Word List for Khana

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