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[[a table with two columns]] [[first column]] 10 foam fulu-fūlu 4 few, yɑtōlo 2 far, kwɑ:lebɑ 8 flower itēmu 3 God nzɑ'mbi-ɑmpūngu 2 girl moɑ'nɑ-m'hētu 5 grass ūɑngū 6 great dinēne 4 good wɑmboti; wɑwɑ:bɑ; kiɑ'woɑ'hɑ 1 girdle or ribbon, muiyɑ: 6 Head mūtŭĕ 1 hair zĭndēmbɑ jinde'mbɑ 2 hand ([[strikethrough]] letter [[/strikethrough]] arm) kŭɑ:ku; mɑ:ku 8 heart mtshīmɑ: 13 house nzō; īinzū 3 hatchet ngīmbū 12 horse (?) ngombe 11 hog gūlu 10 hen sɑ'nji-ɑmkɑ:ji 4 hatred (?) gwɑme-ɑmdingi here kūmŭeyū; tɑiï' 7 hear (v) gɑtūvɑ 5 have (v) ngɑlɑnɑio 9 heaven ōlu Iron gitɑ:li King mŭenēshi knife pōko [[end first column]] [[second column]] kill ujībɑ know jīle; muēne 4 Leg n[[a?]]'mɑ; kinɑ'mɑ 6 lightning nzɑ:zi; nzɑ:ji 1 lake kizɑ:ngɑ: 8 love (?) gwɑmwīshɑ; nɑbīhɑ 2 land mɑ:vă 5 life (?) mutɑmusɑ'ndi 3 leaf mɑfūgū 7 long wɑ:lehɑ: 1 Man (homo) ɑ'tu 2 man (vir) diɑ:lɑ 9 mother mɑ:mɑ, eŋinɑi' 10 mouth dikɑ:no, kɑ:nŏɑ 5 milk mēli 7 moon mbēji 8 morning kisne'ne-me'ne 6 month mbēji 4 marriage w[[s?]]okɑ:nɑ 3 many yɑvūlu 11 Nose mɑzūlu 4 neck ʃīngō 2 nation muʃiētu 8 night usūku, usūgū 3 near wɑzukɑ:mɑ 12 now (?) hindɑūlɑ 7 never (?) nikilɑngeli'ngi 9 no (?) ^[[ngɑhēuwɑ:]] gwɑme-ɑ'mu 1 nail (of iron) musomɑ: 5 needle mo[[ri?]]yōku 6 net oɑ'ntɑ
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".