to cover, surround

• Sagban’ piɛlli lim ba. A white cloud surrounded them.
• teeku kom lim ba the water of the sea covered them. [EXO 15:10]
• gɔhi n-kul zooi lim li (puu) it (farm) was just covered in thorn-trees. [PRO 24:31]

to be covered, sink in

• zoya din du pam zaa ti lim very high mountains came to be covered. [GEN 7:19]
• (o daa) kuhi naa maa puli; ka sua maa mini di sukpali zaa kpe nti lim (he) stabbed the king in the belly; and the knife