napaɣa
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Noun
a chief's wife
- di na kuli nyɛla taali titali ni so bɔ napaɣa it is still a serious offence to court a wife of a chief.
- Napaɣiba gba daa yi kpe daa ni nti nya paɣisaribil’ viɛlli, bɛ gbaar’ o mi kuli n-ti ti Naa, k’ o gba leei Napaɣa. The Chief's wives also go to the market and see a pretty girl, and take her home and give her to the Chief and she also becomes a Chief's wife.
- A yi ti nya ka paɣa zaŋ bɔbiga n-kaa vili o zuɣu ka zabri kani di wuhirimi ni Napaɣa n-nyɛ o. When you see a woman who wears a head-tie and wraps her whole head and there are is no hair (showing?) it shows that she is a Chief's wife.