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Nouns

Gloss Singular Plural OAD KC MF Session Sound1 Sound 2 notes
dog obox habox OAD_001
cat mu:s mu:s OAD_001
bird ndi:t ti:t OAD_001
pig ru:hl athu:l OAD_001
insect jejet jejet OAD_001
spider apohulech apoholac OAD_001
ant ni:nax ni:nax OAD_001
butterfly ofid hapid OAD_001
fruit obi: obi: OAD_001
person MF_002
man MF_002
fire 'fidɛl JM_004
tree 'ndaχar 'taχar JM_004
town, village 'satɪ 'satɪkɛ, 'ʧ’atɪkɛ JM_004 ɪ~ɛ~e
city 'satɪ fa'ma:k 'satɪ 'ma:kɛ JM_004
beard o'ratam 'χata,tam JM_004
light lɛ:r JM_004
fence a'ɗiŋk a'ɗiŋk JM_004 presence/voicing of final stop?
tongue, language 'ɗelem a'ɗelem JM_004 implosive?
name gʊn a'kʊn JM_004 ʊ~o
sap go:n JM_004
drum famb a'pamb JM_004 a~ʌ
song a'kjim a'kjim JM_004 how do you make superscripts? (j)
salt o'ɉɪm ha'cɛm JM_004 voicing of palatal stop in pl? ɪ~ɛ

Numerals

Gloss form OAD KC MF Session Sound1 Sound 2
one lɛŋkʰ, lɛŋx --- MF_002 Media:One_01.wav Media:One_02.wav
two ƭikʰ, ɗikʰ --- MF_002 Media:Two_02.wav Media:Two_03.wav
three ˈtadikʰ --- MF_002 Media:Three_07.wav
four ˈnaɦikʰ, ˈnaɦeɪkʰ --- MF_002 Media:Four_01.wav Media:Four_04.wav
five ˈƥɛtʰikʰ, ˈɓɛtʰikʰ --- MF_002 Media:Five_02.wav Media:Five_05.wav
six ɓɛˈtʰu ˈfɔ lɛŋ --- MF_002 Media:Six_03.wav
seven ɓɛˈtʰu ˈʔɗikʰ --- MF_002 Media:Seven_01.wav
eight ɓɛˈtʰu ˈtadikʰ --- MF_002 Media:Eight_03.wav
nine ɓɛˈtʰu ˈnaɦekʰ --- MF_002 Media:Nine_02.wav
ten ˈhaɾˈɓɐɦaj, ˈhaɾɓɦaj --- MF_002 Media:Ten_02.wav Media:Ten_07.wav

Miscellany

Gloss form OAD KC MF Session Sound1 Sound 2
greeting MF_002
greeting (contracted) MF_002
thank you MF_002
response to thanks MF_002
response to greeting MF_002