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Entry Sound IllustratedAkan (Fante)English
1 p pʰapʰa good
2 p pʸɛ to like, want
3 p pʰɛɪ liked
4 p pʰɛɪ to split
5 p pʸe wake keeping
6 p pʰɪtsɛ̃ to scatter
7 p pʰitsuu thick
8 p mpʰua bananas
9 p pʰʊ sea
10 p ipʰo raffia bag
11 p apʰɔncɪ̃ goat
12 b ba child
13 b abʸɛn horn
14 b besia woman
15 b bɪr to become ripe
16 b bir to become black
17 b ibiru coal
18 b bʊr beat
19 b bʊsʊm a god
20 b bɔr poison
21 b obi someone
22 t atˢa twins
23 t tˢɛsɛ̃ to gather
24 t tˢekʰufã sixpence
25 t tsɪn to creep
26 t tsɪ to hear
27 t tsi head
28 t tˢu fly
29 t tˢʊ to lay
30 t tˢɔ to buy
31 d da to sleep
32 d dɛm thus
33 d dzɪ to hold
34 d dzi to eat
35 d du ten
36 d dʊ to brown
37 d dɔ to love
38 d dodocˢe plantain
39 k kʰan to count
40 k kʰɛsɪ big
41 k kʰetˢekʰe train
42 k kʰɪkʰa to bite habitually
43 k kʰitˢa to scrub
44 k kʰuw society
45 k kʰʊ to sit
46 k kʰɔ to go
47 ɡ eɡidzi food
48 ɡ ɡu to pour
49 ɡ aɡʊr playing
50 c and cʷ cʷa to cut
51 c and cʷ ncacˢar fodder
52 c and cʷ cʷɛr to grind
53 c and cʷ cˢɛr to come late
54 c and cʷ cʷem to pass away
55 c and cʷ cecekʰuli a game
56 c and cʷ cʷɪ̃ to pull
57 c and cʷ cˢɪ to catch
58 c and cʷ cʷɪr to tie
59 c and cʷ cˢir to hate
60 c and cʷ cʷoo many
61 c and cʷ cʷɔ̃ to fall down
62 ɟ and ɟʷ eɟʷaman a bad person
63 ɟ and ɟʷ eɟan gun
64 ɟ and ɟʷ ɟʷɪ to quiet down
65 ɟ and ɟʷ ɟɪ to take
66 ɟ and ɟʷ eɟʷin jewelry
67 ɟ and ɟʷ iɟim clowning
68 ɟ and ɟʷ ɟʷɛɛ burnt
69 ɟ and ɟʷ ɟuu lice
70 ɟ and ɟʷ ɟʊw yams