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Congo.
[[a table with two columns]]
[[first column]]
Arm     kōko

8 Boat     (lūngo)^[[2]]
11 Breast     ngūli
3 Beard     (muēzi)^[[2]]  dzēvu
9 body     (etīmbɑ)^[[2]]  itō
1 back     (mobio'ngo)  muongōlɑ
4 belly     (īmu)^[[2]]   kivū
10 bone     ihīʃi
7 blood     (so'nti)^[[2]]  me'ngɑ
10 1/2 bread     kikŭɑ'ngɑ
5 bird     nūni (njīlɑ)
2 bad     ɑmbīmb[[e?]]
6 black     (kitekɑ'mɑ)^[[2]]

3 Chin     (lundʒiēle)^[[2]]
1 Canoe     ulu-ūngu
4 Cock     tsūtsŭɑ kōlombo
2 child     moɑ'nɑ

5 Door     kiēlu
2 day     kilu'mbi
3 death     nfŭīli
6 drink (v.)     mɑ:zɑ īnŏɑ
1 dance     m`kīnu tu kwe'ndɑ
4 dead     (oɑ:foɑ)^[[2]]

4 Eye     dīsu
1 ear     (kūtŏe)^[[2]] kūtu
3 egg     diɑ'χi
2 eat     īdĭɑ
5 eyebrow     kīlu di oɑ:su
[[second column]]
1 Face     (kipɑ:lɑ)^[[2]] pōlo
3 fingers     (muīni)^[[2]] mile'mbu
5 fire     tūïɑ
6 fly (s)      buɑ'nji, jīɑ
4 fish     (mbīsh`) ngōlɑ
2 father    (tɑti)^[[2]]  sɑ'me
7 foot.     omɑi'

3 Grass     ji'pōnde
2 good     mfumu-yɑmbōti
1 god     zɑ'mbi

2 Head     mūntŭe
3 Heart     mtʃīmɑ, mbū[[r?]]dō
6 house    nzō
5 hog     ngūlū
hen     tsūtsu (shūs`)^[[2]]
1 hair     tsūki; (mūsī'ngɑ)
4 heaven     (mīru)^[[2]]

2 Iron     kitɑ:li
1 I     (ɑ'me)^[[2]]

2 Knife     fēli
1 king     (sōmɑ)^[[2]] pūmbɑ  sɑ'mbɑ

3 Leg     kūlu
4 lightning     nzɑ'ji
2 leaf    nukɑ:yɑ
1 land     (mīmbo)^[[2]]

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".