be chequered, checkered [Am.], variegated, elaborately patterned

• Di bɔriya. It is dirty.
• A bɔriti la kom m-bahir' ma na. You dirty the water I drink.
• Nyini n-daa ŋme m-bɔri Lɛviatan zuɣuri It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan.
• n daa no m-bɔribɔri zuliya kam niriba I trampled down peoples ... , I crushed them.
• O bɔri sɔnya maa nubila. He has crushed the finger of the witch.
• O bɔri noo maa zuɣu. He has crushed the head of the fowl.
• binyɛri’ bɔribɔri splendid patterned clothes.
• zaŋ chinchin’ bɔribɔri pil’ li cover it with a 'purple' cloth.
• bulahi ... zaɣ’ bomaboma mini bɛn liɣisiliɣisi ni bɛn nyɛ zaɣ’ bɔribɔri 'the male goats ... were streaked, speckled or spotted'

to muddy the water

• Di bɔriya. It is dirty.
• A bɔriti la kom m-bahir' ma na. You dirty the water I drink.
• Nyini n-daa ŋme m-bɔri Lɛviatan zuɣuri It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan.
• n daa no m-bɔribɔri zuliya kam niriba I trampled down peoples ... , I crushed them.
• O bɔri sɔnya maa nubila. He has crushed the finger of the witch.
• O bɔri noo maa zuɣu. He has crushed the head of the fowl.
• binyɛri’ bɔribɔri splendid patterned clothes.
• zaŋ chinchin’ bɔribɔri pil’ li cover it with a 'purple' cloth.
• bulahi ... zaɣ’ bomaboma mini bɛn liɣisiliɣisi ni bɛn nyɛ zaɣ’ bɔribɔri 'the male goats ... were streaked, speckled or spotted'

to confuse the issue

to split, crush something (head or other body-part)

want