BNC ID Gloss Phonetic Word Category Pl Phonetic 001 ANIMAL nam 003 ARMPIT *a-ŋaiam 004 ARROW xiɛt 005 ASHES *ŋ-toŋ 006 ASK (A QUESTION) *lijib 007 BAD (BE), TO *katuk 008 BEAN *tswà tswá (?) 009 BEG (ASK FOR S.T.) nāi 010 BELLY kǎ-fa:; tsuo 011 BITE *mab V 012 BUFFALO zat 013 BUILD, TO (CF. SEW) nɔk (?) 014 CALABASH *ham hám 015 CARVE ʃab 016 CHARCOAL *ʧa:n; *win 017 CHILD baŋgwɔn; gwɔnuŋ 018 COME OUT gwut (?) 019 COOL, BE(COME) TO *fak ʃi-ʃjim 020 CORPSE *-kwom ŋ- 021 COUNT: DRAW A LINE *faŋ, *hwak laŋ 022 COW/CATTLE njak 023 CRAB *a-gaga aja- 024 CROCODILE *tsàŋ tsáŋ 025 DANCE, TO *s’wóŋ, *s’wòŋ 026 DEPTH **suwap 027 DIE: DEATH fwu, xwu ?, *a-hwu 028 DIVIDE, SHARE OUT, TO *kau 029 DRAW (WATER), TO *bwo 030 BECOME DRY, TO *hwat 031 EAR ɸuɸwo ɸuɸwo 032 EAT, TO ja (?) 033 EGG e-ʧi ʧi 034 ELEPHANT ʒwɔm 035 EXTINGUISHED, BE TO *njib 036 EYE ɛ-li lɪ- 037 FALL, TO *ʃod 038 FAT, OIL, GREASE kitse (H.), xiau 039 FEAR *a-wun 040 FEMALE a-nab 041 FIREWOOD *nkwan-wai 042 FOREST (BUSH) *swob 043 CHICKEN/FOWL miuan ~ juan 044 FRY, TO BAKE IN ASHES, TO *kaʔat, *gub 045 GIVE, TO *nwak 046 GO, WALK, TO nat(?), ʧoŋ 047 GRASSHOPPER *a-gàu a-gáu 049 GUINEA-FOWL ʤián 050 HEAD ɛ-pio 051 HEART lio 052 HEAVY *kpeb 053 HOE: CULTIVATE ka:b 054 KILL, TO *hjat 055 LEG, FOOT ta:k 056 LEOPARD (‘PANTHER’) tjɔ 057 LIE DOWN, STRETCH ONESELF, SLEEP, TO *mio, naiab 058 LICK, TO tug 060 MEAT -nám ə̀kà- 061 MOULD TO kíjáj 062 MOUNT, TO ŋéák 063 NAME ə-lýɔ́t lý-lɥɔ́t 064 NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURS ə̀tíé-túk, *a ta-man ə̀tìè-tùk 065 FAN PALM (BORASSUS AETHIOPUM) *tswan,t̥t̥ʃ̥ə̀t̥t̥ʃə́t 066 PERSON ə̀tì-bì ì ə́né-biʃì 067 PIG (DOMESTIC, WILD) ə-lɛ́de, zà ə́jáà-lɛ̀de, zá 068 PRESS, SQUEEZE OUT, MILK ʃ’wi njak 069 QUARREL *fwon, *zwog V, N 070 RAPHIA PALM xùɔ̀xúɔ́ 071 REFUSE, RETAIN, TO *lag, *baŋ 072 RESEMBLE, BE EQUAL TO táj 073 ROAD: PATH vák m̀-vàk 074 ROAST ON COALS, TO ʃɥàj 076 RUBBISH-HEAP *a-toŋ ka- 077 SEND: WORK tám *-tam, n- 078 TRAP, TO SET A tjɪ́rə́m 079 SEW, TO *tjwai 080 SHINE, BE LIGHT, BE WHITE TO sáj, *sai 081 SING *bwam 082 SKIN, HIDE, BARK -kwá kú- 083 SMELL (OF): SMELL (TR.) *njwi 084 SNAKE d̥ʒòák d̥ʒóák 085 SONG *a̍bwam b’- 086 SPEAK, TO líját 087 TO SPIT tá tàmpjɔ̀ 089 STICKY, TO BE ɲáp 090 STONE, ROCK ə̀-fáŋ m̀-fàŋ 091 TAKE OUT OF: EMPTY bwɔ̀ 092 THING *-kjaŋ n- 093 TONGUE, LANGUAGE à-ljám, *al’jam; nwab lí- 094 TOOTH ə-nɥúŋ əný- 095 TORTOISE kù-vák kú-vàk 096 TREE ə́-kwán ə̀kə̀-kwàn 097 TWIN ə-hjááj ə̀kə̀-hjààj 098 WANT (DESIRE): LACK SEEK ʧàt 099 WAR ʤʤòáŋ 100 WATER soxwɔt 101 WING ə-féáp ə̀kə̀-fèàp 102 WOMAN, WIFE *abi-juk an-jur; *ɛ-ʃi 103 ONE nɥûŋ 104 TWO fɛ́áŋ 106 FOUR nááj 107 FIVE fwɔ́n 108 SIX ə-táà 109 SEVEN ə̀-nà-tát 110 EIGHT ə̀-nà-nàj 111 NINE ə̀kùbú-nɥúŋ 112 TEN ṣák ṣàŋ 113 FIFTEEN sák-má-fwɔ́n 114 TWENTY gaŋ-fèàŋ 115 HUNDRED ʧí 116 FOUR HUNDRED ʧì ɲááj 117 THOUSAND *ʧji-kwob