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[[a table with two columns]] [[first column]] Plurals. Man ^[[?]] (wɑnūnɑ) inūnɑ Men (?) (ɑvɑnūnɑ) wɑnūnɑ, many men ɑvɑnūnɑ vɑny[[?]]gi Woman isɑ'te, nsɑ'te women (?) ɑvɑnsɑ:te, wɑnsɑ:le Eye etīχlu eyes emɑ:χlu Ear ngēve Ears tĭngēve Arm, hand ivōko arms mɑvōko house (1) iīngĭo, (2) īntχlo, (3) eīngu houses tiīngĭo, etīnχlo, etīngu tiīngĭo t[[iir're?]], tinɑ[[i?]]o, etc. fly nhūngu flies tĭnhūngɑ bird [[strikethrough]]ʃi'[[/strikethrough]]nyɑnyɑ:nɑ birds tinyɑnyɑ'nɑ one tooth itīnu gi'ŋ[[strikethrough]]g[[/strikethrough]]we two teeth mɑtīnu mɑvī[[r?]]e Canoe igwɑ:tŭ many canoes mɑgwɑtĕ mɑyĭ'ngi Leg or foot ne'nge 2 legs mene'nge mevīre Son nŋwɑ'nɑ two sons wɑ'nɑ wɑvīre [[second column]] Brother (my?) mɑ'kwɑwoi'menɑ 2 Brothers vɑkwɑwoi'menɑ vɑvīre Knife ifūmu knives mɑfūmu King ihōosi many kings tihōosi tiŋiŋgi Horse imɑ:ngwɑ two horses timɑ:ngwɑ tivīre Stone irīgwe two stones mɑrīgwe mɑvīre Hen ihūku three hens tihūku tinɑ'ro Fly inhongɑ'ni flies tinhongɑ'ni Tree dinhi trees ti'nhi many trees ti'nhi tïngi'nge Hat sinkōe'nkĭɑ hats psinkoë'nkĭɑ Musket ʃibɑ[[c?]]ēse muskets psiba[[c?]]ēse Robber ikɑ'mbɑ many robbers mɑkɑmbɑ mɑnyi'ngi Sea-horse mfūvu sea-horses timfūvu Child ʃiχla'nge two children bziχlɑ'nge ^[[vɑvīre]]
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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".