dolisi
1
Verb
trace, follow (river in a boat, a path, stroll)
- (ti ni) lo li n-zaŋ niŋ teeku ni n-dolisi kom tahi Jɔpa na (we will) lash them (logs) and put them in the sea, and bring them by water to Joppa.
- (o) chɛ ka o nintɔri zɔri dolisir’ o teeŋkɔbiri (he) let his spittle run down his beard.
- (o) biri binshɛŋa din pahi dolisi putarisi (he) planted additional things along the edges of the field.
- Wula ka n lee ni tooi baŋ di gbinni, ka pa ni so n-dolisi ma? How can I understand the meaning unless someone leads me through it?
- (o daa) teeg’ omaŋ’ dolisi bia maa (he) stretched himself out full length on the child.
- bɛ ni biri binshɛlikam dolisi mɔɣili maa ti kuui zaa everything sown along the river will dry up.
- dolisi sɔli ‘stroll’
2
Verb
to make somebody follow
- ti zaŋdi ti mabi’ so cheechinim’ zaa ni luri sizuura ... la n-dolisir’ o na we have sent our brother whom all the churches praise ... with him.
- Wula ka n lee ni tooi baŋ di gbinni, ka pa ni so n-dolisi ma? How on earth can I understand the meaning, unless somebody leads me though it?
- Di dolisi a nuu n-kpuɣi li. Don’t stretch out your hand to pick it up.