paɣa
1
Noun
a woman
- Paɣa yi dɔɣi biya, bɛ kpalindi la kpaliŋga. Kpaliŋgi ŋɔ puuni ka bɛ baŋdi ni bii maa nyɛla paɣa bee doo. When a woman gives birth, they cry it in public. The cry makes it clear if the child is a girl or a boy. [DB-Marry.041-2]
- paɣa yi bɔbi bɔbiga n zaŋ gbiligi o tapaɣa di wuhirimi ni o nyɛla ninchini lana if a woman wears a headscarf that covers her cheeks, it shows that she is disrespectful.
- O ma daa nyɛla Bɛrishiiba paɣa, His mother was a woman from Beersheba.
- A yi ti nya ka paɣa ŋun ka kpaligu nyɛlindi guŋa nyin’ baŋmi ni kantɔŋ ka o bɔra. If you see a woman who lacks dawadawa 'maggi' and she is going around a kapok tree, you should know that she is looking for kapok 'maggi'.
2
Noun
a wife or brother's wife
- Yaa Naa mali paɣaba hali n-ti miri kɔbiga. Bɛ galisim ŋɔ zuɣu daa min chɛ ka ... The Yana had nearly a hundred wives, and because they were so many ...
- O daa kpuɣila paɣiba pisaayika, ka daa mali mamanim’ pihiyɔbu He married 18 wives and had