ŋmani
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Verb
to resemble, be like
- Zom’ yi ti ŋma ŋmani ŋmani lana n-ŋma li. If a blind person breaks a calabash, it’s the owner who breaks it (he should have taken it out of the blind person’s way).
- yi laɣim diri ŋman’ yini ni you eat together in one (calabash-)dish. [PSA 128:3]
- Suli yi di ka ti a, a mi nyin’ zaŋmi suɣulo n-viɛhi ŋmani. If anger is eating and gives you something, have patience and clean the bowl with your fingers (devour it completely). [Prov. 2488]
- Mɔab nyɛla n kopaɣiri' ŋmani Moab is my washbasin. [PSA 60:8]
- Ti ni doli ŋarili soli n-filim kaŋmɛri ŋmani We will cheat by making the grain-measuring calabash small. [AMO 8:5]
1
Noun
pigeon, dove (domestic, or general)
- Zom’ yi ti ŋma ŋmani ŋmani lana n-ŋma li. If a blind person breaks a calabash, it’s the owner who breaks it (he should have taken it out of the blind person’s way).
- yi laɣim diri ŋman’ yini ni you eat together in one (calabash-)dish. [PSA 128:3]
- Suli yi di ka ti a, a mi nyin’ zaŋmi suɣulo n-viɛhi ŋmani. If anger is eating and gives you something, have patience and clean the bowl with your fingers (devour it completely). [Prov. 2488]
- Mɔab nyɛla n kopaɣiri' ŋmani Moab is my washbasin. [PSA 60:8]
- Ti ni doli ŋarili soli n-filim kaŋmɛri ŋmani We will cheat by making the grain-measuring calabash small. [AMO 8:5]