lu
1
Verb
to fall down, (of birds, aircraft) to land, come down
- N nin lu chinchini maa zuɣu. I will fall onto the cloth.
- A yi tuui lu, nyin' yulimila a ni tuui shee (shɛli), di yuuni a ni lu shee (shɛli). If you stumble and fall down, look at the place you have stumbled and not at the place you have fallen down.
- tiŋ’ maa nim’ daa lihir’ o ka tɛhiri ni o nuu maa ni mɔri bee ni o ni yiɣi lu n-kpi the people of the country were watching him and thinking that his hand would swell up or he would suddenly fall down dead.
- O naŋgbani /noli na bi lu tiŋa No sooner had he finished talking ...
- Ka bimbir'shɛŋa kpahi lu ... And some seeds fell out on ...
- Wari yi gbaar’ o bee ka o yi luri akpaɣira. If she has fever or ague.
- Naawuni, a zaɣisi ti ka lu ti zuɣu O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger.
- Yawɛ, yiɣisima n-lu bɛ zuɣu nyaŋ ba. O Lord, arise! Attack them and defeat them!
- ŋuna n-daa zaŋ kpani lu ninvuɣ’ kɔbisita zuɣu n-ku ba he attacked 300 men with a spear and killed them.
- Dauda suhu daa ti lu yiŋ’ ni David grew homesick.
- di ti lu bɛ suhuri ni, ka bɛ niŋ tuuba if they have a change of heart and repent.
2
Verb
to be judged guilty, lose law case, conflict
- Izraɛlnim’ maa daa tuhi lu di saha maa, ka Judanim’ di nasara the Israel people lost the battle at that time, and the Judah people won.
5
Verb
to set (sun does)
- Wuntaŋ’ ni daa ti lura Vuhim Dabisili dazɔhigu dali As the sun was about to go down on the Eve of the Sabbath.
- Wuntaŋ’ puhibu saha zaŋ hal ti paai o lubu saha From sunrise right up until sunset.
6
Verb
to occur, fall on
- Di daa ti lu Vuhim Dabisili dali It happened on a Sabbath Day.
- Ka di daa ti lu Naa Hɛrɔd dɔɣim dabisili And it fell out that on Herod's birthday.
- sanzali ni daa zani yuma ata ni chira ayɔbu ka kum lu luɣili kam there was a drought for three years and six months and there was famine everywhere.
- tɔbu lu tiŋgbɔŋ ni war