che
1
Verb
to cut, chop (cut with chopping motion with cutlass, axe or scissors)
- Dunia atam biya zaa ka di chɛbu saha paai. Zaŋm' a gɔrigu maa n-tim di ni n-chɛ. 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 chɛrila biɛlabiɛla. You sow a lot, but only get to harvest a little. [HAG 1:6]
2
Verb
harvest millet (harvest by cutting whole stalk)
- BÉ› be chi maa chebu shee (They are at where the guinea corn is harvested)
4
Verb
to leave (something) alone, behind
- Ka bɛ daa chaŋ ka che ba (And they went and left them behind)
5
Verb
to stop, abstain from
- Yumya taba ka che taba zamba niŋbu (Love one another and abstain from sabotaging one another)
6
Verb
to let, allow, cause (somebody do something)
- Nyam o ni che ka n ŋma ʒiri (See how he caused me to lie)
7
Verb
to cause
- Duuŋa n-yɛn che ka tarim paai naa yaaŋa ŋmɛ (It is the mosquito's fault that a commoner can ever knock a king's back)