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fə́fɔ́k— white
pà'à— house; building
ndə́— house; home
nəsɔŋ— teeth
tthwó— head
nələ́ŋə̀— to carry something heavy
nə̀sʉ́ʔ— to rub
nəfí'— to go down; descend
nə̀pfiə̀— groan
ndúm— male; husband
mə́ gho mbà— bye-bye/good bye
shshwò— orifice
nəkwèé— shoulder
nəkwɔ́ŋ— to crawl
məttí— saliva
ɔ́ na' njáŋ a— are you feeling better?
nə̀kwè— to go out; to exit
nə̀kwɔ̀ŋ— to love; to like; desire
nəlàndə́— to get married
sʉ́— friend
mbə wɔ́ lá— whosoever
məvɛ́t— oil
mənjjwí— woman
sə̀ssə̀— fart
nə̀zhìn— to walk
ŋwà'nə̀— letter
ɔ́ lli mbɛ́ɛ̀ ntʉ á— How did you spend the night?/Did you sleep?
nə̀pɛ̀— to hate; detest
nə̀pìn— return
nəpʉ́— breast
tɔ́ŋ— ear
ngə̀— like this:
lɔ́ŋ— neck
pɛ̀— hatred; hate
nkáp— money
ŋkhín— unmarried man
làákkhwò— soles of the foot
mbap— meat
nətsɔ́ŋ— to go downwards
nchàmphiə̀— senior
nə̀fɔ̀— kingship
sà'a mə̀tɛ̀ɛ́— publicity; advertissement(s)
lɔ̀ŋɔ̀— stone
nəlɔ́ŋ— to be slimy
ndɔ̀ŋ— amount; quantity
mətstshə́— nose; nostrils
nəsʉ̀'— to come
sə́ssə́— black
nə̀zhè— to wake up
bhà'á— like (this)
nə̀kkhwà— four
mbə ndɔŋ ngə kɔ lá— whatever the quantity/amount
ndɔ̀ŋmphiə̀— first
tthwó— skull
tà'kkhwò— leg
nəfɔ́k— to be white
nəkwɔŋ— arrow
mətɛ́t— fathers
nəpín— to agree; to consent; to accept; to say yes; to answer when called
mbə kɔ́ la— whatever
ŋwà'nə̀— letter
nkhʉə́— firewood
nttshə̀njʉ̀m— last
nə̀llà— to go on a levelled surface
ppó— hand
nəzhɔ́— to see
bhè'é— like (that far from both of us)
nttó— intestines
ndə̌ŋndəŋ— straight
ndə́ndəŋə́— waist
mbè— besides; near
kwě— bone
nəkhʉ́'nə̀— to incline itself
nə̀və̀m/nə̀vàm— tummy
nkwì— one
nəghəə́— grass
nə̀pʉ̀— to go upwards
tsit— farm
mənchə̀— road; way
mbʉ́/məmbʉ́— breasts
mphiə̀— front
tthwó— upper part
mmá— big
nətsə́k— eye
nəghə'— cheek
tɔ́ŋ— basket
mbə ngə kɔ lá— however
nəllí— to sleep
sɔ́ŋə̀— to speak; to talk
mɛ́— child
ŋkhin— granary
nə̀tsɔ́k— to spend the day
məsɔŋ— teeth
nəchʉ̀cə̀— to look; to observe
pɔ̀— people
nətsèé— forehead
ŋè— person; someone; somebody
làándə— marriage
khʉ́p— fingernail
ŋèénɔ̀ŋ— human
shshwò— mouth
tɛ́t— father
nə̀ŋè— to be cold
mənə́k— eyes
ŋkkhwò— ordeal ritual
shshwò— opening
nə̀khwì'— to add; to augment
nəghò— to go
nətsʉ́— name; noun
mbbó— hands
tɔ̀ɔ́ŋppó— palm of the hand
nətsə́k— source
nətsɔ̀ghɔ̀— to survive
nkwɔ̀ŋ— mountain
lɔ̀ɔ́ŋ— secret society
nəfɔ́knə̀— to turn white; to be whitish
mətsit— farms
mbbó— to
fɔ̀— chief
məmmá— mothers
nəpàŋə̀— to turn red; to be reddish
ta zhòó la— see you tomorrow!
pɔ́— children
njʉ̀m— behind
nəllí— to sleep
fɔ̀ɔ́— shin
ncʉə́— female; wife
nəlɔ́ŋ— to be lazy
mbɛ̀— compound
nəbhə́— be
nəlɔ́k— sleep
mbə zhé lá— whichever
nə̀cchʉ̀— to look
nəkwɔ́'— to go up; to climb up
məvɛ́t— oil
ɔ́ tsɔk a— good afternoon; good evening
bhǎ'a— like (that near you)
nələ́ŋ— to fly
pə̀pàŋ— red
nə̀ghà— language
ta'ppó— arm
kə́khʉ́p/khə́khóp— chest
ɔ́ lli a— good morning
nəllí— to sleep
nə̀llì— to nurse
nəhá— to give
ppa— two
nəkáp— plug; pick
à cchà (mbà)— thank you!
bhǔ'u— as such; as how you and I know or have heard about
nə̀páncə̀— to be careful
nchʉ̀'njʉ̀m— junior
nətsə́k— eye
nəzhák— to lack
nəwè— to have,, to possess
tét— three
nkə̀mbə̀'— upper part of the back under the neck
mənccwí— woman
mbə hɔ́ lá— wherever
nəssə̀— to fart
njʉ́m— shade
nəssʉ́— to be black
nəsʉ́nə̀— turn black
nəfɔ́— to leave
lɔ́ŋ— type of yellow long yam
khwí'cə̀— knee
nə̀ghà— to say
nətsít— to be satiated
nə̀pàŋ— to be red
ɔ́ tsɔk mbɛ́ɛ̀ ntʉ á— how did you spend the day?
mbè— rib
nkwɔŋ— pestle
mbə sʉ́ lá— whenever (no matter the day)
ppó— to fold
məmbàŋà— man
nə̀tsìt— to soak
məmə̀nchə̀— roads; ways
tɛ̀— five
mbə nji' kɔ́ la— whenever (no matter the time)
nə̀hhò— to do
nə̀kɔ̀t/nə̀kə̀t— penis
mətɔ́ŋ— ears
tthwó— head-like
cwɔ̌ŋ ngə̀ kɔ̀— how is it?
nə̀fàʔ— to work
məcchə— blood
kkhwò— foot
nttshə́— cloth
kwɔ̀ŋə̀— like
mə́kə̀cɔ̀— enormous
mmá— big
tá'— one
njʉ̀m— side; face; aspect