nimbila
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Noun
an eye, eyeball
- a yi kɔŋ a nimbil’ yini if you are lacking one eye ...
- Kaman dam din miha ni to noli ni, ka nyɔhi biɛri nimbihi ni shɛm, lala ka vinyaɣinim’ gba be bɛ tumalaannim’ sani. 'Lazy people are a pain to their employer. They are like smoke in the eyes or vinegar that sets the teeth on edge.'.
- Nimbila bi dira ka mi din’ tiɣira. The eye doesn’t eat, but it knows what satisfies a person.
- Tirakoma dɔro nyɛla nimbihi dɔro din loora. Trachoma s an infectious disease of the eyes..
- Nira ku tooi zaŋ o nimbihi ayi n-yuli koliba ni. One cannot look into a (narrow-neck) bottle with both eyes at the same time.
- Dama bin-yɛrisi ŋɔ ninni ŋubitibu maa zuɣu chɛrimi ka bia maa taɣindi o nimbihi The irritation (?) of the eye by these organisms keeps making the child rub his eyes.
- Gbibi ma kaman nimbil’ biɛlim la 'Keep me as the apple of the eye'.