the thigh

• a ti zaŋ nudirigu gbali ti maligumaana you will give the right thigh to the priest.
• Di yi nyɛla o gbali, yin' bɔm tani bee chinchini n lo o gbali lɔŋ maa. If it (snakebite) is on his leg, get a bandage or cloth and tie the hollow of his leg.
• Nyɔ’ muɣili sola gbali kabili. Painful breathing is better than a broken leg.
• Di yi nyɛla o gbali, yin bɔm tani bee chinchini n lo o gbali lɔŋ maa. If it (snakebite) is on the leg, put a tourniquet in the groin.

the whole leg, leg/back leg of quadruped

• nini la nini, nyini la nyini, nuu la nuu, gbali la gbali, an eye for an eye, tooth for tooth, arm for arm, leg for leg.
• A yi ka bua shibu shee bua gbali yi ti barigi bɛ ku bɔh’ a. If you were not present when they skinned a goat and if one of its thighs gets lost, they will not ask you about it.
• o gbaya min’ o bɔɣiri ŋmani kurimulima his legs and shoulders are like iron bars.
• Nahu baɣiri n-yi nyu kom ka o gbaya naanyi nyu. The front legs of a cow drink water at a river before the back legs drink.

a wheel

• O daa mali di gbaya maa ka di ŋmanila chɛchɛbuŋ’ gbaya. Di spindilinim’ mini di fiilinim’ ni di sipuɣisinim’ ni di duɣuri zaa daa nyɛla daanya. It had wheels like chariot wheels. Their axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all bronze.
• O yuri takarifiɛma mini o chɛchɛbunsi gbaya vuri The noise of the hooves of his horses and the wheels of his chariots.

roots of the taŋkɔro