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[[a table with two columns]]
[[first column]]
year     mvōɑ
yesterday     mɑzɑ:o
yes     koshiɑ'm   kie'n[[e?]]-mue'ne



Numerals.
One     Mōshi
Two     Kiɑ:di, iɑ:li
three     tɑ:tu
four     uwɑ:ni, wɑ:nɑ
five     itɑ:nu, tɑ:nu
six     sɑmɑ:nu
seven     sɑmboɑ'di, sɑmbɑ:li
eight     nɑ:ki
nine     voɑ:, īvŏɑ
ten    kūmi, kūnyi
eleven     kumi nɑ mōshi
twelve    kumi nɑ giɑ:di
twenty     makumi-iɑ:di
thirty     mɑkūmi-ɑtɑ:tu

One alone --- limōshi
[[second column]]
Plurals.
Man     diɑ:lɑ
men     mɑ:lɑ

Woman     muhētu
women     ɑhētu

Eye      dēsu ^[[2]], līsu ^[[1]]
eyes     mēsu ^[[2]], mɑlīsu ^[[1]]

Ear     dītŭi
ears     mɑ:tŭi

Arm, hand     kuɑ:ku ^[[2]]
arms, hands     mɑ:ku ^[[2]]
four arms     mɑ:kuɑ:-wɑ:nɑ ^[[1]]
House     nzō
houses    nzōji

[[a bracket encloses all the entries relating to birds]] Many birds,   njīlɑjɑvūlu ^[[2]]; tujilɑ:to-ɑvūlɑ ^[[1]]
Bird    njīlɑ
birds    njīlɑj'
two birds,   njīlɑjiɑ:di ^[[2]], tujilɑ'to-iɑ:li ^[[1]]

Egg     dī-i
eggs    mɑ:-i

Stone     dīūwe ^[[2]], liūwe ^[[1]]
Two stones   mɑ:-ūwe-iɑ:li ^[[2. 1.]]
[[strikethrough]]Three[[/strikethrough]]Four stones    mɑ:-līuwe-wɑnɑ ^[[1]]

One dog    kizɑ:lu-kimōʃi ^[[1]]
two dogs    izɑ:lu-iɑ:li ^[[1]]

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".