ngirim mnginingie [ŋie:; m]1neck (of human body, animal or pot)Fi ngiri gela.Your neck is short.(Prov.) Ba dan ta fi naa-biik a cheng teng, ngiri a goalim kama.If they take your calf to some place, your neck will be bent (from sadness).ngiri ngaang [l l l] (usu. no pl.)nape of the neckliik ngiri [l m m]neck of a liik-vesselngiri gbainneck strap of a horse or donkeyngiri kobtahackles (e.g. of a cock)ngiri bangnecklace, necklet2front fork (including steering tube) of a bicycle Biika kutu-wusumu ngini we ate wa pa bu zaani.The front folk of the child’s bicycle broke and he parked it (the bicycle). Cf. also kui-ngiri(hoe with socket-hafting)
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