abialɛabialɛ́(H) easy to breakOyi ánɩ́ mʋ́tɔ mɔsɔ a, ɩbʋ abialɛ. A stick that is not flexible is easy to break.7.8.1Break6.1.3.1Easy, possible
7.8. Divide into pieces
ba2báʔ EntryComponent-4mɩ sɔkɩto split; to crackLɩlɩtɔ mɩ onopi lɛba. In harmattan my lip cracked.Nɩ fʋdɛ ngya ba, fʋmɛkɩ wanklaan pɛ, fapʋ ɔfɛ bangya amʋ kun wɩ.If you are splitting firewood, and you are not careful, you cut yourself with the axe.Ɔtɩnɛ ánɩ́ ntsu tɛtɩa a, nɩ lɩlɩ dɛlɩn a, ɔsʋlʋ amʋ tɛbaba.Swampy ground cracks in the dry season.The place that water stands, when harmattan comes the ground cracks.cfhalacrack7.8.2Crackder.baba2cracks
futifutí 1to pierce somethingPʋ oyi futi fɩta amʋtɔ. Take the stick and pierce the leaf (with it).7.8.5Make hole, openingIdiom:futi fɩtatɔ kɩdiscriminate2to give a medical injectionFuti bʋ ɔsɩn sʋ nyebi bʋtamakle futi. An injection is painful so children never like injections.2.5.7Treat disease
gyɔɩʤɔ́ɪ́ to break a fruit from a group; used of palm nuts, bananas, plantainAbɛ amʋ lafʋ, sʋ abɔ́gyɔɩ mʋ́ ndɛ. The palm nuts have loosened so we will remove them today.Gyɔɩ kwadu abi anyɔ ba mɩ. Break off two bananas and bring them to me.cfsɩɛtɩ 1break off7.8.1Break7.5.2.4Remove, take apartIdiom:gyɔɩ tɔnsɩgossip; harvest
ka1káʔ(H) 1to cutƆfɛ laka ɔkpa amʋtɔ. The rope stretched across the road.Ka fufu amʋ ɩkʋ.Take some of the fufu (from a larger portion).cfkakachopkun1cut7.8.3Cutder.kakachopph. v.ka X itinrebuke2to pay (a debt)ka ɩkɔ pay a debt6.8.5.4Repay debtcomp.ka ɩkɔpaymentka ɩwɩ lɛdefend oneselfIdiom:ka X yabiswear
kɩɛkɪ́ɛ́ʔ dial. var.ye2NFrom:Akanɩkyɛto divide somethingKɩɛ atɔ amʋtɔ ha nyebi amʋ fʋ onuto, mɛnɩ bʋmɔ́ɔkɔ. Divide the things among the children yourself so that they don't fight.7.4.4Distribute7.8Divide into pieces
kpalɩ1k͡palɪ́ to strip leaves off a branch; to prune branches from a treeNtɔ bʋ tɛkpalɩ? What do they strip?Bʋ tɛkpalɩ oyi. They prune branches from trees.7.8.3Cut7.3.2.7Take something out of something6.2.4.4Trim plants
kpie1k͡píé(H)to impaleBʋtekpie agyagya asa bʋtɛŋɛsɩ.We pierce bats before they are smoked.Kpie aye amʋ oyibibi amʋ sʋ. Spear the meat (kabob) on a stick.7.8.5Make hole, opening
kun1kũʔ strike something to cut itNakun, tamɛ ɩmɛka. I struck (something), but it didn't cut.Nɛdɩda pʋ mɩ ofin kun ibwi. Sʋ mɩ ofin lapɩɛɩ bwɛ ɔlɔ. I fell down and hit my shin on a stone. So my shin is skinned and made a sore.Nɔ́pʋ limba kun oyi yile kʋ mɩ ndɔtɔ.I will take an axe and fell a big tree on my farm.cfka1 1cutkunkunslash6.6.3.1Lumbering7.8.3Cut2.5.3Injureder.kunkunslash
lotilótíto remove leaving a holeOloloti mʋ nsibi lɛ.He gouged out his eye.Boloti bʋtatɔ bwɛ mʋ fuli ɔbɔ ɩnʋ.They made a hole in the boulder making his grave there.7.8.5Make hole, opening
otsobiot͡sobíʔpl.ntsobinarrow hoe with no bend used for digging holesGbede dɛ otsobi amʋ ɔnɔ daɩ.The blacksmith is hammering the hoe blade (to sharpen it).Mɩ otsobi amʋ ɔnɔ lawu. Nɔpʋya abʋdaɩ mʋ́ ɔnɔ ha mɩ.My hoe's edge has become dull. I will take it there that they should hammer it's edge for me.6.2.8Agricultural tool6.7.1.2Digging tool7.8.6Dig
ɔbɔ2ɔbɔ́ pl.mbɔholefuli ɔbɔgrave (until filled in)Ɔkɔtɔ tetsia ɔbɔtɔ. Crabs live in holes.Gota amʋtɔ lada ɔbɔ sʋ ntsu amʋ dɛ kpayi mʋ́tɔ.The gutter has made a hole so the water lands in it.1.6.5Animal home7.8.5Make hole, openingcomp.ibwi ɔbɔtɔcave
ɔnɔɔnɔ́(H) dial. var.ɛnɔSSenseComponent-6-2ɔnɔmɔ1mouthKpa fʋ ɔnɔ bun mɩ ankɩ atɔ.Close your mouth and let me look at things.2.1.1.4Mouthcomp.da ɔnɔtasteklɩ ɔnɔfastwɩ ɔnɔbite lip2speechKɩ fʋ ɔnɔ.Watch your speech.Anɩdɛtɔɩ alɩa, bɛtsɛ ɔnɔ wa mɩ. As we were talking they switched their speech on me (so I could no longer understand).3.5.1.1Voicecomp.lɛ mʋ́ ɔnɔanswernnonyɔfalsehoodɔnɔsʋ ɔtɔɩpʋspokesmanɔnɔwankɩflatteryIdiom:bwie ɔnɔamazesay.sɔ X ɔnɔ3entrance to dwellingwoyi ɔnɔdoorway to a compoundobu ɔnɔdoorway to a room7.8.5Make hole, openingcomp.woyi ɔnɔentrance4where something starts8.6.6Edgecomp.ntsu ɔnɔriver bankoyi ɔnɔtreetopɔnɔ ɔlɩɩpʋleadercontr.dimbinɔwilderness edgeder.ɔnɔ ɔlɩɩpʋleader5edge of a cutting toolKrantɩɛ amʋ ɔnɔ lawa ogya klaklakla The machete is sharp.The machete's mouth has fire sharp.Krantɩɛ amʋ ɔnɔ lawu. The machete is dull.The machete's mouth has died.6.7.1Cutting tool8.6.6Edgecomp.damli ɔnɔturn aroundotsubunɔbeach6effects or results of something9.6.2.6Resultcomp.mɔ ɔnɔfinishtɩn ɔnɔexcuse
