(one's own) effort, strength, means (by means of ...)

• di bi simdi ni yi zaŋ di nimdi yi sambanni bee n-ŋma di kɔbili it is not right that you should take its meat outside or break a bone of it. [EXO 12:46]
• dindina nyin’ chɛ ka m bɔɣisapiŋ kɔbili kparigi then you should cause my shoulderblade to be dislocated. [JOB 31:22]
• n kpalimla kɔba noli I am reduced to skin and bones. [PSA 102:5]
• (di) ŋmari paari ninsal’ kɔb’ tuɣa min’ o kɔba ni kpam tuɣa shee 'It cuts all the way through to where joints and marrow come together'. [HEB 4:12]
• di chaŋ wula ka a ti zaŋ pulaani kpɛh’ a kɔbili ni ... ? why have you let greed be so deeply engrained in you ... ? [1

a bone

tyre

presence, environs