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Nyɑmbɑ:nɑ [[a table with two columns]] [[first column]] 3 Apple (?) mɑ:-ūngwɑ: 4 Arm ivōko 1 alive oɑhɑ'nyi 2 All mŭēle-kutɑ'lɑ - 3 Bananas mĭnkōvfɑ 16 Butter mɑvōmbi 13 Boy loɑn-ndīsɑnyɑ'nɑ 15 brother mɑkwɑwoi'enɑ 5 beard mɑle'vfu 11 body mīri, mūru 1 back iχlɑ'nɑ, endyɑ'ku 7 belly ekūrī 12 bone mɑ[[c?]]ɑmbū 9 blood nkɑ'tɑ, ngɑ'ti 14 bread mĭnkɑ'ti, mikɑ:ti 8 bird nyɑnyɑ'nɑ, shi̧ [[strikethrough]]n[[/strikethrough]]yɑnyɑ'nɑ 9 birth msɑ:ku-buiɑ: 8 black iɔntīmu 10 blue ɑlɑbūngu 2 bad wɑlēwɑ: 17 button ʃerengēɔ 6 bee mimōv[[ɔ?]] 4 bat cibertēli, ʃibɑ:b[[ɔ?]]rɑ:'n - 11 Cream inungūru 5 Child ʃiχlɑ'nge ntongwɑyɑ: 9-9 1/2 country nkōmæti 2 canoe mɑtɑ:ruŋ; igw[[ɔ:?]]tu; moɑndīɑ 9 1/2 cow (?) timbūri 7 cock ankūku-iahūku 6 1/2 cotton cloth tinkɑ'nju tɑntʃēri 3 cap or hat sinköe'nkɑ 6 clothes tingū[[v?]]u 1 camels (?) tĭhoŋgō[[i̧]] 4 cat tʃimɑ'ngɑ 10 crab tihɑi' (see shell) 8-[strike[9]] cold tʃirɑ:mɑ - 5 Door inyɑ'ngwɑ, [[d?]]ufɑ'ri ^[[or ivɑ:li]] 2 day niɑmūŋχlɑ, eχlikɑ'ni 4 dog nguɑ'nɑ; tĭmgɑ:nu; tĭmboɑ'nɑ 3 dead kufɑ:, nfīle [[second column]] 6 drink t[[ɔ:?]]noæ 1 dance kūbzɑ, kutcīnɑ 7 Evil Spirit inōi, mhīsi 8 Eye n[[ɔ?]]tīχlo 1 ear ngēve, nkēve 6 evening wusīkwenyi 2 earth mesɑ:wɑ 5 egg mɑ:nzɑ, mɑtɑ'ndɑ 3 eat tɑdĭɑ, tɑ:gĭɑ 4 eel ɑ'ri-[[su?]]ngūmu 3 Father [[er?]]ɑ[[c?]]oi'enɑ 1 face lumɑχluēnɑ, lemɑ'χlo 6 fingers dintīho, tintīu, mitīru 10 foot ne'nge 11 friend nɔkudōri 7 fire nzī[[r?]]o or nzīlo, (2) ndī[[r?]]o 9 fly inongɑ'ni; nhūngɑ 8 fish shikɑ:kɑ, tiχlɑ'mfi 4 few msitso'ngo 2 far [[n?]]kūlē 5 fig mɑkūvu 4 Grapes mɑ:tʃɑndʒɑ:o 2 God [[I?]]ukwe'mbu, tʃo'mbɑ 1 girl lōɑn-wɑngɑ'nɑ, nto'ngoɑ'nɑ 5 grass miχlɑ:ti 3 good inēni usɑ:scki 6 great nkūlu
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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".