paariabbr. paai or paa1to reach (a place, sb., sth., an age etc.), to arrive at, to come toBaabatu ale Samori jam piilim ka Nakong alege jam paari Sandem.Babatu and Samori started (fighting) at Nakong, but then they came to (reached) Sandema.Ni te ti kali kusungku po, ate kantuengka kan paari ti.Let us sit down in the kusung so that the heat of the sun does not reach (affect) us.2to pass, to come to pass, to lapse (time)Ba le paa chiisa sita la, ba yiti ain ba paa Sandem.When three months had passed, they tried to enter Sandema.3to enter (restr., example: cf. 2.)4to meet, to discover, to encounterAtuga ale jam la, wan paari Yuilisa de nna, wa paari ka Bulsa nyiini.When Atuga came here, he did not meet any Kasena, he only met Bulsa.5to be enough, to be sufficient; transl.: enough, sufficient, properly, wellMi ligra kan paari.I have not got enough money.Ku paa ya.It is enough.Dila kan paari.That is not enough.Mi kan nya a paari.I cannot see well (properly).6to get (through effort), to acquire (e.g. wealth)N choroawa cheng Kumaasi ga tom paari nganta.My husband went to Kumasi, worked and acquired riches.7to have or produce an effect on sb.Ganduokku chubitanga ale paari wa ate wan baga a yiri.The tall (and strong) man’s blows had an effect on him (lit. "reached him") and he cannot get up.8transl.: nearly, almost, about, byBa ko ba paari tusa nganu.They killed them, nearly five thousand of them.9to take (restr.)Ku paa ka bena.It took years.Paai nalim nyiini.(Lit. reach well) Safe journey! Farewell!10transl.: up to, until, for. Nalimanga miena a jam kpang kama alege kpi, a piilim Abil a ta jam paar Ayieta.All the chiefs grew very old before they died, from Abil up to Ayieta.Ate naamu zaan duloa a paai ka da ngaye.And the cow was standing there for two days.paari da dii choaup to so many dayspaa(i) ningto reach far, (mod.) to obtain a (higher) degreeN biika a cheng skuul a paa ning a boro a sag kolij.My son went to school, attained a higher degree and is teaching at a college.
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