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Musēnɑ
[[a table with two columns]]
[[first column]]
1 Arm     bōku
4 axe    hūkŭæ
2 alive     ɑlīpo
3 all (?)    wɑ:ntu wɑnihɑ'mbɑ

11 Bone    fūpɑ
2 bad     mulōwi
13 brother     kuluɑ'ngo
3 beard    ndev' or ndevf'
10 body   moīli, tūpi
1 back    kutsūli
4 belly    nūmbɑ
9 blood    molōpɑ
6 bird    kɑdʒīri
7 birth    mukɑ:zuɑ:ki
8 black (?)    mutʃembēre
5 better    mōiɑwɑ'ki
12 bread    mŭkɑ:ti
14 buttocks    tɑ:ku

2 Child    moɑ'nɑ
4 city    mūyi
1 canoe    ngɑrɑ:wɑ, bɣɑ:lu/bŏɑ:lu
5 cock    dzo'mbɑ
3 chin    dīgpi

2 Day    sigɑ:ti
3 Dead, to die    kūfɑ; [[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]]ɑ:fŏɑ
10 drink (to)    kūmɑ
6 devil    kɑro'mbo
8 door (valva)    sɑ:sɑ
9 door (porta)    sūɑ
7 dog (?)    mukɑ:
4 dead man    mbōlɑ
5 dead woman    nyūi
[[second column]]
1 dance (to)    kūbzɑ

4 Eye  (pofo)  dīsu
1 Ear     mɑ:tχi; mɑkūtu
3 Egg     dzɑ:e
2 eat (v)    kūdiɑ

3 Father    tɑ:tɑ; bɑ:bɑ
7 Fire    muōto; [[strikethrough]] mulīlo [[/strikethrough]] [[margin note connecting the stricken word to the same word given for "few" below]] [[gen.?]] ?
1 Face (?)    mɑ:tsu
5 finger      kɑn[[tilde "ē"]]shi
6 finger-nails     ntʃɑ:lɑ
9 fly (s)     mzī
8 fish    nsōmbɑ
4 few     mulīlo [[margin note connecting this word to the same word given, then stricken, for "fire" above]][[gen.?]] ?
2 far     gutɑ:li

3 God     nzīmu
5 good     anīpɑ
1 girl     mutsigɑ:nɑ
7 great     nenēpɑ; k'hūlu
4 gold     mukūɑ
6 grass    ūskɑ 
2 go     ndūkɑ

4 Heaven     nzīmu
1 Hair     nsīngi; tsīsi
3 heart     ntīmɑ; muōyo
2 head     sōro or sōlo
6 house     nyūmbɑ
5 hen     nkūku

Transcription Notes:
Hints for transcribing the phonetic symbols in this document: 1. This document makes an important distinction between two different ways of writing the letter a (a vs. ɑ), even in the case of diacritic marks. DO NOT disregard this distinction. Enter the appropriate character if it appears without diacritics. For [[macron over "ɑ"]], enter "ɑ:". For [[macron over "a"]], enter "ɔ:". For [[breve "ɑ"]], enter "æ". For [[breve "a"]], enter "ă". 2. The apostrophe-like characters that appear above/just after some letters are stress marks that follow the stressed syllable. They can be represented with a single quote/apostrophe. 3. Some letters have what appears to be a vertical tilde underneath. These indicate nasal pronunciation but how they should be typed depends on the letter. Vowels can be represented by the tilde diacritic over that vowel except in the case of ɑ and ʊ. These can be represented as [[tilde "ɑ"]] and [[tilde "ʊ"]]. When this symbol appears under an "n" it represents the nasal "n" as in sang, and it should be entered as "ŋ", NOT "ñ" which represents a different sound. When it appears under a c, it is NOT a c-cedilla, but instead refers to the sh sound which is represented by the modern symbol "ʃ".