Word List for Khana

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Entry	Sound Illustrated	Khana	English
1		bà	they, eating (of something)
2		bá	pot, hand
3		bè	to fence
4		be	compound, home
5		bé	fight
6		bí	faeces
7		bo	cure
8		bu	belly, inside, heart
9		da	lick
10		zà	go ahead
11		de	eat
12		zi	pig
13		dɛ́	an infectious disease
14		zɔ	swamp, wet
15		dí	junior sister
16		do	camwood
17		dɔ	blow (wind)
18		du	market
19		ɡbà	coil
20		ɡã̀	concubine
21		ɡbɛ̀	an animal
22		ɡɛ̃̀	machete
23		ɡbò	friend
24		ɡò	ladder, eagle
25		ɡbɔ̀	vomit
26		ɡɔ́	fence
27		la	snail movement
28		le	be (there)
29		ye	him, his, her
30		li	root
31		lo	narrate, relate
32		lɔ	failure
33		yɔ	juju
34		lu	come
35		mà	to lie down
36		nàm	an animal
37		mɛ̀	that
38		nɛ̀	give
39		mù	rummage
40		ni	elephant
41		nɔ	learn
42		nu	thing, something
43		ta	finish
44		sa	finish
45		tɛ̀	father
46		si	go, come out
47		tò	a load
48		to	to cry
49		sɔ́	conversation
50		tɔ	house
51		su	take, get
52		ka	honour
53		kpa	to beat, music, play
54		kpe	sweet, tasty
55		kɛ́	peel
56		kpɛ	to pay
57		kí	market
58		ko	a parcel, friend
59		kpo	drive away
60		kɔ	a tree, say
61		kpɔ	cut up
62		ku	to cut down
63		kpú	spot
64		bã̀	forked stick
65		tã	shoot
66		bũ̀	fear
67		tɛ̃	sharpen
68		ɡbɛ̃̀	grind
69		tɔ̃	pour wine
70		ɡbɔ̃̀	soothe
71		tũ	to twist
72		kã̀	crust
73		kpã̀	corner of kitchen for pots
74		kɛ̃	place, class
75		kpɛ̃	make too close
76		kɔ̃	scale, fodder
77		sã̀	broom
78		sɛ̃́	roe
79		sĩ̀	sneeze!
80		sĩ́	face
81		sɔ̃́	time
82	p	èkɔ̀ɛp	cockroach
83	p	popòòà	division
84	b	lab	pick (food)
85	b	aba	they
86	t	kpátɔ	sole of shoe
87	d	èdɔ̀bù	startling
88	k	kàkà	correct, truth
89	ɡ	loɡ	to wash
90	ɡ	íɡã́	mouth
91	kp	ítékpá	pen
92	ɡb	sáɡbɛ̀	(an insect)
93	f	fɛ̀rɛ̀fɛ̀	a leaf used as a symbol of peace
94	s	ísã́á	sand
95	z	àzílóó	it hurts
96	r	bírá dée	in the evening
97	w	èwònù	generosity
98	y	ɔ̀ɔ̀yaa	thank you
99	m	bɔm	viper (snake)
100	m	kɔ̀mà	noise
101	n	bànà	pit
102	ɲ	yɔ̃́ɔ́yɔ̃ɔ	long
103	ŋ	kàŋ	perfectly straight
104	ŋ	ɛ̀ŋɛ	to fry, set
105		yáá	a custom
106		dàà	to touch
107		yéé	contagious
108		deè	road
109		yɛ́ɛ	to float
110		dòò	do
111		yíí	a promise
112		dɔ̀ɔ̀	fall (of rain)
113		yoò	pumpkin
114		dùù	dull
115		yɔ́ɔ́	song
116		pɛɛ	jumped
117		yúu	nail
118		pee	lost
119		biaɛ	judgment
120		búí	sleeping mat
121		bìe	drop
122		dàɛ	daddy
123		búɛ́	animal track
124		kuɛ	wine palm
125		bùì	cook
126		buɛ	be soft
127		biè	doctor
128		ebɛm	rotten
129		dùmɛ	back
130		mɛ́sɔ̃́	when
131		wìnì	monkey
132		payã	leaf
133		donìà	heavy
134		wãɛbari	to dry fish
135		míá	light
136		paã	wing
137		buɛ̃	village
138		ziã	yam
139		zia	hit
140		ɔ	to carve (wood)
141		ɔ̃	drinkǃ
142		ámúnú	which?
143		ãɡànà	tear apart
144		bààŋà	mourning, grief
145		bànà	pit
147		bàrà	a village compound
146		bàná	gleaning
148		bàrá	begging
149		bínà	porcupine
150		biɔ̀ŋɔ	indigo
151		bɔ̀ma	share
152		bɔ́ḿ	market day
153		bùã̀	count with
154		bũà	number
155		Bṹá	(name of village)
156		ɔ̀ŋànà	remove outer skin
157		ɔ̃́	to drink
158		uùnɛ	night
159		yã́áwo	now
160		wã́nálóó	good health