gili
1
Verb
to go round, travel
- bɛ kanimina ti chani gindi tiŋ’ puuni ŋ-ŋuhiri 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.
- Bɛ ŋmanila teeku kogbana din laŋsiri ginda They are like seawaves that are blown around.
- Binsaa yi biɛri gilindi (gɔri) yili ni, yili yidana shee ka di bɔra. If diarrhœa is going around the house, it is searching for the house owner.
- A ni leei ŋun ka kpɛhili shee, ka leei ŋun dari gindi You will become a homeless vagrant.
- Chɛliya ka ti gbibi ti ni mali tahima shɛli yɛda la kirikiri ka di viini n-ginda 'Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess'.
- Bɛ 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
Verb
to surround, go around
- Jɛrɔbɔam daa chɛ ka tɔbbi’ shɛb’ lɔɣi gili la Judanim’ maa nyaaŋa nti sɔɣi dɔni gu ba Jeroboam set an ambush against the Judahites.
- o daa gili Yisa nyaaŋa nti shih’ o binyɛrigu naŋgbambili (she) went round behind Jesus and touched the hem of his robe.
- Chamiya gili Ziɔn zaa, ka kaliya di pihi la Go around Zion and count its 'towers'.
- Nooŋa ni yiɣiri gind’ o tɛɣu shɛm la As a bird flies around its nest.
- BÉ› gindila yili. They travel the funeral, 'make the rounds' in greeting.