to threaten, frighten, terrify

• a chɛ ka zahima varisiri ma, ka chɛ ka ʒiinim’ nyabu kpɛhiri ma dabiɛm you make dreams threaten me and the seeing of visions terrify me.
• Bɛ buɣa maa ŋmanila bɛ ni zaŋ binshɛŋa zali watamilo puuni n-varisiri binnɛma Their idols are like scarecrows in a watermelon farm.
• Dina n-nyɛ bɛ varisi o ka o guui nti sɔɣi gunyɔɣu ni. Because they terrified him, and he ran away and hid in the kapok-bush.

to betray