fire

• tiŋ’ maa zaa taai la buɣim diri the whole town caught fire and burned.
• o pa dari zuɣu ka ku niŋ buɣim niŋ li he put it on the wood but didn't set fire to it.
• malaika maa daa zaŋ ... laa maa m-mooi bimbini maa zuɣu buɣim m-pal' li the angel took ... the bowl and brought fire from the altar and filled it.
• buɣim moori taha fire-pans.
• buɣim maa buɣim nɛm daa kpuɣi bimbini maa the flame of the fire caught the altar.
• buɣim mokpalli daa kana ti kpe ... sunsuuni a flaming torch came ... between.
• di ŋmanila buɣim sala ka a zaŋ pa bɛ zuɣuri ni it is like burning charcoal that you pile on their heads.
• nyɔhi ni buɣim niɛm smoke and flame.

Hell, the judgement place of suffering

• Yinim’ bahiyolinim’ ŋɔ, wariya ti kpe azaaba buɣim You accursed ones, go and enter the fire of Hell.

fire-festival

• A yi wum ni buɣim bi kpɛri yidana duu, wahu m-bi kpe. If you hear that no one has ever entered the landlord’s room with a fire torch, it is because a snake has not entered it.