quiet, noiseless and motionless

• (bɛ) lɛbi bɛ nyaansi biri taba n-dɔya chichi hal ka biɛɣu ti neei (they) turn their backs and ignore each other until morning.
• fo chichi ‘be very quiet’.
• bɛ kul fomi doya chichi they just lay there in silence, not moving (dead bodies).
• Baa wahi toli, toli ŋuni chichi. The dog barks at a mortar but the mortar stands there silently.
• di daa niŋ kaman awa pirigili ka alizanda ni binshɛɣukam kul fomi chichi 'there was silence in heaven for half an hour'.

teacher (in modern school)

• (bɛ) lɛbi bɛ nyaansi biri taba n-dɔya chichi hal ka biɛɣu ti neei (they) turn their backs and ignore each other until morning.
• fo chichi ‘be very quiet’.
• bɛ kul fomi doya chichi they just lay there in silence, not moving (dead bodies).
• Baa wahi toli, toli ŋuni chichi. The dog barks at a mortar but the mortar stands there silently.
• di daa niŋ kaman awa pirigili ka alizanda ni binshɛɣukam kul fomi chichi 'there was silence in heaven for half an hour'.

quiet, noiselessly and motionlessly

• (bɛ) lɛbi bɛ nyaansi biri taba n-dɔya chichi hal ka biɛɣu ti neei (they) turn their backs and ignore each other until morning.
• fo chichi ‘be very quiet’.
• bɛ kul fomi doya chichi they just lay there in silence, not moving (dead bodies).
• Baa wahi toli, toli ŋuni chichi. The dog barks at a mortar but the mortar stands there silently.
• di daa niŋ kaman awa pirigili ka alizanda ni binshɛɣukam kul fomi chichi 'there was silence in heaven for half an hour'.