duɣi
1
Verb
to cook, boil, prepare/provide food
- Ŋariŋga vari maa gba nti pahi di ti pɔɣiri duɣiri tadabo. Tadabo nyɛ la afanim ni mali alikalimi n-suɣiri binshɛli sabiri la. Vitex leaves also, are added to the bark to make ink. This ink is what mallams use to dip a pen in and write.
- Kulimiya ti duɣi bindir’ suma n-di ka nyu binnyuri' nyaɣisa, ka niŋya shɛli ti bɛn bi duɣi la Go home and cook and eat good food and drink sweet drinks 'and send a share to all who cannot provide for themselves'.
- Di tuya ni a bindira ŋɔ duɣiri viɛnyɛla It is important that your food should be well-cooked.
- Ʒɛvari ŋɔ duɣibu viɛnyɛla ... Proper cooking of these vegetables.
- Di simdi ka ti yi duɣi bindirigu ka ti niŋ li sabta. It is important that when we cook food we do it hygienically.
- Dinzuɣu bindiriduɣiriba, bɛn duɣiri kɔhira, ... So caterers, who cook commercially ...
- Di ti ŋubiya niŋkaha bee n-duɣ’ li 'Do not eat the meat raw or cooked in water'.
- Dim pahi ayi, a ni tooi duɣi kom maa ka di bii vɛnyɛla. Secondly, you can boil water so that it is really hot.
- o daa chɛ ka bɛ duɣi dam he had them brew beer.
- Tia ŋɔ (tua) mini di wala waɣiri zaa tooi niŋdi bochaa ka bɛ mali duɣiri chibo ka lam mali tibiri yɔɣu. This tree (baobab) and its fruit-shells can both make lye which is used for soap-making and also to cure boils.
- Ti duɣrila kom we are swimming.
- Bɛ ni teei bɛ nuhi kaman kɔduɣiriba ni teeri bɛ nuhi ni bɛ duɣi kom shɛm la. They will spread out their hands as swimmers do to swim.
- Nira yi je a ka a min’ o duɣiri kom ŋun yɛli ni a niŋdi taŋkpaɣu gbiligu niŋdi o nin’ ni If someone doesn’t like you and you are swimming with him, he says that you are making dust to cover his eyes.
- A yibala duhiri ŋarɔŋ, lɔn ania m-bɔhim ko’duɣili. If your enemy is paddling the canoe, try hard to learn how to swim.
- Baleŋkan suli bi veeni o ka o baŋ ko’ duɣira. It is not good for the baleŋkan lizard to be angry with the one who knows how to swim.
2
Verb
to be hot, have a temperature (medical)
- Di yi duɣi du n gari lala 37 ŋɔ dindina fiiba bee akpaɣila gbaai di lana. If it gets to be a temperature higher than this 37, then the person has a fever or ague.
- DI SHIHIRA SHƐŊA N-NYƐ: - Niŋgbun duɣili ... SOME SYMPTOMS ARE:- High temperature ...