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[[a table with two columns]] [[first column]] 1 Man, oɑ'mlŭmĕ ^[[or wɑ'lŭmĕ, moɑ:lumē ^[[2]]]] tʃimŭēni 7 mother ɑmɑ:u 8 mouth pɑ:kɑ:nōɑ, pɑkɑ'ngwɑ 5 milk mēsi, mɑvēre ^[[2]] 6 moon muēzi or mŏēsi 2 many yɑyi[['?]]ngi ([[strikethrough]]qu-yaye'syi[[/strikethrough]]]?) 4 meal imɑ'ngo 3 marriage kulo'mberɑ 1 Nose lūpŭlɑ: neck lukōzi night kirō ^[[2]] tʃilō Oranges mɑtūngŏĕ Oxe ndyɑ:ti old wɑmtshekūlɑ oil mɑ-utɑ: - 3 Red mtʃeyēu 2 Rainbow (?) mulu'ng[[u?]] 4 Rice mpūngɑ 1 rain ūlɑ 5 river lusulū ^[[2]], nuzulō 6 road dītɑ:lɑ - 1 Salt & sugar inyēte 10 Small kɑkɑnɑ'ndi 12-12 1/2 Sorcerer uzɑ:vi 9 slave ɑkɑpōlu 7 sky mlūngu 16 sun liūwɑ ^[[2]] diūwɑ 13 star ndŏndŏɑ 2 sea ditɑ'ndɑ līu kilo'ngo 3 sea-horse ndomo'ndo 11-11 1/2 smoke sōnɑ 14 stone digɑ'ngɑ 15 sugar ūtyi 4 sheep zīɑ 11 1/2 snake diyōkɑ 8 sleep lugōno 5 sing kwīmbɑ 12 1/2 speak kuveiegētɑ 6 sister ^[[2]] muipoɑ'ngɑ [[second column]] 10 Tomorrow dīsu " day after disūsi 8 Tongue lulīmi ^[[2]] 5 Thunder & lightning njiɑ'si or nɣiɑ'si 4 Thumb tʃiko'ngo 1 Teeth mēnu 11 Tree mtērɑ 9 Tooth dīno 6 to-day lēlo 2 thief wīhi 3 throat, [[strikethrough]]or ne[[/strikethrough]] shikōsi 7 toes iɑ'li yʊm luko'ngo - 10 Woman wɑkongoɑ ^[[2]], muko'ngŭi 6 white man m`lūngwæ[[n?]]i 7 wife (?) muɑli 8 wind mbūngu tʃimbu'nkɑ 11 wood mtērɑ 1 walk kwe'ndɑ 2 war ngo'ndo 3 warrior kiso'ŋgolɑ 4 water mēsi 9 window tʃĭmbogōlɑ 5 white ungwɑ'nɑ ^[[2]] Zebra mbu'ndo Numerals One yīmo, lumo ^[[2]] Two gɑvīri, ivīri three gɑtɑ:tu itɑ:tu four mutyētye five mzɑ'nu, musɑ:nu ^[[2]] six musɑnɑ-nɑ:yɑmo ^[[2]], mzɑno'gĭmo seven musɑnɑ-nɑ:iviri ^[[2]], mzɑnɑ:zivīri eight mzɑnɑzitɑ:tu nine mzɑnɑmtyētye ten dikōmi, dikūmi eleven (?) dikūmi kupɑmbolɑ nɑ yīmo
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".
