a drinking calabash with a lid, a cup

• Nuu kom ku zuhi kpɛma; naɣila pipia ni. We will not offer water to an elder in our hands; it must be in a calabash.
• Pipi’ shɛli din yiɣi ka firi The Cup that Went Missing and was Buried (in the sack of grain).
• Naawuni suhuyiɣisili wain shɛli o ni booi n-niŋ o suhuyiɣisili pipii ni ka binshɛli bi pilisi wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation.
• pipia ŋɔ yi ku miligi n zuɣu ka pa ni n nyu li mi, nyin’ chɛ ka a yubu n-niŋ if this cup won't pass on from me unless I drink it, let your will be done.
• yi ti mali pipih’ ata, ka di ŋmani alimɔnd pum male 'three cups shaped like almond flowers'.