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gaɣili

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Noun

Audio

gourd [type], bottle-calabash, calabash bottle

  • Gaɣili din pali bi chaɣisira, gaɣ’ sɔɣu n-chaɣisira. The gourd that is full doesn’t shake, it is the one that is not full that shakes.
  • Suɣulo yi beni chinchini kpɛri gaɣili ni. If you have patience, you can put a cloth into a narrow-neck gourd.
  • wain gaɣili pali wine - a full 'bottle'.
  • o daa zaŋ daanya mali gaɣa kɔtomsi n-tuɣituɣi taba he used bronze to make things like gourds in rows.
  • N ŋmanila dikili, ka m biha ŋmani gaɣibihi. I am like a wall, and my breasts are like small calabash-bottles (hanging on it).