sterile (of animals)

• o daa ŋoli yi bɛ sunsuuni n-chaŋ ti du zo’ shɛli zuɣu he slipped away through the crowd and went off up a mountain.

to slip away, go off quietly

• o daa ŋoli yi bɛ sunsuuni n-chaŋ ti du zo’ shɛli zuɣu he slipped away through the crowd and went off up a mountain.

sterile/useless (metaphorically)

• a bɔri ni so n-wuh’ a ni yɛda niŋbu din bi tumdi tuma nyɛla yɛda ŋoli? do you want someone to prove to you that faith which doesn't do works is sterile faith?