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[[a table with two columns]] [[first column]] 18 strong ulīpɑ:, kōmɑ:lɑ 8 sing wībɑ 16 speak ulɑvulɑ'tʃĭɑ 3 see uwēhɑ 15 soul nunēpɑ 5 shave (v) metɑrōli 9 Tongue līmi [[strikethrough]]ēɑnō[[/strikethrough]] 1 teeth mēnu [[strikethrough]]līmi[[/strikethrough]] 10 turn elɑ:po 4 thief mŭīyɑ, wīyɑ 6 thunder enukūkute' tree m'tɑ:biku (1) murī, mutēku 5 this ōlē, tīo 2 that ilīriwē 3 there ūwē 7 to-day elēlu 8 to-morrow mēlu 7 White people mūkunyɑ:, mukoīnyō 9 woman mutīɑlɑ, mutīɑnɑ 3 warrior minyɑ'kotu oɑ'li 2 1/2 war ekōtu 8 wind epēiō 4-4 1/2 water mɑ:ði, mɑ:ʃi 6 white kūnyɑ 4 1/2 weak (1) oōlŏɑ, (2) olōsŏɑ 2-1 1/2 walk (v) wētɑkɑ'dyɑ 5 where ? vɑï' 1 waist erūku Year eɑ'kɑ, iɑ'kɑ yesterday indʒɑ'nɑ yes kinitūnɑ Zebra ipūtɑ [[second column]] Numerals. One Modyɑ: Two mē[[d?]]i, pilī three mɑrɑ:ru four mɑshēshe five mɑtɑ:nu {ten mulōko {six mɑt[[ɔ?]]nu nɑ ni modyɑ {seven " nɑ mēdi, etc -- Man mulōpŏɑnɑ men alōpŏɑnɑ [[strikethrough]]Mutīɑnɑ[[/strikethrough]] Woman mutīɔn[[ɔ?]] women ɑtīɔn[[ɔ?]] Eye (1) lītu, (2) nīţu eyes mēţu Ear niɑ'ru ears mɑ'ru hand ntɑ:tɑ hands mɑ:tɑ: house (1) empɑ: houses ðīmpɑ:' egg miōtyi eggs mōtyi bird [[strikethrough]]moɔ'nŭna[[/strikethrough]] pɑlɔ'mi birds [[strikethrough]]inūna[[/strikethrough]] īpɑlɑ'mi one finger dikōko di modyɑ: two " mɑkōko mēdi three " mɑkōko mɑ[[r?]]ɑ:m four " "mɑsh[[ēske?]]
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".