English meaning of the Dagbani word ŋubi
ŋubi
Verb- to chew, masticate
- to eat things that require chewing or mastication (meat, bread, rice, yam...), graze (animals do)
- to sting (pepper or sore), corrode, dissolve, decompose something
- to smoulder, burn something slowly
- to destroy the soul of (said to be the work of witches)