Word List for Khana

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