tight, tight-fitting

• Gumachuɣu koligu, ŋun baŋ shɛbu o ni she kolikoli, ŋun bi baŋ shɛbu o shɛrila muɣiliŋga. A chameleon-skin bag: the one who knows the chameleon will sew it nicely; the one who doesn’t know it will sew it too narrow.

narrow, constricted

• Doliya duno’ muɣiliŋga n-kpe Go in through the narrow door.
• di sambani polo yɛlima, ka di puuni polo nyɛ zaɣ’ muɣilinsi their (window embrasures') outer side was wide and the inner side was narrow.