square, rectangular

• bɛ ni zaɣi kaman mɔri la; ka suui kaman vari la. like the grass they will wither, like leaves they will soon die away.
• Sarigi n-lu ku gbaai mɔɣu. The one sliding and falling down cannot grab hold of a blade of grass.
• Bɛ zoorimi kaman momaha la asibaasi They grow like fresh grass in the morning.
• Bom’ mɔɣu ni nimdi na ti duɣi Find some game and bring it and cook it.

herbs for medicine

• bɛ ni zaɣi kaman mɔri la; ka suui kaman vari la. like the grass they will wither, like leaves they will soon die away.
• Sarigi n-lu ku gbaai mɔɣu. The one sliding and falling down cannot grab hold of a blade of grass.
• Bɛ zoorimi kaman momaha la asibaasi They grow like fresh grass in the morning.
• Bom’ mɔɣu ni nimdi na ti duɣi Find some game and bring it and cook it.

Mossi country (south-central Burkina Faso)

• bɛ ni zaɣi kaman mɔri la; ka suui kaman vari la. like the grass they will wither, like leaves they will soon die away.
• Sarigi n-lu ku gbaai mɔɣu. The one sliding and falling down cannot grab hold of a blade of grass.
• Bɛ zoorimi kaman momaha la asibaasi They grow like fresh grass in the morning.
• Bom’ mɔɣu ni nimdi na ti duɣi Find some game and bring it and cook it.

grass, weed, wild plant

• Di saha n-nyɛ yiliyiiniba gba dii yiini bɛ yila yɛri “Buɣim di ma mɔɣu ni ka n zo n-kuli n ya Then the singers also are singing their songs, that Fire burned me in the bush so I ran home ...
• O daa bela mɔɣu ni n-daa ti leei tɔha ŋun mi piem tɔbu viɛnyɛliŋga. He lived in the bush and became a hunter who was an expert with the bow.
• mɔri din be mɔɣu ni zuŋɔ n-kaai biɛɣu ka buɣim diri li grass which is in the bush today and next day is burned up.
• Kpe nyɛla mɔɣu ni In this place we are in the bush.
• piɛri mini niɣi zaa ni mɔɣu ni biŋkɔbiri gba all sheep and cattle and also wild animals.
• Nir’ ni ti zaŋ tɔbu mini piɛma kpe nimaani ni o ti go mɔɣu A person will take bow and arrows and go there to hunt.
• Mɔɣu ni mini fɔndi ni nima, paɣimiya Naawuni People of both the bush and the cities, praise the Lord!

the bush, wilderness (an uninhabited place)

• Mɔ'nyoori biɛɣu maa gba lan tahiri sanzali ni bindiri' pooli bee finafali na. Excessive bush-burning also brings about drought, food-shortage or hungry times.