Dagbanli Dictionary

Verb

nyi

nyi

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What does “nyi” mean in Dagbanli?

nyi

Also spelled Dagbani — both spellings refer to the same Mabia (Gur) language spoken in northern Ghana.

Meanings

1

nyi

2

to take a small amount of,(of an animal) to bit a hard substance

Forms

nyi

Q110786

Sentences using “nyi”

Real-world usage from Mozilla Common Voice and the University of Ghana HCI Lab corpus.

paɣasara ayi n nye ban ku di nachiinsi n kuli ye bin' din nye ningo goriti zaɣ' dozim maala kuli wari la waa ŋɔ ni nyi nyambo ka taɣa ka yiya zaya ka yaɣ'a pili pili

Source: University of Ghana HCI Lab
Visual context for "nyi" — paɣasara ayi n nye ban ku di nachiinsi n kuli ye bin' din nye ningo goriti zaɣ' dozim maala kuli wari la waa ŋɔ ni nyi n

Musulim nima nyi jiŋli ni najiŋli maa nyɛla jiŋ titaly ka nyɛ kom dini nyɛ zaɣi dozim ka loori nima ayi zɛ jiŋli maa tooni.

Source: University of Ghana HCI Lab
Visual context for "nyi" — Musulim nima nyi jiŋli ni najiŋli maa nyɛla jiŋ titaly ka nyɛ kom dini nyɛ zaɣi dozim ka loori nima ayi zɛ jiŋli maa too

Yoli ŋun ŋmanila taani, a yi nyi li, a ni lan labina.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

Yoli ŋun ŋmanila taani, a yi nyi li, a ni lan labina.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

Yoli ŋun ŋmanila taani, a yi nyi li, a ni lan labina.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice