attack suddenly

• Ka (bimbira) shɛŋa lu teriŋ zuɣu m-bil’ na And some (seeds) fell on stones and germinated.
• Binyɛra din bindi tiŋgban’ ni ka mali biɛlim mini tihi din wala mali kpila balibu kam zaa, bilimiya. Things which grow in the earth and have seeds, and trees whose fruits have pips, of all sorts, grow!
• Bɛ sari la guŋa, amaa ka shɛŋa binda di tolitoli. They do plant kapok trees, but some spring up of their own accord.
• O bindila teeŋa. He's growing a beard.
• A yi bi yaai a bɔɣu saazuɣu so ku baŋ ni a bili kɔbiri. If you don’t lift up your arm, no one will get to know that you grow hair in your armpits.
• Alizanda soli bili mɔri, wuntizɔriba n-kani. If heaven’s path is grown over with grass; it means there are no good persons around.
• Di biliya. / na bi bili. They (seeds) have germinated./ not yet germinated.
• Sambarigu bili nyini ka gariŋga wum n-chɛ o tab’ bihi. The earthworm has developed teeth and the night adder hears it and stops being wicked to its neighbour’s children.
• nimmoo tɔb’ daa bili dindali maa a fierce battle broke out on that day.
• O bilindil' o chɛchɛ n-kuli He pushed his bicycle home.
• O zuɣu billi. He is stupid.

meat portion

• Ka (bimbira) shɛŋa lu teriŋ zuɣu m-bil’ na And some (seeds) fell on stones and germinated.
• Binyɛra din bindi tiŋgban’ ni ka mali biɛlim mini tihi din wala mali kpila balibu kam zaa, bilimiya. Things which grow in the earth and have seeds, and trees whose fruits have pips, of all sorts, grow!
• Bɛ sari la guŋa, amaa ka shɛŋa binda di tolitoli. They do plant kapok trees, but some spring up of their own accord.
• O bindila teeŋa. He's growing a beard.
• A yi bi yaai a bɔɣu saazuɣu so ku baŋ ni a bili kɔbiri. If you don’t lift up your arm, no one will get to know that you grow hair in your armpits.
• Alizanda soli bili mɔri, wuntizɔriba n-kani. If heaven’s path is grown over with grass; it means there are no good persons around.
• Di biliya. / na bi bili. They (seeds) have germinated./ not yet germinated.
• Sambarigu bili nyini ka gariŋga wum n-chɛ o tab’ bihi. The earthworm has developed teeth and the night adder hears it and stops being wicked to its neighbour’s children.
• nimmoo tɔb’ daa bili dindali maa a fierce battle broke out on that day.
• O bilindil' o chɛchɛ n-kuli He pushed his bicycle home.
• O zuɣu billi. He is stupid.

rape

• (bɛ bi) ʒe bɛ yinsi nɛma, ka bili bɛ paɣiba (they will) loot the stuff in their houses and rape their wives.

to start suddenly, open up, set in motion an event

to grow, sprout, germinate

to wheel something (e.g. a bike)

thick, weak