kpe
1
Verb
to enter, go into
- O kpe loori/ŋariŋ n-chaŋ. He boarded a vehicle/boat and travelled.
- Bɛ daa chaŋ ti kpɛla Firawuna yuli. They 'look for help to Pharaoh's protection'.
- O kpe mɔɣu/yɔɣu. He went astray. 'went into the bush'.
- BÉ› kpe wurigadaa. They ran away, dashed off in different directions.
- Kɔŋa kpɛr’ a ka a yɛli ni ŋamli. Leprosy attacks you, but you say that it is a skin rash.
- Di kpe saha. It (the night) is advanced.
- M birimmi zaa ka dabiɛm kpe ma. I am in a panic and filled with fear.
- simdi yipa kpe ti mini Naawuni sunsuuni o Bia la kum zuɣu. We are now reconciled to God by the death of his Son.
- N daa nyala Shiina binyɛr’ suŋ ... ka n kɔre kpe di ni. I saw a fine Shinar coat ... and I desired it.
- N kɔre n-kpe m mabia Absalom tizɔpaɣ’ Tama ni. 'I'm in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.'.
- O kpe yibilisi. He went mad.
- kpe X gaɣili ni1. To fall into X's trap.
- kpe X kpaɣa ni. To incur X's displeasure.
- kpe yoli yoli. To adopt a bad habit.
- kpe n-kpili. To usurp, take benefit of something one is not entitled to.
- O kpe yinyaari.
- O kpe guŋgɔŋ. He undertook a gun-salute during a funeral
2
Verb
to flood, overflow
- Mɔɣili kpe kom pam. The river is filled with water.
- Jɔɔdɛn Mɔɣili daa yi kul kpɛrimi paani puri atam kpuɣibu saha zaa. The Jordan river is always full to flood-level for the whole harvest season.
3
Verb
to meddle
- N suhu daa yiɣisila biɛla bahi n niriba maa zuɣu, amaa ka bɛ kpe di ni n-dihi ba wahala biɛri pahi. I was only a little angry with my people, but they (the alien peoples) got involved and inflicted extra suffering on them.
- N daa yi tɔɣisi yɛtɔɣa, so ku lan tɔɣisi yɛtɔɣa di nyaaŋa, dama n yɛtɔɣa daa yi kpɛri ba pam. If I spoke, nobody spoke again, because my words impressed them so much.
- O ni di tɔɣisiri ti yɛtɔɣa sol’ ni ka kahigiri Naawuni litaafinim’ wuhiri ti la, di di bi kpe ti suhuri ni pam? When he spoke to us on the way and expounding and teaching us God's books, didn't it impress us a lot?
- saha kpɛya. Time is far spent.
- BÉ› kpÉ› tab ni. Fight.
- A pala Naawuni ŋun yu’ gala tumbu, a mi mini zaɣ’ biɛɣu bi kpɛra. For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil will not sojourn with you.