa gba how you are sending me away now is even worse than what you have done to me. [2SA 13:16]
- Ŋun bie ku saɣi ni o bie. The person who is bad doesn’t agree that he/she is bad. [Prov. 2019.]
- Dabisili maa ni ti biɛ pam! The day will be very bad! [JOL 1:15]
- o chanimi nti zaŋ alizin’ biɛr’ ayopɔin bɛn be n-gar’ o m-pah’ omaŋ zuɣu na nti kpe m-be nimaani; ka dilan’ maa biɛhigu ni be pam n-gari di ni daa pun be shɛm he goes to get seven evil demons who are bad more than him to join him and go in and be (be) there; and the fellow's life will be bad more than how it was/was.bad. [MAT 12:45]
2
Verb
to feel pain, be sick, ill
- Di biɛri a? Is it paining you?
- Di biɛri baɣiri ni shee. It pains (me in the) arms and waist.
- Yawɛ niŋmi alibarika niŋ yi ni; dama yi puu biɛri n zuɣu. The Lord bless you because you have felt sorry for me. [1SA 23:21]
- Shee biɛrigu ni nam guriga. Waist pains can cause a person to become hunch-backed. [Prov. 2497]
- A ba ni a ma yi be ni, nyin niŋim a yubu; ka bɛ ti ka ni la, ka a leei shinshɛɣu dee biɛri If your father and mother are still alive, you do whatever you want for when they are no longer alive you will become a bathroom that receives all the dirt. [Prov. 2]
3
Verb
to pain somebody, cause pain
- Naawuni tiri kalana pini di biɛri yɔɣunima ku tooi deei. The gift that God gives to orphans pains those from the royal family and they cannot take it away from the orphans. [Prov. 1572]
- Di ni ti biɛ bɛ zuɣu. It'll go badly with them.
- Di kuli biɛ la di ti niŋ ŋmaabu. It is hard to cut through.