pull, snatch, drag

• Di saha ka Yaakubu daa darigi toog’ o binyɛrigu Then Jacob pulled at his shirt and tore it.
• Ŋmani bi darigiri pam, di yi darigi din ŋma. A calabash shouldn’t be pulled hard; if it is pulled hard, it will break.
• n ni ti darigi deei nam maa la a bia nuu ni I will take the kingship away from your son.
• A yi so kpalaŋa ti darigi tana m-poog’ a. If you wear a pair of trousers and have to stretch it later, it means the cloth you had to make the trousers was insufficient.
• ka darigi ŋooi ŋun'Filistia doo maa maŋmaŋ' takɔbi di tɔɣu ni and tugged the Philistine man's own sword from it's sheath.
• bɛn’ darigim’ ŋooi (o) yiŋ’ yɔɣirili n-zaŋ li sa n-zaŋ o yil li they should pull a rafter out of (his) house and set it up and hang him on it.

to punish somebody

• Binshɛɣu kam bi sɔɣi Naawuni sani ka o mi ni darigi ŋun kam birigi o zaligu. Nothing is hidden from God and he will punish anyone who breaks his law.
• Naawuni darigi alahichinim’ tibili God Punishes the Sinners.
• O ni darigi bɛ tibili.

to stretch, prolong, become lean

• A yi so kpalaŋa ti darigi tana m-poog’ a. If you have a pair of trousers and have to stretch it later (because it is too short), it means the cloth you had to make the trousers was insufficient.