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Sofɑ:lɑ [[a table with two columns]] [[first column]] arm [[strikethrough]]Nzɑ'mjĭɑ[[/strikethrough]] nzɑ'njĭɑ 7 Bow & arrow m`tū-sæni-sēvi 8 Boy moɑŋōno [[strikethrough]]tsŭɑ'kɑ[[/strikethrough]] tsŭɑ'kɑ 9 brother bɑleɑ'ngo 2 beard de'v 5 body tūpi 3 belly kutzūli 6 bone [[strikethrough]][[?]][[/strikethrough]] fūpɑ 4 blood molōpɑ 1 back kutzūle Child moɑŋōno country nzīhu Dance kūbzɑ Door msuɑ: - 4 Enemies kolɑsɑ'nto 7 Elbow konko'no 5 Eye dīsu 1 ear nzītŭĕ; mɑkūtŭĕ 2 earth pɑ:nsi 6 eyelid mbōni 7 eyebrow nsīe - 2 Father bɑ:bɑ; tɑ:tu 1 face kumɑ'tso 3 field kudɑ'mbo 4 fingers ntʃɑ:lɑ; bzīnŭĕ 6 foot mue'ndɑ 8 friend shɑmoɑ'li 5-5 1/2 fire [[strikethrough]]nzūo or uzīlo[[/strikethrough]] mōtɑ 7 forehead nkōpi 5 1/2 flesh nyɑ:mæse - 2 God mulūngo, mulūku 3 grandfather mzukuluɑ'ngo 1 garden mūndɑ [[second column]] 4 Heart mutīmɑ, moiyo 3 Head mso'[[h?]]o 1 Hair tsīsi 2 Hand (?) tʃitɑ:tɑ 6 house nyumbɑ 7 husband bɑrɑ'nko 5 heel tʃite'ndi - 2 King g[[ū?]]mi kɑnɑmɑndērē 1 Kettle mōtu - leg tɑ:ku 1 Man moɑmūnɑ 5 mother mɑ:wɑ 6 mouth morōmo 3 milk mukɑ:kɑ 4 moon mŏēzi 2 marriage dɑlōdŏɑ 7 murder, mupɑwzɑ:ku unɑmsɑ:lɑ Nose buhūnɑ neck kōzi nation oɑ'ntu [[strikethrough]]prisoner, slave bītʃu[[/strikethrough]] Priest kɑsĭ'si; nyɑle'mbo Prisoner, slave bītʃu Roof nsōtsi Song nyīmbu 1 Shoulder pēŏɑ 5 Soul nzūpɑ 2 sister kurɑ'ngo 4 sky or heaven, nzīmu 6 sun nzūɑ
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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".