Meaning:1) turn about, head off and divert, make someone or some animal go in the other direction, turn someone or some animal around 2) pa:n hi:maʔ make a parry (in speech), talk back, be sassy, smart or impertinent; 3) niNwa hi:maʔ, -hi:s-/-hi:-
Comments:1) mɛndaʔhisuN I turned the goat around (i.e., I made it go the other way) 2) pa:nle (word-INST) hi:maʔ retort; pa:nlehi:suN I retorted 3) vide -niNwahi:maʔ (vt.).
Entry:i:maʔ, -i:r-/-i:-
Grammar:vi.
Meaning:wander, loiter, stroll about, (of birds) fly about aimlessly
Comments:mɔyahaʔmɛʔi:yaNmɛya:k The vultures are circling about overhead; vide -niNwai:maʔ; cf. i:maʔ.
Entry:i:maʔ, -i:s-/-i:-
Grammar:vt.
Meaning:cause to wander about, cause to roam about; roll something about, cause something to roll to and fro
Derivation:[caus. < i:maʔ wander about]
Comments:waʔhaʔi:sumsimbe We had the chickens roam about; mɛndaʔhaʔi:suNsiN I wandered the goats about; mɛʔi:saN They showed me around.
Meaning:1) give to someone, endow (patient: beneficiary, not object given); 2) allow, permit
Comments: 2) timmǝkkɔpmaʔkɛmbi:rinni:? Don't they [viz. the local authorities] permit you to have rifles?; cf. pha:kmaʔ.
Entry:phi:maʔ, -phi:r-/-phi:-
Grammar:vi.
Meaning:grow thin
Comments:ku-sappo:k-ʔinphi:r-ɛ (his-stomach-ABS grow thin-PT) He's gotten thin; mɛn-nu-bakudza-:nkɛ-dzɔgɔrɔkɛ-bhi:ʔl,kɛ-n-dzɔ-nɛngɔrɔkɛ-bhi: (NEG-good food-ABS 2-eat if 2-have diarrhoea, 2-NEG-eat-NEG if 2-grow thin) If you eat bad food you'll get diarrhoea, if you don't eat you'll get thin; cf. phi:maʔ.
Entry:phi:maʔ, -phi:s-/-phi:-
Grammar:vt.
Meaning:1) cause to grow thin, let grown thin; 2) deflate
Derivation:[caus. < phi:maʔ grow thin]
Comments:1) sappo:k-ʔinkɛ-bhi:s-u (stomach-ABS 2-let get thin-3P) You're letting yourself get thin 2) laNpho:Ngaphi:suN I deflated the football.