basi11to leave (e.g. a rest or a place), to leave behind (cf. also ge and yieri), to depart, to leave alone(Prov.) Wen kan yiag di biika a basi.God does not drive away his child and leave him alone.Chum saliuk Yakubu ale basi Sandem abe wa cheng Tamale.Tomorrow morning Yakubu will leave Sandema for Tamale.2to let, to permit, to allow Sandem-naab a basi nurba ate ba ga Koluk.The chief of Sandema allowed people to go to Kologo.3to set (sb.) free (e.g. from slavery), to discharge, to releaseFelisanga a bas ba kama, ate ba maa jo gata.The white men set them free (from slavery) and helped them to put on clothes (i.e. to join the army).Nurwa diim ale zu, ate ba yigi wa lig saraka la, ba yaa lagi wa basi kama, ate wa jam yeri.Last year the man stole and was imprisoned, he was released (lit. they opened and released) and has come home.4to stop (doing sth.), to cease, to leave off Ba ko ka nurba paari tusa nganu a yaa le basi kal vuusi. They killed 5000 of them, before they stopped to rest.Nipoowa a basi daam dika, alaa da ka muma.The woman has stopped brewing pito, and now she sells rice.5to order, to give the order, to make (sb. do sth.) Naawa basi ate nurma a tu vorub.The chief ordered the men to dig a hole.6to forget (restr., voluntarily, e.g. after a quarrel) Nurwa yaa yueni wa ain wa basi abe wa cheng ate ba kuli.Then the man said that he should forget about it and come home with them.7to create, to build, to make (restr.) (Prov.) Wen le basi jaabui la, ngmoruk kan kuri a cheti.When God has created a thing, rain cannot destroy (lit. beat and erode) it. 8to give extra or more than has actually been paid for, to dashMi da nipoowa juma ngata, ate wa pa bunyi a basi mu. I bought three fish from the woman, and she gave me one extra.9because of, due toN yuamu a basi ate yeni nyaka toa.Because of my illness it is difficult (for me) to see the house.
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