ŋooi
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Verb
to pull something out, unsheath/draw a sword, extract (as a thorn or splinter)
- O ŋoog' o takobi. He drew his sword.
- O ŋooi piɛm. He pulled out the arrow.
- Piɛm yi na bi kpe, di ŋoobu bi to. If an arrow has not yet entered (deeply), it is not difficult to pull it out.
- Jɛrigu yi ŋahi ŋahili, di ŋmanila nir’ ni nyu dam kuli ka bɔri ni o ŋooi goo o nuu ni la. 'A fool quoting a wise saying reminds you of a drunk trying to pick a thorn out of his hand.'
- yi ŋooi baŋsim bɔhimbu dunoli saafɛbia 'you have taken away the key to knowledge'.
- Naa goo zaŋdi ŋoorila tarima. It is the poor person who removes the thorn that is in the chief’s foot.
- ka darigi ŋooi ŋun'Filistia doo maa maŋmaŋ' takɔbi di tɔɣu ni and tugged the Philistine man's own sword from its sheath.
- bɛn’ darigim’ ŋooi (o) yiŋ’ yɔɣirili n-zaŋ li sa n-zaŋ o yil li they should pull a rafter out of (his) house and set it up and hang him on it.
- man’ Yawɛ n-shiri ŋooi n takɔbi maa di tɔɣu ni ka ku lan labisi li su di tɔɣu maa ni yaha 'I, the Lord, have drawn my sword and that I will not put it away'.