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[[a table with two columns]]
[[first column]]
1 Rain     mfūlɑ or mfūrɑ
2 rainbow     mɑti'ndɑ, (ibētrɑ dēhentlɑ) ^[[2]]
4 red     siɑ'kutʃūkɑ
6 river     tʃombēni
8 run (v)     kututūmɑ
5 rich     ifumīri
7 robber     ikɑ'mbɑ
3 rat     mɑkōnkĭu
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1 Sail     wzikĭute
17 Spider     sibekērɑ, shiberēn
9 Sister     mɑkwɑ-[[w?]]oiyen-oɑnsɑ:te
10 sky     mɑtīru, shemūmu ^[[(?)]]
22 sun     ɑmūmu, [[strikethrough]]sl[[/strikethrough]] mūmu
18 stars     etuŋwēti
13 smoke     mɑfūlu
14 1/2 son     ungwɑ:nɑ
3 sea     tʃombēni-tʃinɑmūnyi
19 stone     irīgwe; mɑribŭe
2 salt     ū[['?]]mūnyi, mūinyū
21 sugar     olōmbe
6 sheep     shikōse, tihɑ'mbɑ
14 snake     inyōkɑ
11 sleep     wro'nko
12 small     ʃitongŏɑ'nɑ:
20 strong     nɑmɑtimbɑ:
8 sing     nyīmbɑ; kūyīmbɑ
16 speak     kubulɑbūlɑ
5 see     kulɑ:ngūtɑ
15 sorcerer    inoi'yɑ
4 sea-horse     mfūvu
23 sweet     ulōmbe
7 shell     tihɑ:iɑ
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9 Tongue     dīrĭmu, sību
2 teeth     emēnyɑ, mɑtīnu
10 town     ɑkɑnkomɑ:te, sintχlɑ:tχlɑ
4 thief     ikɑ'mbɑ, wɑi-ībɑ
6 thunder     hŭe'nti
11 tree     dinhi, enklɑ:ri
3 there     ikōlɑ-hɔ:yɑ
1 to-day     nyɑmūŋχli
[[second column]]
8 to-morrow     mɑndzīko, [[strikethrough]]ɑmɑ:ndiko[[/strikethrough]] mundūku
1 tears     wɑrīlɑ
5 thunder x lightning (?)     simgɑrɑngɑ'nz[[ɑ?]]

Very     epsukūlu
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11 Woman     uɑnsɑ:te
3 warrior     ingurēnɑ  wɑlēwɑ
2 war     ifūmu, ekūlŏæ 
8 wind     im-ēho
4 water     mɑ:ti
7 white     cilikubɑ:sɑ, leʃɑnklōhe
5 weak     nɑbulōlo
1 walk     ifɑ'mbɑ yɑtχlɑ:ngɑ
18 wine     ūkɑnyɑ
9 window     nɑburō
6 where     ekwīhi

year     wɑʃpīri
yesterday    toluē[[n?]]i
yes     ʃoēni
young     wɑi-impūri

One     gīŋ[[strikethrough]]g[[/strikethrough]]we, nʃīn[[strikethrough]]g[[/strikethrough]]we,
Two    givīre, timbīre
three    ginɑ'ro, tinhɑ'ro
four     gimū[[n?]]e, imūne
five     nkɑ:no
six    nkɑnɑyūnɑ
seven     nkɑnɑtivēre
eight     nkɑnu tinɑ'ro
nine     nkɑnɑmūne
ten     ikūme
eleven     kumenɑg īngwe
twelve     kume-nɑ-tivīre
twenty     mɑkume-mɑvīre 
thirty     mɑkume-mɑtɑ:tu ^[[(?)]]

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".