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labi

1

Noun

Audio

a half-piece of cloth

  • K’o naanyi labi o ya. And he finally went home.
  • O daa dɔɣi jahi ka zaɣ’ yini labi yaha. She gave birth to twins but one returned (to ancestors, died).
  • malaika... maa daa lan labina nti neei ma kaman nir’ ni yi gbihiri ka bɛ neeg’ o shɛm la the
  • bia labiya ‘the child died soon after birth’
  • lab’ kuli ‘return home’

1

Verb

Audio

to return, go/come back

  • K’o naanyi labi o ya. And he finally went home.
  • O daa dɔɣi jahi ka zaɣ’ yini labi yaha. She gave birth to twins but one returned (to ancestors, died).
  • malaika... maa daa lan labina nti neei ma kaman nir’ ni yi gbihiri ka bɛ neeg’ o shɛm la the
  • bia labiya ‘the child died soon after birth’
  • lab’ kuli ‘return home’

2

Noun

Audio

a half (of anything)

  • lab' nyaaŋa ‘retreat, go backwards, revert, regress’

2

Verb

Audio

to retreat

  • lab' nyaaŋa ‘retreat, go backwards, revert, regress’

3

Verb

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to do something again

  • lab' me ‘“rebuild”; 'return build'’
  • Naawuni malaikanim’ siɣiri Daadam Bia sanna ka labiri dura the angels of God coming down to the Son of Man and going back up again. [JHN

4

Verb

Audio

throw

    5

    Verb

    Audio

    to face, turn in the direction of, be opposite