to break, snap (as a stick, not as glass or crockery)

• bɛ daa duhila bɛ yee tahiri pampam, ka tiŋ’ maa goondaa maa dii kabi ti lu tiŋa they raised their voice and shouted loudly and the wall of the town broke and fell down. [JOS 6:20]
• ninvuɣ’ biɛri baɣiri ni ti kabi the arms of the evil ones will be broken. [PSA 37:17]
• Tɔha tɔŋ kabiya The hunter's trap is broken. [PSA 124:7]
• Yisa ni daa chani maa ka niriba pam muɣ’ o sani n-kabiri dol’ o. As Jesus was going a lot of people were jostling to keep up with him. [LUK 8:42]
• (bɛ) zaa daa kabi chaŋ o sani nti kaŋka be daalahichi (they) all rushed out to him and kept confessing their sins. [MRK 1:5]
• bɛ daa kabi na nti gbaai Stiivin they rushed over and arrested Stephen. [ACT 6:12]
• Ni wula m-bala k’a kul kpaŋ kabri na lala? How is it you’re coming home so quickly?
• O yɛn kabimina kaman suligu la 'he will swoop down like a hawk '.
• Colloc: kabi3 tim 'to heat roots or herbs in a pot until they turn into charcoal for medicinal purposes (IM)'
• Colloc: kabi ʒim ‘to bleed (nose, hand)’
• O nyee kabirila ʒim. His nose is bleeding.
• (Niŋmi siɣa ʒim yi ti yira) Kaman a paɣitali nyabu polo bee a nyee yi ti kabira. (Be careful if there is any flow of blood) For instance, in menstruation or you have a nose-bleed.
• Di bi

to break something

• di zahindimi, ka lɛla saɣindi li, ka tayiɣisi kabiri kpɛri zuri li it rusts, and moths spoil it, and thieves break in and steal it. [MAT 6:19]
• bɛ lee kabiri dari ka ŋɔŋdi kom tiri Izraɛlnim’ zaa they will be breaking firewood and drawing water for all the Israelites. [JOS 9:21]
• O chaŋ n’ o ti kabi dari na. He has gone to fetch ('break') wood.

to rush, hurry, do quickly

to burn (as food in a pot)

to bleed