biɛŋ
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Noun
pool, lake
- yi daa taɣi kom sɔŋ di biɛŋ din be tiŋli la ni you led water down into the lower pool.
- bɛ kulibɔna mini bɛ kosoya ni biɛŋ kam ni bɛ ko’ purima zaa all their rivers and streams and every pond and all their watercourses.
- A yi bi kaai biɔŋ kuŋ, a ku kaai biɔŋ mahali (mahili) If you haven't visited a pond when it's empty, you won't visit it when it has water in it.
- yi daa gbi kɔbɔɣili sɔŋ ... ni beeŋ' kurili la ni kom zɔri na you dug a reservoir in the ground so that the water of the old pool would run into it.
- Jakpiŋkpiŋ’ (Jakpuŋkpuŋ’) lɔɣiri biɛma. The jakpiŋkpiŋ puffer fish sneaks secretly along the ponds.
- Mɔɣili paliya ka o biɛma pali, kulibɔŋ di jɛri suli. The river is full and its tributaries are also full; the stream should not be angry.
- Mɔɣili di biɛŋ. A river beats a pond.