to crush, squash, flatten

• kuɣili ni marigi ŋun biligi li a rock will squash the one who rolls it. [PRO 26:27]
• paɣ’ ŋɔ ti dɔni marig’ o bia yuŋ ka o kpi this woman happened to lie on her baby in the night and crushed him to death. [1KI 3:19]
• Zoo ŋun bɔri yom, ŋuna ka bindi marigira. The fly that likes to get things quickly is the one that is squashed by shit (falling on it). [Prov. 2950]

to press down heavily, with weight

• kaman bɛ ni vari kabɔba m-marigiri taba tɔriko lɔɣu ni shɛm la like how they collect sheaves and pile a great load of them in the box of a truck. [AMO 2:13]
• bɛ wahala leei ʒitibisili m-marigi ba sahakam their trouble becomes a heavy load pressing them down all the time. [ROM 11:10]
• Ti biriginsim mini ti daalahichi tibisim marigi ti mi ka ti tarigi. 'We are burdened with our sins and the wrongs we have done. We are wasting away. How can we live?'. [EZK 33:10]