to level something

• ka ti daai yi dikiya luhi n-dahimdahim li and will push over your city-walls and flatten them.
• Yi tiŋ’ daa lumi dahim leei dabari Your country was ruined and desolate.
• zuliya kam tinsi daa lu n-dahim zaa. the cities of all the nations were flattened.
• N jɛmbu duu ni lu n-dahim doya ... zuɣu Because my Temple lies in ruins.

to straighten

to test the strength of something

• A yi bi dahim' ma a ku baŋ ni m mali baŋsim. If you do not test me, you will not get to know that I know so much.
• miri ka a dahindi amaŋa a duna ni yi ti biɛra mind you don't strain yourself if your knees are painful.

to tune, give the pitch of drums

• Bɛ dahim luŋa They tuned the drum.
• Bɛ yi dahim bila guŋgɔŋ ka a yi wum a ni kuli ŋmeri mi ni a wa li. When the drum is finely tuned and you hear it you will just beat it and do the dance.