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gili

1

Verb

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to go round, travel

  • bÉ› kanimina ti chani gindi tiŋ’ puuni Å‹-Å‹uhiri kaman bahi la they come to roam around the city growling like dogs.
  • Gilimiya dunia ŋɔ zaa! You people must go all over the world!
  • kul chani gindi n-fabinda dabisi muni puuni zaa (I) am just going round complaining the whole day.
  • BÉ› Å‹manila teeku kogbana din laÅ‹siri ginda They are like seawaves that are blown around.
  • Binsaa yi biÉ›ri gilindi (gÉ”ri) yili ni, yili yidana shee ka di bÉ”ra. If diarrhÅ“a is going around the house, it is searching for the house owner.
  • A ni leei Å‹un ka kpÉ›hili shee, ka leei Å‹un dari gindi You will become a homeless vagrant.
  • ChÉ›liya ka ti gbibi ti ni mali tahima shÉ›li yÉ›da la kirikiri ka di viini n-ginda 'Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess'.
  • BÉ› moli o yuli n-gili di tiŋ’ maa. They proclaimed his name all around that town.
  • di chÉ› ka n yuli moli gili dunia zaa it will cause that my name is proclaimed all round the world.

2

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Audio

to surround, go around

  • JÉ›rÉ”bÉ”am daa chÉ› ka tÉ”bbi’ shÉ›b’ lɔɣi gili la Judanim’ maa nyaaÅ‹a nti sɔɣi dÉ”ni gu ba Jeroboam set an ambush against the Judahites.
  • o daa gili Yisa nyaaÅ‹a nti shih’ o binyÉ›rigu naÅ‹gbambili (she) went round behind Jesus and touched the hem of his robe.
  • Chamiya gili ZiÉ”n zaa, ka kaliya di pihi la Go around Zion and count its 'towers'.
  • NooÅ‹a ni yiÉ£iri gind’ o tɛɣu shÉ›m la As a bird flies around its nest.
  • BÉ› gindila yili. They travel the funeral, 'make the rounds' in greeting.