particle

1. ṭeʸh ˁénoʰ ekέboʰ ˁin di-bɛʰ-dóte ‘One year befell us, one without spring (a drought)’ (CSOL I 30:30)

2.

a. šémteḷ e-nhɔfš ˁö́mor ḷóˀo ho bɛʰ aḷ-ˀezáˁa nɔ́fin ṭeʸh siyáraʰ ‘He said to himself: “Why not take one car for myself?”’ (CSOL I 15:5)

b. ifúḷ bɛʰ ḷaˁmέr keʰ gedáḥ tho suˀáľ be-ˀingľízi ‘What should I do if I am asked a question in English?’ (Naumkin et al. 2013b:550)

Before substantives in fixed expressions like di-bɛʰ-dóte ‘(a year) without spring’ (1).
In the fixed expressions ḷóˀo bɛʰ ‘why not?’ (2a), inɛ́m bɛʰ ‘what if?’ (2b).