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Numerals
One  (1) u-moʃi, (2) mōsi
Two  (1) u-ōri or ōli, (2) Vɑ:li
Three (1) u-ɑtɑ:tu, (2) tɑ:tu
Four (1) u-ɑ:yɑ:, (2) kwɑ:nɑ
Five (1) u-ɑtɑ:nu, (2) tɑ:nu
Six (1) mɑsɑmbɑ:nu, (2) pɑ'ndu
Seven (1) u-ɑnɑ:nɑ, (2) pɑnduvɑ:li
Eight (1) u-ɑtsɑmboɑ'di (2) kĭĕnɑ:nɑ, or tĭĕlɑ:lɑ
Nine (1) u-ɑ:vŏɑ, (2)kĭĕkŭi
Ten (1) u-ɑkūmi, (2) kwīni ombūlu (?)

[[a table with two columns]]
[[first column]]
Eye     dīsu
eyes     mēsu

Tooth     dīnu
teeth     mēnu

Ear     kūtu
ears     makūtu

arm[[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]]     kōko
arms      mōko

finger     nle'mbu
fingers     mile'mbu

one house     nzō imōʃi
two houses     nzōz-ōre

Door     kielu
door     ie'lu

Day /one     kilumbi kimōʃi
two day     ilu'mbi iōli

[[second column]]
Bird     nūni
two birds     nūniz ōli

One egg     diɑ:χi di mōʃi
two eggs     mɑ:χi mōli

Leg     kūlu
legs     mɑ:lu

I am old     kilūmbi kinūni
I am sick     kwēlɑ nkēnɑ
it rains     mvūlɑ mbŭīli
go away     dɑ:ue'ndɑ
come here     kwīzɑ; wīzɑ
give me (?)    mfūlu impēli
I will come to-morrow    mbɑ:ju kwīzɑ
How do you do      ngēu kolē
I am well     mōno kolē le koɑ'mi

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".