to change from a place, transfer

• Ka nam maa mi ti ku looi ninvuɣ’ shɛb’ sani. And the kinship will not pass to others.
• Ti yab’ Ibrahimma ni daa na be Mɛsopoteemia tiŋgbɔŋ ni ka na bi yiɣisi looi Haran tiŋgbɔŋ ni la Our ancestor Abraham was still in Mesopotamia and hadn't yet moved to Haran.
• Bɛ ŋmanila bɛ ni zaŋ wain shɛli le duɣu ni, ka bi kpaari li loori duɣu shɛl’ ni They are like they pour wine into one pot and won't decant it into another pot.
• maligumaana maa yi lihi n-nya ka dɔr’ shɛli din zaɣisir’ ka loori maa naai if in the priest's opinion the sore has not spread.
• K’o looi ni n-kɔra. And he moves those hoe.

to be catching (disease), spread (disease, fire)

• di nyɛla dɔr’ shɛli din loora it is an infectious disease.
• Binneenbihi maa malila so’shɛŋa bɛ ni dɔli n-yiri ninvuɣ’yino ni n-loori o kpee. The organisms have a way of passing from one person to infect another.
• o daŋ’ maa pala din ni tibi kpaŋ. Di looi Judanima. (Samaria's) disease is incurable, and it has infected Judah.
• HIV bi loori niri ka di nyɛla ... Bɔdu’ yini laɣim mili HIV is not transmitted by ... Sharing a towel.
• So yi mali buɣim ka di looi mɔɣu If someone makes a fire and it spreads through the bush.
• Bɛ yi zaŋ leeza bee piliŋ n-pini bee n-ŋmaai ŋun mali HIV ka bi tam li ka zaŋ li n-pini bee n-ŋmaai so, HIV maa ni tooi loogi dilana. If they