nɛli
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Adjective
bare, wild, desertlike
- nir’ ku lan wum ... nɛya nɛmbu vuri a person will no longer hear ... the sound of grindstones grinding.
- A yi niŋ nɛli ku, nyin' niŋmi nɛlikaŋ' ku If you are doing something to the lower grinding stone, you are also doing something to the upper grinding stone.
- Doo yi yɛn zaŋ binshɛli paŋ o kpee, ŋun di deeg’ o nɛli bee o nɛkaŋ’ sɔŋ pɔi ka naanyi paŋ o li, dama o yi niŋ lala, nyɛvili ka o deei sɔŋ talima pabu ni maa. If a man is going to lend his neighbour something, he should not take his upper or lower grindstone and deposit it before he makes the loan, because if he does this it is a life that he receives and deposits as a pledge-giving.
- bɛ yi di zaŋ nɛ’ karili lo dilan’ nyiŋgol’ ni if they were to tie a big millstone on that fellow's neck.
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Noun
the lower millstone, grinding-stone
- nir’ ku lan wum ... nɛya nɛmbu vuri a person will no longer hear ... the sound of grindstones grinding.
- A yi niŋ nɛli ku, nyin' niŋmi nɛlikaŋ' ku If you are doing something to the lower grinding stone, you are also doing something to the upper grinding stone.
- Doo yi yɛn zaŋ binshɛli paŋ o kpee, ŋun di deeg’ o nɛli bee o nɛkaŋ’ sɔŋ pɔi ka naanyi paŋ o li, dama o yi niŋ lala, nyɛvili ka o deei sɔŋ talima pabu ni maa. If a man is going to lend his neighbour something, he should not take his upper or lower grindstone and deposit it before he makes the loan, because if he does this it is a life that he receives and deposits as a pledge-giving.
- bɛ yi di zaŋ nɛ’ karili lo dilan’ nyiŋgol’ ni if they were to tie a big millstone on that fellow's neck.