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kahi

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to pack up, pile up, gather

  • yaɣ’ yini mi kahi lab’ nudirigu polo 'the Mount (of Olives) will be split in two from east to west, ... with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south'.
  • A nyÉ›voya ni pÉ”him daa kahi kom duhi By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up.
  • PaÉ£a ŋɔ yi ti dɔɣi paai buta, o lan labiri la o yiÅ‹a nti kahi moni ka bÉ› lan kulis’ o ka o ti moni. When the woman has had three children, she goes back to her house so that a gift of foodstuffs may be assembled, and they send her back again and give her the gift.
  • ÅŠun ka ma tiÉ£i pua ka Naawuni kahi Ê’iÉ›ri. The woman who has no mother is pregnant and God is gathering the cooking ingredients for the day that she is to deliver her child.
  • O yi ti dɔɣi ka

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to tie up (as yam vines, etc.)

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    knead (shea butter, swish for hut)

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      to travail, labour (in childbirth)