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Adjectives
2 you are good      wenɑ: inēni
2 the man is good     wɑnūnɑ inēni
2 very good     inēne wɑhūmu
1 A pretty bird     nyɑ'nyɑn' sɑsekīri 
1 two pretty birds     tinyɑnyɑn' tivīre tisɑsekīri

2 (Tingūvu tɑkusɑsɑsēkɑ de tinēni      good "[[underline]]fɑzendɑ.[[/underline]]"  (^[[wares,]] goods)
3 Good wine     ūkɑ'nye gɑnɑnzīhɑ
{Etiχlu iɑntīmɑ     a black eye
{emɑχlu iɑntimɑ    black eyes
{emɑχlu ɑlɑbūngu     blue eyes
3 the bread is good to eat     miŋkɑ:ti yɑ:nɑ:'ndzĭhæ
2 a good knife     ifūmu ginēnē
2 a bad knife     ɑfūmu ɑhiginēnē
2 two good knives     mɑfumu mɑvīre mɑnēne
2 many good knives    mɑfūmu mɑyi'ngi lɑ mɑnēne

4 it is very hot     kuninyūku
4 the water is [[strikethrough]]ver[[/strikethrough]] hot     mɑ:ti mɑhīse
4 I am hot     mendɑhīse
4 you are hot     wenɑ wɑhīse
[[strikethrough]]4[[/strikethrough]]5 it is cold     kuniʃirɑ'mi
4 the weather is hot (see above)     kɑ:hi-isɑ: kūnĭnyū'ku
4 the sun is hot     mumū ɑhīsɑ

6 New moon     ŋwenēte ūmwĕshɑ:
6 full moon     ŋwenēte unkūlu

7 a small knife     ifūmu gitongŏɑ'nɑ
7 a little fly     nongɑ'ni ntongŏɑ'nɑ

8 white clothes     tingūvo tɑkubɑ'si
8 a white house     iīngĭo ɑkubɑ'si

9 a large hen     ihūku yekūlu
9 a great king     ɑhōosi nkūlu
9 many great kings     tinhōosi tiŋingi tikūlu

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".