melimmelim1to coil, to wind around (e.g. used for creeper), to reel, to twist, to twine, to twirl (e.g. a thread), to wriggle or writhe (e.g worm), to wrap oneself roundWaab ale boro a melim tiimu.A snake is coiling up the tree.Nisomoawa a melim ka boomsa.The old man is making (lit. twining) ropes. – Cf. vili v.melim...ngiri(lit. to coil neck) to embarrass, to be in distress or difficultyWari le melim mi ngiri.The affair embarrasses me (the affair is coiling round my neck).2to be difficult or problematic, to be in distress or difficulty(Prov.) Ku daa a melim la kperi, ba tuilim koluk-nyono a guuma.If there is a problem that cannot be solved (lit. ‘and fails’), they turn the owner of (big) testicles (i.e, sb., who suffers from elephantiasis of the testicles) and bury him (meaning: they use another method).meling v. (cf. me 2 to mould and me 3 to surround
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