a guineacorn or millet stalk

• Bɔ n-niŋ ka yi kaɣili paɣ’ maa lala? Why are you going on at the woman like that? [MAT 26:10]
• Dilaila daa kul zaŋ di yɛla kaɣili Samsin biɛɣ’ kam Delilah just kept nagging Samson about it every day. [JDG 16:16]
• Di kaɣili ma lala. Don't pester me like that.

to nag, worry, bother, pester

• Bɔ n-niŋ ka yi kaɣili paɣ’ maa lala? Why are you going on at the woman like that? [MAT 26:10]
• Dilaila daa kul zaŋ di yɛla kaɣili Samsin biɛɣ’ kam Delilah just kept nagging Samson about it every day. [JDG 16:16]
• Di kaɣili ma lala. Don't pester me like that.

grass [sp.] a long swamp grass used for gbala mats and doorway coverings.

• Yiŋ’ doo ni kaɣili ŋmaaŋa. A dawadawa tree that is near a house will be a temptation for the monkey. [Prov. 2846]

to tease

• Yiŋ’ doo ni kaɣili ŋmaaŋa. A dawadawa tree that is near a house will be a temptation for the monkey. [Prov. 2846]

to prevent, restrain, ward off the heat of flames

to keep the door ajar