a dog

• baa bi yɛn ŋuhi bɛ biŋkɔbigu gba bee daadam not a dog will make a noise, nor any animal or human being either.
• Naa baa gbaai naa kpaŋ, di pa taali. It is the chief’s dog that catches the chief’s fowl; it is not bad.
• A yi nya ka bihi zabiri kukɔɣili zuɣu, nyin’ baŋmi ni bahi n-yɛn n-nyu li. If you see children fighting over porridge, you can be sure that it is the dogs that will be eating it.
• bɛ kanimina ti chani gindi tiŋ’ puuni ŋ-ŋuhiri kaman bahi la they come to roam around the city growling like dogs.
• kaman mo’ shɛŋa din ʒe baa din kom zɔri ni la like grasses that stand in a wet valley whose water is running.
• Gbuluɣu noli n-kuri o baa ni. The mouth of the gbuludzu frog is what kills it in a marshy place.
• baa, ashee baa ŋun gabo. The fool farted on the dog not knowing that it smells as nice as an onion leaves to the dog.

low, marshy ground, swamp

• Ti teei ti ni daa yi ŋubiri zahim shɛli yoli Ijipti la mini kukombanim’ ni watamilo ni gabo ni alibarisa ni tafarinom la yɛla 'We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost--also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.'