Word List for Setswana

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Entry	Transcription	English Gloss	Setswana Orthography
1	p'íːnà	song	pínà
2	pʰíːrì	hyena	phírì
3	bíːnà	dance	bínà
4	ɸíːsà	burn	físà
5	mìːná	to blow the nose	mìná
6	wɛ̀ːná	yourself	wềná
7	t'íːmà	to extinguish	tímà
8	tʰìːp'á	knife	thìpá
9	dìːrá	work	dìrá
10	tɬ'ìːsá	to bring	tlìsá
11	tɬʰàːp'á	to wash	tlhàpá
12	sìːlá	to grind	sìlá
13	ts'ìːɛ̀	locust	tsìề
14	tsʰíːmò	field	tshímò
15	nòːk'á	river	nòká
16	reíːk'à	to buy	rékà
17	leìlá	to cry	lèlá
18	ʃeìːbá	to look around	šèbá
19	ǹːtʃ'á	dog	ǹtšá
20	tsʰíːp'ì	iron	tshípì
21	dʒeíːsà	to feed	jésà
22	ɲáːlà	to marry	nyálà
23	jǎː	to go	yǎ
24	k'íːlò	hatred	kílò
25	kʰíːbà	cloth	khíbà
26	xáːnà	to refuse	gánà
27	kxʰeìːts'í	bag	kgètsé
28	ŋàːk'à	doctor	ngàkà
29	bàːlá	to read	bàlá
30	bùːlá	to open	bùlá
31	bíːnà	to dance	bínà
32	tsʰɛ̀ːlá	to pour	tshềlá
33	tsʰeíːlà	to live	tshélà
34	xɔ̀rɔ́ːxà	to arrive	gồrốgà
35	xòróːsà	to bring	gòrósà
36	ḿ̩ːp'à	belly	ḿpà
37	m̩̀ːpʰɔ́	gift	m̀phố
38	ǹ̩ːt'á	louse (lice)	ǹtá
39	ǹ̩ːt'ɔ́	sore	ǹthố
40	ǹ̩ːk'ú	sheep	ǹkú
41	xòŋkʰúmìːsà	to enrich me	gònkhùmísà
42	mònts'ínà	mosquito	mòntsínà
43	ǹ̩ːtsʰá	to take out	ǹtshá
44	ǹ̩ːtʃ'á	dog	ǹtšá
45	ǹ̩ːtʃʰɛ́	ostrich	ǹtšhé
46	ǹ̩ːkxʰá	smell	ǹkgá
47	ǹ̩ːtɬ'ò	house	ǹtlò
48	ǹ̩ːtɬʰá	direction	ǹtlhá
49	ǹ̩ːná	myself	ǹná
50	m̩̀ːmá	madam	m̀má
51	móːnó	here	mónó
52	nòːk'ó	porcupine	nòkó
53	ŋɔ́ːlɔ̀	black	ngốlồ
54	màbɛ̀ːlɛ́	sorgum	màbềlế
55	màbɛ̀ːlɛ́	breast	màbếlế
56	xòbúːà	to speak	gòbúà
57	xòbúːà	to skin	gòbùà
58	xòbúːà	to skin	gòbùà
59	xòfúːlà	to shoot	gòfúlà
60	xòfùːlà	to graze	gòfùlà
61	mòsímàɲáːnà	a little boy	mòsímànyánà
62	mòsímáɲáːnà	a little hole	mòsímányánà