a leather bag

• o nya ka kɔbiliga doya, ka o daa chaŋ di ni nti tooi kom pal’ o kom koligu maa na nti booi li ti bia maa ka o nyu she saw a spring there and went to take some of the water and fill her water skin-bag and bring it to pour some for the child and he drank.
• le dakol’ kura ni No one would agree to decant new pito into old beer-bags.
• Kuruchu gbaŋ bi shɛri koligu. 'You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.'. Lit: A pig’s skin is not be used to sew a bag.
• Bɛ yi ŋmaala koligu noli liɣi koligu gbinni. They cut the mouth of a bag to mend the hole at the bottom of the bag.
• (bɛ) zaŋdi bɛ kola ni salima pahiri tiri machɛlinim’ (they) take the gold in their purses and put it down for the metalworkers.