sáā

look for

Expressions:

  • sáā njà [dḛ̀ḛ̄/yá̰a̰]

    look for traces or signs of [s.o./s.t.]

    Exemple:

    m̄-ɗà m̄-sáā njà bḭ̄yā̰ lò-ḿ kɨ́ nà̰y.

    I am looking for any sign of my lost goat.

  • sáā gō [yá̰a̰]

    prey on

    Exemple:

    ɓòn̄g à sáā gō bḭ̄yā̰-gɨ̄.

    A hyena preys on goats.

  • sáā [yá̰a̰] rō [dèē] tɨ́

    want [s.t.] from [s.o.]

    Exemple:

    ā ī-sáā ɗí rō-ḿ tɨ́?

    What do you want from me?

  • sáā nàjɨ̄

    attempt to show one is right or has a just cause

    Exemple:

    Kàn hɔ̀-ī-n̄ ndíl-í lò ngār̀ dá à ī-sáā nàjɨ̄.

    When they arrest you in the court of the chief, you'll try to show that you are right.

  • sáā ngàw/dèē-kɨ́-dḛ̀ḛ́

    look for a man/woman to have sex with; be an adulterer

  • sáā tàa

    look for trouble

  • sáā gír [dèē/tàa]

    investigate that origins of [s.o.] or the cause of [problem]

    Exemple:

    Ngāró àw̄ kɨ̀-ǹ-sáā gír tàa lò nḛ̄ḛ́-ǹ kɨ̀ ǹ-òō.

    Ngaro went to seek the origins of his wife's problem so he could understand it.

  • sáā kɔ́ɔ́ [dèē]

    provoke [s.o.]

Exemples d'usage:

  • ɗà kɨ̀-sáā dèē-gɨ̄ ń-há̰ tètɨ̀ wōng gír tàa kɨ́ lòo ngār̀ nò.

    We are looking for the people who got angry about the dispute at the chief's place.

  • M-ā m-sáā bìsɨ̄-kàsɨ̀ kɨ̀ m-ādɨ̄ bòr̄-gɨ̄ lò-ḿ sà-n̄.

    I'm going to look for from milet beer residue so I can give it to my pigs to eat.