old (not new)

• n ni mali ba, ka bɛ neei kaman machɛle ni maani kurugu shɛm la I will work them and they will be pure, like a smith working iron. [JER 9:7]
• nir’ yi zaŋ kurigu ŋme so ka o kpi if a person hit someone with an iron instrument. [NUM 35:16]
• n ni chɛ ka a yiligu leei kurigu I will let your horn become iron. [MIC 4:13]
• Tiŋgbɔn shɛli din kuɣa nyɛ kuriti A land whose stones are iron. [DEU 8:9]
• Bɛ zaŋ kuriti mali binnana They use metal to make fetishes. [HOS 13:2]
• n kurugu zuɣupiligu my helmet. [PSA 108:8] Lit: iron hat.
• Ka kuriti n-daa naai ka bɛ nam shɛriga. It is not because there was no iron left that they made a needle. [Prov. 1193]
• Kɔŋa kumdi o yum; yu’ kurugu.A leper is crying because of his sore; it is an old sore. [Prov. 1273]
• A ni daa gbibi duŋ kurugu You held on to an ancient grudge. [EZK 35:5]

iron, metal

• n ni mali ba, ka bɛ neei kaman machɛle ni maani kurugu shɛm la I will work them and they will be pure, like a smith working iron. [JER 9:7]
• nir’ yi zaŋ kurigu ŋme so ka o kpi if a person hit someone with an iron instrument. [NUM 35:16]
• n ni chɛ ka a yiligu leei kurigu I will let your horn become iron. [MIC 4:13]
• Tiŋgbɔn shɛli din kuɣa nyɛ kuriti A land whose stones are iron. [DEU 8:9]
• Bɛ zaŋ kuriti mali binnana They use metal to make fetishes. [HOS 13:2]
• n kurugu zuɣupiligu my helmet. [PSA 108:8] Lit: iron hat.
• Ka kuriti n-daa naai ka bɛ nam shɛriga. It is not because there was no iron left that they made a needle. [Prov. 1193]
• Kɔŋa kumdi o yum; yu’ kurugu.A leper is crying because of his sore; it is an old sore. [Prov. 1273]
• A ni daa gbibi duŋ kurugu You held on to an ancient grudge. [EZK 35:5]

old (not young)

• Nyini ka n zaŋ ŋme n-ku do’ kurugu mini bidibbila. You are the one I will use to kill old man and boy-child. [JER 51:22]
• Bua kurili mia yi piri a, a kumdila bua kurugu kumsi. If you are tied with an old goat’s rope, you cry an old goat’s cry. [Prov. 510]

a flat gold pendant

• Nyini ka n zaŋ ŋme n-ku do’ kurugu mini bidibbila. You are the one I will use to kill old man and boy-child. [JER 51:22]
• Bua kurili mia yi piri a, a kumdila bua kurugu kumsi. If you are tied with an old goat’s rope, you cry an old goat’s cry. [Prov. 510]

adult (female) (used only to refer to hens, cows, sheep, goats, men and women that have attained the status of motherhood)

• Zaŋ chaŋ kurig’ awei saha ka o daa lan yi Getting to seven o'clock he again went out. [MAT 20:3]
• di ʒɛmi ni bɛ niŋ lala asiba kuriga anii mini zaŋ chaŋ zaawuni kuriga ayobu sunsuuni it is laid down that this should be done between eight o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening. [DB-Marriage.171]
• Malimiya shili ... ka yiɣisi kpe kurigu awei saha yuŋ ŋɔ get ready ... and set out at nine o'clock tonight. [ACT 23:23]
• kurigu anu five o'clock.

time o'clock, the hour of the day (with numeral) (in Colonial times the striking of an iron gong at the administrative HQ signalled the hours)

• Zaŋ chaŋ kurig’ awei saha ka o daa lan yi Getting to seven o'clock he again went out. [MAT 20:3]
• di ʒɛmi ni bɛ niŋ lala asiba kuriga anii mini zaŋ chaŋ zaawuni kuriga ayobu sunsuuni it is laid down that this should be done between eight o'clock in the morning and six o'clock in the evening. [DB-Marriage.171]
• Malimiya shili ... ka yiɣisi kpe kurigu awei saha yuŋ ŋɔ get ready ... and set out at nine o'clock tonight. [ACT 23:23]
• kurigu anu five o'clock.

trousers