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Kɑsɑ'nji [[a table with two columns]] [[first column]] 3 Arm kuɑ:ku, mɑ:ku 1 Alive mŭēnu 2 all ēsŭĕ, asōlolo 4 ashes ū'tōkɑ: 12 Boy, moɑnɑnzɑ'ngi, mōɑnɑŋvoɑle' 3 ^3 1/2 beard muēvu, muēzu 14 breasts (of women) mɑpēli 15 brother, pɑndiɑ'mi, ^[[or pɑndʒiɑ'mi]] kotɑdi[[ɑ?]]'mi 10 1/2 body muīlɑ, mukūtu 1 back mio'ngo 4 belly [[v?]]ūmu 11 bone ifūfŭɑ: 9 blood mēnɑ 13 bread mbōlu 6 bird njīlɑ, kɑjīlɑ 7 birth wɑvoɑ:lɑ 8 black ūbuiēlɑ, ^[[?]] wɑbɑbīkɑ 5 better ngēlungɑ: 2 bad wonguzembɑ ^[[?]], tɑ:ïbɑ 31/2 bed kizɑ'lo 10 ^10 1/2 blow (sub.) bɑmutcinɑ: 2 Child bɑ:nɑbɑ, ^[[(?)]] moɑ'nɑ 3 chin kiēpu, ^[[(?)]] kēshi 9 country tūshīnɑ:, oshī 1 canoe ulūngu 10 cow ngo'mbi 7 cock kolombōlo 4 city gilōmbo 6 clouds matūtɑ:' [[second column]] 5 cloth tɑngɑ: 8 comb kisɑ: gūlu 11 cry (as a child) tɑmbēkɑ 7 Door mwɑwɑ'nzu 2 day kizūɑ' [[strikethrough]] kɑmouje [[/strikethrough]] 4 death ufoɑ:lɑ, kūfŏɑ: 3 dead oɑ:fŏɑ 8 drink (v.) ukōlŏɑ, ŋūnuɑ: 1 dance (v.) ukīnɑ 5 devil (?) wɑtʃinōkɑ 6 dog kizɑ:lu 6 Eye dĭēsu or desu, līsu 1 ear dītui 5 evening ngōlŏshĭ 2 earth ōshi, mɑ:vu 4 egg dī-i 3 eat (v) kūdiɑ:, kūlĭɑ 7 eye-brows izūzu 3 Father tɑ:tɑ:, ɑshɑ:i 1 face pōlu, pɑlɑ 5 fingers mūnyi, mīnŭĕ 11 foot kinɑ'mi, kinɑ'mɑ 12 friend [[strikethrough]] kɑmbɑ-dio [[/strikethrough]] kɑmbɑ-dia'mu 6 fire tūïɑ 9 fly njĭ[[nj?]]i 7 fish iponde; ikēli
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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".