a stretch of country without water

• o niriba bɛn be o tiŋgbɔŋ ni yaɣ’ shɛŋa din daa be teeku polo zaŋ tabili bɛn daa be kukɔɣu polɔnim’ zaa 'the people of the coastal regions of his empire as well as on those of the interior'.
• Kukɔɣu yuɣu ka n-tabili baa ni leei ŋamli. The upland Bosc's monitor lizard that comes to stay in the swamp for a long time will turn into a hippopotamus.
• Wua ŋun gɔri kukɔɣu ni, gbaŋ ni vili mola. The skin of the monitor lizard that roams on fallow land will be used to wrap around the shaft of an arrow.

a farm in the second year after yams