to take up, pick up, lift

• O daa kpuɣila paɣiba pisaayika, ka daa mali mamanim’ pihiyɔbu He married 18 wives and had 60 concubines.

to marry, man marries woman

• ninvuɣ’ biɛri guri bɛ tɔbiri n-zaŋ bɛ piɛma pa tɔbimii zuɣu n-kpuɣi tiri ni bɛ to bad people prepare their bows and set their arrows on the bowstring and draw to shoot.

to draw a bow