nyɔni
1
Verb
stink
- mɔɣili maa kosoya ni kom ni nyɔni the water of the river-channels will stink. [ISA 19:6]
- Bɔ n lee nyɔni ka bindi ŋɔ. What is it that stinks like excrement?
- Di yi ti pooi, di ni nyɔni. If something becomes rotten, it will stink. [Prov. 936]
- Di nyɔni luɣiluɣi. It stinks awfully.
- hal ka di ti yiri yi nyɛhi ni, ka nyɔni yi nyee 'until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it'. [NUM 11:20]
2
Verb
to be fed up with, sick of, enraged, raise a row
- Ka Dilaila daa kul zaŋ di yɛla kaɣili Samsin biɛɣ’ kam, ka kul mal’ li dol’ o hal ka o nyee ti nyɔni pam di zuɣu With such nagging Delilah prodded Samson day after day, and kept on at him until he was tired to death. [JDG 16:16]
- A nyee yi nyɔni, nyin’ gbaam’ amaŋa. If you become fed up with someone, you should be careful of what you say or do.