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che

1

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to cut, chop (cut with chopping motion with cutlass, axe or scissors)

  • Dunia atam biya zaa ka di chÉ›bu saha paai. ZaÅ‹m' a gÉ”rigu maa n-tim di ni n-chÉ›. Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe. [REV 14:15]
  • Yi biriti pampam, amaa ka ti chÉ›rila biÉ›labiÉ›la. You sow a lot, but only get to harvest a little. [HAG 1:6]

2

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harvest millet (harvest by cutting whole stalk)

  • BÉ› be chi maa chebu shee (They are at where the guinea corn is harvested)

3

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peck

    4

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    to leave (something) alone, behind

    • Ka bÉ› daa chaÅ‹ ka che ba (And they went and left them behind)

    5

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    to stop, abstain from

    • Yumya taba ka che taba zamba niÅ‹bu (Love one another and abstain from sabotaging one another)

    6

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    to let, allow, cause (somebody do something)

    • Nyam o ni che ka n Å‹ma Ê’iri (See how he caused me to lie)

    7

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    to cause

    • DuuÅ‹a n-yÉ›n che ka tarim paai naa yaaÅ‹a Å‹mÉ› (It is the mosquito's fault that a commoner can ever knock a king's back)

    8

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    from, apart from ..., in contrast to ...

      9

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      to scatter (grain, dust)