mahigi
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Verb
to moisten, be/become wet
- A chɛ ka saa miri mahigiri tiŋgbani, ka chɛ ka di mali kulim pam. You make the rain moisten the ground and let it have great fertility.
- siɣili saa ... miri mahigiri tiŋgbani early rains' rain falls and moistens the earth.
- Di bi mahigir’ kom.. It keeps water out, is water-proof.
- O kɔbri bi mahigir’ kom. Its feathers do not get wet.
- Shinshɛɣu puuni yi mali daɣiri ka a niŋ kom mahigi li, di ni tooi sarigi nira n-luhi ka o nya daŋa. If the inside of a bathing-area is dirty and you get it wet with water, it can make someone slip and hurt themselves.
- A kpee ba teeŋa yi taai buɣim, a mahigirila a ba dini kom. If your friend’s father’s beard catches fire, you put water on your own father’s beard.
- do’ so yi ti zahim zahindi yuŋ’ mahig’ omaŋa 'If a man becomes unclean because he has had a wet dream during the night.