to become

• Ŋmantambo n-daa ʒini nimaani ka o zuliya ti lɛbi Nanumba zuŋɔ ŋɔ. Ngmantambo made his seat there and his descendants have become today's Nanumba.
• Di saha o lɛbi barina paɣa sokam sani. Then she becomes a woman who is dangerous to everybody.
• Alibarika subila ni lɛbi piluŋ. A little knife that is blest will become a razor.
• Bɛ yi duhi tiŋa tigbirigu di lɛbirila tiŋgbani. If people exalt a tree stump in a field, it turns into a land god (shrine).

to turn self/something

• N ni lɛbi n nyaaŋa biri ba I will turn my back on them.

turn something into, make into, cause to become

to turn something over (roasted yams), inside-out (clothes)