to lend

• yi ni ti dihi zuliyanim’ pam samli; amaa yinim’ ti ku paŋ shɛli. you will lend to people of many nations, but you yourselves will borrow from none.
• (bɛ) zaŋdi bɛ liɣiri paŋdi niriba they (habitually) take their money and lend to people.
• Doo yi yɛn zaŋ binshɛli paŋ o kpee, ŋun di deeg’ o nɛli bee o nɛkaŋ’ sɔŋ pɔi ka naanyi paŋ o li, dama o yi niŋ lala, nyɛvili ka o deei sɔŋ talima pabu ni maa. If a man is going to lend his neighbour something, he should not take his upper or lower grindstone and deposit it before he makes the loan, because if he does this it is a life that he receives and deposits as a pledge-giving.
• bɛn bɔri ni bɛ paŋ yi bina, yin’ paŋmiya ba, those who want to borrow your things, you lend (them to) them,

to borrow

• so yi paŋ biŋkɔbigu o kpee sani if someone borrows an animal from his neighbour.
• bɛn bɔri ni bɛ paŋ yi bina, yin’ paŋmiya ba, those who want to borrow your things, you lend (them to) them,

to decompose