to offend, be guilty

• O galim ma mi. He offended me.
• Colloc: di bi galim ‘no problem!’. o yidan’ maa bɔh’ o, “Bɔzuɣu ka a bɔri ni a chaŋ o sani zuŋɔ?...
• Ka paɣ’ maa yɛli
• Di bi galim.
• Why go to him today?
• her husband asked. ... “It's all right
• she said.

to blame, reprimand

• O galim ma mi He blamed me.
• n daa galim o o ninni, dama o ni daa niŋ shɛm nyɛla din simdi galimbu I criticized him to his face, because what he had done was blameworthy.
• di chɛ ka din nyɛ zaɣ’ suŋ a sani leei niriba ni galindi shɛli don't let what is something good as far as you are concerned become something that people find blameworthy.
• (yi ni) galim yimaŋa yi ni daa tum tuumbiɛ’ shɛŋa maa zuɣu (you will) blame yourselves for the bad things you did.
• Ziŋa ŋun galim mɔɣili ni niŋ ziŋ-yuee. The fish that rebels against the river will become a lost fish.

to disconcert, upset

• Di galim a mi. It disconcerted you.

to become wild