to measure, compare with, test, evaluate

• A-daa-pun-nya ku lan buɣisi. 'Once bitten, twice shy.'
• A ni buɣisi shɛm ŋɔ ka daɣila ayodin yi pooi niri niŋgbuna ni di ni tooi chɛ ka dɔro shɛli gbaag’ o? Do you want to examine how a lack of iodine in a person's body can lead to an attack of a disease?
• Yi ni buɣisiri tiri yi tab’ shɛm How you measure out to give to your neighbours.
• bɔ ka nir’ lee yɛn zaŋ Naawuni ŋmahindi bee bɔ ka nir’ lee yɛn zaŋ o buɣisi? what can a person compare with God or what can he find to resemble him?
• Bɛ yi mali bɛmaŋ’ m-maɣisiri taba, ka mali bɛmaŋ’ buɣisiri taba When they use each other to measure and compare each other.
• Bɛ buɣisi bɔhiri They asked by signs.
• O buɣisi ni o bɔr'la bin'shɛɣu n' o sabi la He made signs to indicate that he wanted something to write with.
• bɛ daa buɣisi bɔh’ o ba Zakaria ... Ka o mi buɣisi yɛli ba ni bɛ tim’ o gbaŋ they asked his father Zechariah by signs ... And he for his part made signs that they should give him paper.
• So bi lahi buɣisi n' o bɔh' o bɔhigu

speak by signs, gesture

to state, affirm, assume, suppose

• Masia daazichi din ka buɣisibu the incomparable riches of Christ.
• pɔhim kpiɔŋ din piligiri yiya mini shikuriti ni feera duri ka di ka buɣisibu a strong wind which un-roofs houses, schools and stores in an unprecedented way.
• Ka di ka zaŋ-buɣsi. perfectly.

to try to, have the courage to, dare

to manage, bear something

to divine, soothsay, give a response to a client

to smash