Koonzime
Sound Illustrated
Notes
IPA Transcription
English Gloss
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1
front, unrounded /ɪ/
etɪ̂
to make, create
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2
front, unrounded /ɪ/
edɪ́ɪ́
the act of eating
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3
front, unrounded /e/
ebe
to plant, be
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4
front, unrounded /e/
ebee
to see
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5
front, unrounded /ɛ/
elɛ́e
to tell
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6
front, rounded /ü/
tüü
voice
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7
front, rounded /ɯ̈/
metɯ̈ ɯ̈
advice
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8
front, rounded /ɯ̈/
el ɯ̈́ɯ̈
to insult
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9
front, rounded /ö/
nköö
leopard
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10
front, rounded /ö/
elöö
nest
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11
central, unrounded /a/
ela
to set net in place
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12
central, unrounded /a/
eláa
to count
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13
back, rounded /u/
elû
night
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14
back, rounded /u/
j̀úu
honor
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15
back, rounded /ɯ/
elɯ̂
to bite
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16
back, rounded /ɯ/
kɯ ɯ́
caterpillar
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17
back, rounded /o/
elólo
to carry
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18
back, rounded /o/
milóó
vine (sp.)
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19
back, rounded /ɔ/
lɔ́ɔ
news
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20
1
(phonetic pitch contrasts; 1 is highest, 5 is lowest)
ebeé tʃǐ
to see an in-law
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21
2
ebeé tír
to see an animal
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22
3
meô tő
It is I who went earlier today.
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23
4
nɔ̌n
mother
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24
13
ebeé mʉ̂d
to see a person
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25
24
mwân
child
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26
45
mʉd
person
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27
(not given)
ebee mwân
to see a child
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28
(not given)
ebee mʉr
to see a person
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29
42
ebeé pemé
to see a field
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30
42
ebě pemé
to plant a field
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31
132 or 12
elî pemé
to clear a field
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32
434
me ô tó
It is I who went earlier today.
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33
(not given)
lǽːláma
glass of lamp