fukumsi
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Noun
law, authority, responsibility
- Paɣ’ kpuɣibo yuya sabbu fukumsi tuma duu zuɣulana, bɛ ni booni so “Registrar General” la
- The head of the office responsible for recording marriages, the one they call the 'Registrar General'.
- m-puɣisi gbaag’ o o yɛtɔɣa ni, din ni chɛ ka bɛ zaŋ o niŋ gomnanti fukumsi ni.
- to seize on some word of his that they could use as a pretext for handing him over to the jurisdiction of the government.
- nahu maa yi pun ʒiɛri niriba ka bɛ yɛl’ o lana ka o bi niŋ o fukumsi
- if the ox has previously gored people and the owner was informed but he hasn't kept it under control.
- piimiya ... niriba ayopɔin ... ka ti chɛ ka bɛ su tuma ŋɔ fukumsi
- choose ... seven people ... and we will have them be responsible for this job.
- Naɣikpara nahu m-bala (dama m bi su di fukumsi).
- This is a cowboy’s cow (because I don’t have any authority over it).