Word List for Khana

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