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pinapinato pretendNepina bwɛ fɛ mmɔkʋ wun mʋ, tsufɛ mmɛdekle ánɩ́ ɔbɩa nowun mʋ ɩnʋ.I will pretend that I have not seen him because I don't want him to know that I saw him there.Nepina yɔ yɛkɩ bɛɛ ɔdɛ ɩnʋ dɔ.I will pretend to go and see whether he is farming there.Neŋain yɛkɩ bɛɛ ɔdɛ ɩnʋ dɔ.I will go secretly and see whether he is farming there.cfapinabwɛbihypocrisy3.5.1.3.5Real4.3.5.5Deceivecomp.apinabwɛbihypocrisy
pipi2pípithatchOgya plɛnplɛn amʋ lɔtswɩ kɩta pipi amʋ hɔ mʋ́.The flame spread and caught the thatch and burned it.dial. var.opiki1S6.2.5.4Plant product6.5.3Building materials1.5.3Grass, herb, vine1.5.5Parts of a plant6.5.2.2Roof
pitoopitôːFrom:Hausapitooalcoholic drink made from milletBʋtɔkwɛ atɩkɔ nfuo pʋ wuli wʋdɩ. Bʋtɔpʋ bwɛ nta igyi pitoo.They grind millet flour and stir it into a porridge. They make a fermented drink called Pito from it.5.2.3.7Alcoholic beverage
pɩpɪ(H)a group of people in which one belongsAnɩlɔyɔ ɩlʋ ɔwakpa a, aha tsɔtsɔɔtsɔ lɔbɔwa ɩlʋ tamɛ anɩ pɩ legyisʋ.When we went for singing competition, many people came to sing but our people won.4.2.1Come together, form a group
pɩapɪ́a(H) pl.apɩaFrom:AkanpɩawspearBɔpʋ pɩa wɔ Yesu abɩntɔ. They took a spear and pierced Jesus' side.Bʋdɛ apɩa. They are holding spears.4.8.3.7Weapon, shoot
pɩɛɩpɪ́ɛ́!ɪ́ to remove the skin accidentallyNɛdɩda. Nɛpɩɛɩ mɩ akpawunu. I fell down; I scraped my knees.Nɛdɩda pʋ mɩ ofin si ibwi. Sʋ mɩ ofin lapɩɛɩ bwɛ ɔlɔ. I fell down and hit my shin on a stone. So my shin was scraped and has become a sore.Nna okluntɔ onye, nɔpʋ mɩ ofin kun ibwi pɩɛɩ. I walked in the dark at night, I bumped my shin on a rock and scraped it.cfflɔɩ 1peelmaɩn 1detachsre 3peel2.5.3Injureder.pɩɛɩpɩɛɩ
pɩmpɩɩmpɩpɪ̃́mpɪ̃́ːmpɪ́very hotƖlɔ amʋ sʋ a, kebi amʋ wɩ lablɩ pɩmpɩɩmpɩ.Because of the sickness, the child is very hot.8.3.4Hot
pɩnpɪ̃ʔ cfɩpɩnsmooth1not ragged, used of a well weeded farm, or or a smooth shaveƆkɔntɩ pʋ krantɩɛ anɩ tɔpʋ dɔ. Ɩtɛ ha ɩdɔ amʋ tɛpɩn. We use a wooden crook and a cutlass to weed. It makes the weeding smooth (does not leave ragged clumps).8.3.2Texture2to be without lumpsFufu amʋ lapɩn. The fufu has become smooth.Oplimbi ánɩ́ bʋ ɩpa a, ɩbʋ atɔ awɔlɛ. Ɩtɛha fufu tɔwa ɔsa pɩn dʋn oplimbi kpakpahɛ.The mortar that has a hat, is easy to pound with. It makes fufu become smooth faster than a bald mortar.Tsu sanu afʋkpʋkpʋ nfuo amʋtɔ asa fʋwuli mʋ́, tsufɛsɛ bʋmɔkwɛ mʋ́ pɩn. Bring a sieve so that you cam sieve the flour before you stir it into porridge because they didn't grind it smooth.8.3.2.1Smooth
pla2pla(H) 1stir somethingPla nfuo amʋ wa ntsu amʋtɔ. Stir the flour into the water.Ɔlɛpla oputsu amʋtɔ.He stirred the soup.Pla oputsu amʋtɔ, ha mɩ.Stir the soup for me.Kokoli, pla aboun amʋtɔ ha mɩ.Please, stir the stew for me.Kokoli pla oputsu amʋtɔ ha mɩ mɛnɩ ɩmɔ́ɔhɔ.Please stir the soup for me so that it will not burn.5.2.1.2Steps in food preparation2row in the waterBʋtɔpʋ ɔtabʋ pla ntsu. They row in the water with paddles.6.4.5Fishing3to prepare fufu5.2.1.1Cooking methods
Plankɩplãŋkɪthe name of the stream that Wurupong draws the best water fromAnɩlabɩtɩa Plankɩ ba wulutɔ anɩdɛ mʋ́ sa. We have brought Planke to the town and we are fetching it.9.7.2.9Names of riversIdiom:nun Plankɩunderstand Nkonya
