Word List for Defaka

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Entry	IPA	English
1	ápá	wing
2	párà	leg
3	pèkù	bat
4	bàà	day (period of time)
5	bìɔ̀	river
6	ìbò	big
7	bɔ̀m	child of someone
8	ɓátà	faeces
9	ɓáá	kill
10	èɓè	carve (vb)
11	bìè	ask
12	táátó	three
13	ìtá	take
14	kàrì	curse
15	ìrì	thread
16	fàà	say
17	fɛ́rɛ́fɛ́rɛ́	light (not heavy)
18	èbèrè	dog
19	ɛ̀wɛ̀rɛ̀	children
20	òfòrò	blow with mouth
21	ɔ́sɔ́rɔ́	navel
22	válà	sail (from Portuguese)
23	èvè	throw
24	ídʒá	cooking pot
25	ìdʒè	death
26	álàghà	madness
27	lɛ̀lɛ̀	to sell
28	lòm	palm fruit
29	nṍm	person
30	àlìlá	plate
31	jáà	thing
32	jɛ̀ɛ̀	bird
33	ɔ́jɔ́	eye
34	bã́j̃ã́	catarrh
35	ĩ̀j̃ĩ̀j̃ã̀	horse
36	wá	we
37	àwò	young person, child
38	ɛ̀wɛ̀rɛ̀	children
39	ɛ́w̃ɛ̃́	steal
40	ìbì	sleep
41	èbè	pig
42	ìbà	it is done (of food)
43	òbò	back
44	ìdò	farm
45	ìtɔ̀	stomach
46	óbú	door
47	èbèrè	dog
48	ɛ̀wɛ̀rɛ̀	children
49	òfòrò	blow with mouth
50	ɔ́sɔ́rɔ́	navel
51	sĩ̀ĩ̀	sink
52	sã̀ã̀	urine
53	sũ̀ũ̀	stretch
54	óɓṍṍ	four hundred
55	bṹṹ	flowing tide
56		round
57	ónúmá	bush
58	ònúmá	get out
59	ònùmà	beat (drum)
60	ɛ́wɛ̀rɛ̀	spirit
61	ɛ̀wɛ̀rɛ̀	children
62	òkùnà	fowl
63	ókúná	compound
64	ì kɔ̀ bòma	I am Boma
65	í kɔ́ bòma	You are Boma
66	ìrì òkùnà	my fowl
67	írí ókùnà	your fowl
68	bòmá bùɔ̀mà dɛ́ímíní	The chiefs that called Boma
69	bòmá bùɔ̀mà dɛ́ímíní	The chiefs that Boma called