to utter a proverb

• Dagbaŋ kpamb’ ŋahiri bɛ ŋaha, ni .... The Dagomba elders say in their proverbs that ...
• N ni kpihim ŋahili maa ka bɛ ku lan ŋahi li Izraɛl tiŋgbɔŋ ni yaha. 'I will put an end to this proverb—they will not use it as a proverb in Israel any longer.'.
• Guŋkaa nyaɣsim zuɣu chɛ ka Dagbamba ŋahiri di ŋahili ni “Guŋkaa bi mi ni biri kpam nyaɣsa”. Because of the tastiness of kapok-leaf-soup the Dagomba have a proverb about it - Kapok-soup doesn't know that rosella stew is tasty.
• bɛ daa ŋahi piɛlaa maa they quartered the ram.

to tell a parable

• Ka (o) ŋahi ba ŋaha yɛli ... And (he) told them parables, saying ...
• Yisa ŋaha ŋahibu Jesus' Use of Parables.
• bɛ daa ŋahi fiig tia vari she n-zaŋ so they tore off fig-tree leaves and sewed them (together) and wore them as loincloths.
• Ŋahimiya tihi vari ka ti di chuɣu puhibu dari Break off leaves of trees and we will celebrate the festival day.
• shɛb’ mi ŋahiri mɔɣu ni tiwula din mali vari some others broke of tree-branches which had leaves.
• Guŋ yi ti ŋmɛlim, di wula tooi ŋahiri luri duri zuɣu di yi ʒɛ m-miri li. If a kapok tree gets big, its branches can break off and fall on rooms if they are near it.

to ask a riddle

• M bɔri ni n ŋahi ya la ŋahili I want to set you a riddle.

to quarter a dead animal

to break branches, leaves of a tree

to harvest maize or tobacco (harvest by breaking off cobs, leaves (rather than cutting off or down, or uprooting))

to interrupt, in anger

to erode, wear away a channel, make a rut