seed, seeds of grass or shrubs

• Bɛ ŋmanila bihi bɛn ʒi daa ni They are like children sitting in the market.
• Ti daa ʒimi ka o kpɛna puu. We were sitting down when he entered suddenly.
• Bɔ n-niŋ ka a kɔŋko ʒiya ... ? Why are you sitting alone ... ?
• Ŋun ʒia bi lɔri ŋun chani gbaɣa (gbaɣu). The person who doesn’t travel doesn’t tie loads for the one who is travelling.
• Jɔɔdɛn Mɔɣili kopaliga yi ŋmɛr’ o noli o suhu ʒimi if the flood of Jordan River strikes his mouth, he is not bothered.
• N ʒiɛmbu ŋɔ taali ʒi a zuɣu. It's your fault that I am despised like this.

to not know, be ignorant

• Bɛ ŋmanila bihi bɛn ʒi daa ni They are like children sitting in the market.
• Ti daa ʒimi ka o kpɛna puu. We were sitting down when he entered suddenly.
• Bɔ n-niŋ ka a kɔŋko ʒiya ... ? Why are you sitting alone ... ?
• Ŋun ʒia bi lɔri ŋun chani gbaɣa (gbaɣu). The person who doesn’t travel doesn’t tie loads for the one who is travelling.
• Jɔɔdɛn Mɔɣili kopaliga yi ŋmɛr’ o noli o suhu ʒimi if the flood of Jordan River strikes his mouth, he is not bothered.
• N ʒiɛmbu ŋɔ taali ʒi a zuɣu. It's your fault that I am despised like this.

to have never

• tin’ shɛŋa din nyɛ Lɔt ni daa ʒi luɣ’ shɛl’ la the towns where Lot was living.
• Zɛbulɔn ni ti ʒi n-tabila teeku noli. Zebulon will live near the sea coast.

to carry (normally on head)

to be loaded onto somebody's head

to transport (e.g. in vehicle)

to carry away, erode

be sitting

to reside, inhabit, live at/in