to be/get large, fat

• O yum maa kargiya. His sore has got bigger.
• A taɣi alahaʒibu taɣibu ka karigi alahaʒibu karigibu. You have changed wonderfully and become wonderfully big.
• Bee yi bara di ku tooi paai gbalkpini./Bee yi ŋmɛlim waayo di ku tooi paai gbalkpini./Bee na ʒi n-karigi gari gbalpini. If the calf of the leg is big, it cannot become as big as the thigh.
• (a ni) karigi bɛ paɣipuhinim’ puya (you will) 'rip open their pregnant women'.

to grow to the required size (in fruit)

• Maani maa karigi. The okro has grown hard.

to cut open (of the stomach or belly)

to tear (of cloth)