a present, gift

• ŋun yɛn yi daɣiri ni maa paɣ’ o nɛma, ka pini o zabiri zaa the one who is to be purified should wash his clothes and shave all the hair of his head.
• n yi pini, n kpiɔŋ maa ni yi n ni if I am shaved, my strength will leave me.
• Bɛ yi zaŋ leeza bee piliŋ n-pini bee n-ŋmaai ŋun mali HIV ka bi tam li ka zaŋ li n-pini bee n-ŋmaai so, HIV maa ni tooi loogi dilana. If they shave or cut an HIV carrier with a blade or razor and carelessly use it to shave or cut someone else, HIV can infect that person.
• N ni chɛ ka yi so buri, ka pini zuɣukpina. I will make you wear bark-cloth round your waists and shave your heads.

lofty, huge

• ŋun yɛn yi daɣiri ni maa paɣ’ o nɛma, ka pini o zabiri zaa the one who is to be purified should wash his clothes and shave all the hair of his head.
• n yi pini, n kpiɔŋ maa ni yi n ni if I am shaved, my strength will leave me.
• Bɛ yi zaŋ leeza bee piliŋ n-pini bee n-ŋmaai ŋun mali HIV ka bi tam li ka zaŋ li n-pini bee n-ŋmaai so, HIV maa ni tooi loogi dilana. If they shave or cut an HIV carrier with a blade or razor and carelessly use it to shave or cut someone else, HIV can infect that person.
• N ni chɛ ka yi so buri, ka pini zuɣukpina. I will make you wear bark-cloth round your waists and shave your heads.

to shave

• ŋun yɛn yi daɣiri ni maa paɣ’ o nɛma, ka pini o zabiri zaa the one who is to be purified should wash his clothes and shave all the hair of his head.
• n yi pini, n kpiɔŋ maa ni yi n ni if I am shaved, my strength will leave me.
• Bɛ yi zaŋ leeza bee piliŋ n-pini bee n-ŋmaai ŋun mali HIV ka bi tam li ka zaŋ li n-pini bee n-ŋmaai so, HIV maa ni tooi loogi dilana. If they shave or cut an HIV carrier with a blade or razor and carelessly use it to shave or cut someone else, HIV can infect that person.
• N ni chɛ ka yi so buri, ka pini zuɣukpina. I will make you wear bark-cloth round your waists and shave your heads.

a yam-mound, yam-heap

mount, riding horses

mould