jogi1to fail, to miss (e.g. a bus or a thrown ball), to omit(Prov.) Fi choa dan bo gaab zuk, fi kan jog ga-muin-ya.If your friend is on a gaab-tree, you will not fail (to get) a ripe fruit.2to lack, to want (not to have), to be short ofWa kan jogi jaab-oa.He does not lack anything.3to have no other choice, transl. insteadWa yaali ain wa da ka logri, wa abe le kan ta ligra la, wa yaa jog da motor.He wanted to buy a car, but as he did not have enough money he bought a motor-bike instead.4to ruin, to waste(Lk 5.37) Ku dan nye dila, nuruwa a jok wa bunlokku ale wa daamu meena kama.If it happens so, the man ruins his skinbag and all his wine (lit. millet beer).jog + verbat leastJog te wa maga.Give him at least a little.jogka(the pronunciation is sligthly different from joka, entering) v.n., failureyam jogkamental deficiency
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