to sink in (mud, water), bog down

• Di firimi? Has it sunken in?
• Fam’ ma baɣiri firibu ni bahi. Rescue me from being sunk in the mud.
• (o) nɔri din kpalim firiti tiŋa (he) trod what remained into the ground.
• Jɛrimia daa firi baɣiri maa ni Jeremiah sank in the mud.
• Ka bɛ chɛchɛbunsi daa firi bayaɣiti ni n-kɔŋ chandi. And their (Egyptians') chariots sank into the mud and they couldn't move.
• Di bi firita. It is not sinking in.
• Di firitimi. It is getting stuck.
• Dama n tam yɛl’ shɛŋa din pun gari la yɛla. Di zaa yiɣiya ka firi. 'For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.'
• Pipi’ shɛli din yiɣi ka firi The Cup that Went Missing.
• kuɣili maa chaŋ ti furi o gbɛɣu ni the stone went and embedded itself in his forehead.

to sink something in

• (o) nɔri din kpalim firiti tiŋa (he) was treading the remains into the ground.

be boggy, soft, covered with water (e.g. road)

• Di bi firita. The surface is not such as to let things sink.
• Di firitimi. The going is sticky.

to push something into a hole or crack, push a soft substance into the anus