chogsi1to catch (e.g. an object thrown into the air, also fig.), to take (restr.)Ateni, chogsi chiuku a te mu.Ateni, catch the piece of soap for me.N bu chogsi (or: Be chogsi. - Be chogsa - N chogsi-a.)"Thank you" (said when somebody receives some food, a drink etc.)2to respond (to say exactly what was said before), to repeat (words), to join in chorus (cf. keri, to start a song by one person), to understand (restr.)Ka wa nna ale yi yiilanga taam ate ku masa nna? Te ne maa chogsi yi nya.Who is it who is singing songs in passing that it sounds good? Let me sing them in response (and see). chogsi wanito understand the wordchogsikapart of a song sung by a whole group after a single singer has introduced the song by the first verse (kerika)3to catch a disease, to infect, to transfer a disease, to contaminate; to be infected (with), to be contaminatedBiika diem cheng skuuri, ate kantuinsa chogsi ka.The child went to school and caught measles.chogsi logi(lit. to catch a belly) to become pregnant (syn. yig puuk)syntang 24to feel with sb., to feel (the same pain)(Prov.) Bimbaansa jue goai a de moota, ate ba puusa dom, ate ngan-kpaksa puusa chogsi mara dom.The children went into the bush and ate (sp.) fruit and their stomachs ached, and the old people (lit. the old people's stomachs) felt the same pain.5to support (restr.)Siaka a la ka lo la, mi chogsi ka ale piila.As the wall was falling down, I supported it with a buttress (piila, lw. Engl. pillar).
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