Expressions:

• kɨ̀-sḭ́ḭ rítɨ́tɨ́ (=kɨ̀-sḭ́ḭ ɓátɨ́)

  very early in the morning

• kɨ̀-sḭ́ḭ bè

  early in life, when still young

  Exemple:

  Kó̰o̰-ḿ òy bɔ̀ɔ̄-ḿ òy m-ḭ̄ḭ hàl kɨ̀-sḭ́ḭ bè.

  My mother died, my father died, I became an orphan early in life.

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