endeavour

• Kookalilana n-wumdi jɛbɔbigu kumsi (The wise person can even hear the crying of body lice)

effort

• Naa puhiriya ni yi kookali (The king congratulates you for your effort)

sense

• Ŋunkam mali kookali ni tooi baŋ biŋkɔbigu maa namba maa (Whoever is intelligent can figure out the meaning of the number of the beast)
• Wɔbigu napɔŋ yi mɔri kookalilana baŋdi li (If the leg of an elephant swells up, it is a man of experience who can detect it)