will not, won't (future negative particle)

• ninvuɣ’ shɛb’ bɛn bi zɔri nambɔɣu kun ya ŋmaai yi yuma jia people who have no mercy kill you and cut short your years.
• n-daa ku ba kuri biɛɣu massacred them ('killed them a bad [serious] killing').
• wuntaŋ’ mini maligu ni sakuɣa kanna nti kuri yi ni biri binshɛlikam sun and mildew and hail will come and kill everything that you sow.
• Di wuhiya ni ti Yab’ Naa-Nyaɣisi n-daa ku lala Tindaanim maa zaa This shows that out Ancestor Chief Nyagisi killed all those Earthpriests.
• A yi kuli mali jɛrigu sara, o yi bi niŋ Naawuni deem’ a suhugu, o mi ku yɛli ni Naawuni kum’ a. If you give alms to a fool and he doesn’t say, “May God answer your prayer” (“Thank you”), at least he won't say, “May God kill you.”
• A kpee yi ku (kɔrigi) o noo ŋmaai ti a, a gba noo gɔrila nogbal’ chɛɣu. If your neighbour kills his fowl and gives some to you, then your fowl is going around on one leg.
• bɛ (toli) daa kul palila tiŋgbɔŋ maa ni zaa hal ka tiŋgbani ti ku n-sabigi 'they (locusts) covered the ground until it was black with them'.
• Yi diri bindira, amaa ka di bi kuri ya kum; ka nyuri binnyura, amaa ka di bi kuri ya di kɔre. Yi yɛri situra, amaa ka di bi kuri ya wari You eat food but it doesn't satisfy your hunger, you drink drinks, but they don't satisfy your need for drink. You wear clothes, but they don't keep you from the cold. [HAG 1:6]
• M mini kum kul chɛ tab'la kpe ni kpe, ka buchi bɔ ka kpamdi lan yɛn ku ma? I'm only a step away from death and what further use is my seniority to me? [GEN 25:32]
• di bi ku buchi shɛli it became useless (? doesn't fulfil any purpose).
• Gbaamiya saawara, amaa di ku ku buchi. Take counsel, but it won't succeed. [ISA 8:10]
• machɛli kuriti bidibbini din ni ku di bukaata the blacksmith forges a weapon fit for its work. [ISA 54:16]
• o daa zaɣisila bukaata kam kubu he refused to do anything useful. [DB-Chiefships.037]
• o daa zaɣisila bukaata kam kubu, ka daa naɣi kuli gurila soya n-fari niriba buni n-dira he refused to do anything useful but just ambushed the paths and robbed people of their possessions. [DB-Chiefships.037]
• Tɔha gba tooi maani buɣim mɔɣu ni n-kuri o bukaatanima ka bi kpihiri li A hunter also can make a fire in the bush and be busy with his business and not put it out. [DB-Bushfire.092]
• chɛ ka o ni yur’ a shɛm ku a zuɣu let her love satisfy you. [PRO 5:19]
• Ka yi ni diri ka nyur’ la, pa yimaŋmaŋ’ kɔre ka yi niŋdi lala kura? 'And when you ate and drank, was it not to please yourselves?'. [ZEC 7:6]
• Saha shɛli yi yaannim’ ni daa ku ma suli At the time when your ancestors provoked me to anger. [ZEC 8:14]
• o nyintaa daa yi kur’ o suli pam her co-wife made her very angry. [1SA 1:6]
• n lihiri bɛ ni kuri ma suli shɛm I am seeing how they are venting their anger on me. [JOB 17:2]
• bɛ yɛl’ o, “Aai, ti ku ku a ... they said to him No, we won't kill you ... [JDG 15:13]
• A yi kuli mali jɛrigu sara, o yi bi niŋ Naawuni deem’ a suhugu, o mi ku yɛli ni Naawuni kum’ a. If you give alms to a fool and he doesn’t say, “May God answer your prayer” (“Thank you”), at least he won't say, “May God kill you.” [Prov. 239]
• N ku kana. I won't come.
• A yi niŋ niɛli ku, nyin’ niŋmi niɛkaŋ’ ku. If you make the lower grinding stone rough, you also make the upper grinding stone rough. [Prov. 256]

to kill, to murder

• ninvuɣ’ shɛb’ bɛn bi zɔri nambɔɣu kun ya ŋmaai yi yuma jia people who have no mercy kill you and cut short your years.
• n-daa ku ba kuri biɛɣu massacred them ('killed them a bad [serious] killing').
• wuntaŋ’ mini maligu ni sakuɣa kanna nti kuri yi ni biri binshɛlikam sun and mildew and hail will come and kill everything that you sow.
• Di wuhiya ni ti Yab’ Naa-Nyaɣisi n-daa ku lala Tindaanim maa zaa This shows that out Ancestor Chief Nyagisi killed all those Earthpriests.
• A yi kuli mali jɛrigu sara, o yi bi niŋ Naawuni deem’ a suhugu, o mi ku yɛli ni Naawuni kum’ a. If you give alms to a fool and he doesn’t say, “May God answer your prayer” (“Thank you”), at least he won't say, “May God kill you.”
• A kpee yi ku (kɔrigi) o noo ŋmaai ti a, a gba noo gɔrila nogbal’ chɛɣu. If your neighbour kills his fowl and gives some to you, then your fowl is going around on one leg.
• bɛ (toli) daa kul palila tiŋgbɔŋ maa ni zaa hal ka tiŋgbani ti ku n-sabigi 'they (locusts) covered the ground until it was black with them'.
• Yi diri bindira, amaa ka di bi kuri ya kum; ka nyuri binnyura, amaa ka di bi kuri ya di kɔre. Yi yɛri situra, amaa ka di bi kuri ya wari You eat food but it doesn't satisfy your hunger, you drink drinks, but they don't satisfy your need for drink. You wear clothes, but they don't keep you from the cold. [HAG 1:6]
• M mini kum kul chɛ tab'la kpe ni kpe, ka buchi bɔ ka kpamdi lan yɛn ku ma? I'm only a step away from death and what further use is my seniority to me? [GEN 25:32]
• di bi ku buchi shɛli it became useless (? doesn't fulfil any purpose).
• Gbaamiya saawara, amaa di ku ku buchi. Take counsel, but it won't succeed. [ISA 8:10]
• machɛli kuriti bidibbini din ni ku di bukaata the blacksmith forges a weapon fit for its work. [ISA 54:16]
• o daa zaɣisila bukaata kam kubu he refused to do anything useful. [DB-Chiefships.037]
• o daa zaɣisila bukaata kam kubu, ka daa naɣi kuli gurila soya n-fari niriba buni n-dira he refused to do anything useful but just ambushed the paths and robbed people of their possessions. [DB-Chiefships.037]
• Tɔha gba tooi maani buɣim mɔɣu ni n-kuri o bukaatanima ka bi kpihiri li A hunter also can make a fire in the bush and be busy with his business and not put it out. [DB-Bushfire.092]
• chɛ ka o ni yur’ a shɛm ku a zuɣu let her love satisfy you. [PRO 5:19]
• Ka yi ni diri ka nyur’ la, pa yimaŋmaŋ’ kɔre ka yi niŋdi lala kura? 'And when you ate and drank, was it not to please yourselves?'. [ZEC 7:6]
• Saha shɛli yi yaannim’ ni daa ku ma suli At the time when your ancestors provoked me to anger. [ZEC 8:14]
• o nyintaa daa yi kur’ o suli pam her co-wife made her very angry. [1SA 1:6]
• n lihiri bɛ ni kuri ma suli shɛm I am seeing how they are venting their anger on me. [JOB 17:2]
• bɛ yɛl’ o, “Aai, ti ku ku a ... they said to him No, we won't kill you ... [JDG 15:13]
• A yi kuli mali jɛrigu sara, o yi bi niŋ Naawuni deem’ a suhugu, o mi ku yɛli ni Naawuni kum’ a. If you give alms to a fool and he doesn’t say, “May God answer your prayer” (“Thank you”), at least he won't say, “May God kill you.” [Prov. 239]
• N ku kana. I won't come.
• A yi niŋ niɛli ku, nyin’ niŋmi niɛkaŋ’ ku. If you make the lower grinding stone rough, you also make the upper grinding stone rough. [Prov. 256]

to suppress, remove, destroy (something inanimate)

• ŋunkam ku ninsala, bɛn’ kum’ o yo whoever murders a human being, he should be executed in retribution.
• Ashili bi veeni ka N-Ku-Ba wum li. A secret is not good that I-Killed-Them should hear it.
• Ninvuɣ’ so ŋun nyu bara ni o ni ti pini ka bi ti li ŋmanila saa ni yi ku ka bi mi la. 'Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give.'.
• bɛ ku zabili maa they settle the quarrel (amicably). [LUK 14:32]
• Yuma ayopɔin kam ni di simdi ni yi ku sama. At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. [DEU 15:1]
• o ni tim ti balim o ni o chɛ ka bɛ ku zabili maa he will send to beg him to let them settle the conflict. [LUK 15:32]
• Naawuni ni taɣ’ o tɛha zaŋ chaŋ o ni lo ni o niŋ shɛm maa polo; ka ku o suhuyiɣisili maa God will change his mind regarding what he decided to do, and calm his anger. [JON 3:9]
• Bɔ n-niŋ ka yi kuri yi liɣiri binshɛli din pa bindirigu zuɣu ... ? Why do you spend your money on what is not food ... ? [ISA 55:2]

to cut grass

• sagbana limsi li n-ku di tulim maa 'the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside'.
• Di kuri la tam zaŋ kpa bindira niŋbu polo. It ruins the fertility of the land with respect to food-production.

to darken, become dark/black

to lour (weather)

to satisfy a need

to settle a business

to dress a grindstone, roughen/score the surface