to saturate

• Poli yaɣsi ka di wuui. Soak clay make it soft.
• Zaŋm’ nimdi maa mini bɔrɔbɔro din ka dabindi maa pa tampiŋ ŋɔ zuɣu, ka kpaai ʒiɛri maa pol’ li. Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock and pour the soup over it to soak it.
• lompoli ... ŋmanila poli ka lee yiri lɔŋni goitre ... is like elephantiasis but it comes out in the throat.
• Poli kuri o lana ka be ya? When 'hernia' kills the person it is affecting, where will it go to live?
• Lani piligu dali ka bi baŋdi ni di ni niŋ poli. Nobody can know on its first day whether a testicle will get a hernia.
• Zuŋɔ bihi bɛ kɔri pina pam, ka bɛ poya lan doli ŋmɛri wurindi li. The children of today raise many yam mounds, but their 'hernias' follow to hit and knock them down.

elephantiasis of the scrotum, hernia [Gh.]

• Poli yaɣsi ka di wuui. Soak clay make it soft.
• Zaŋm’ nimdi maa mini bɔrɔbɔro din ka dabindi maa pa tampiŋ ŋɔ zuɣu, ka kpaai ʒiɛri maa pol’ li. Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock and pour the soup over it to soak it.
• lompoli ... ŋmanila poli ka lee yiri lɔŋni goitre ... is like elephantiasis but it comes out in the throat.
• Poli kuri o lana ka be ya? When 'hernia' kills the person it is affecting, where will it go to live?
• Lani piligu dali ka bi baŋdi ni di ni niŋ poli. Nobody can know on its first day whether a testicle will get a hernia.
• Zuŋɔ bihi bɛ kɔri pina pam, ka bɛ poya lan doli ŋmɛri wurindi li. The children of today raise many yam mounds, but their 'hernias' follow to hit and knock them down.

to spoil, addle (as eggs under a sitting hen)

• Gala poliya. The eggs are addled.
• Noo maa zŋ poli. The hen has spoiled its eggs.