BNC ID Gloss Phonetic Word Category Pl Phonetic 001 ANIMAL wà-dùm 003 ARMPIT *gɛ-vava 004 ARROW **e-kunato; 005 ASHES n-tɔtɔ́ŋ 006 ASK (A QUESTION) *ba 007 BAD (BE), TO *ɛ-lɔ 008 BEAN *n-zɛzɛni 010 BELLY lì-vɔ̀l 011 BITE dum (!) V 012 BUFFALO *ɛ-lolo 013 BUILD, TO (CF. SEW) *kpɔ 014 CALABASH *gi-vɔ 016 CHARCOAL *m-bio-kaŋ 018 COME OUT *vi 019 COOL, BE(COME) TO dzúbì 020 CORPSE *ɛ-bono 022 COW/CATTLE *ɛ-vagwanɔ 023 CRAB *gɛ-ka 024 CROCODILE *zɛ 025 DANCE, TO *tu-gɛzu 026 DEPTH *ɛ-doŋo 027 DIE: DEATH bo (!) 028 DIVIDE, SHARE OUT, TO *ʧɛ 030 BECOME DRY, TO tjákì 031 EAR *lì-tɔ 032 EAT, TO dzi (!) 033 EGG n-zíŋilì 034 ELEPHANT **ɛ-nji 036 EYE dɛ̀n 037 FALL, TO *tɔ 038 FAT, OIL, GREASE li-jàl, *a-nan 042 FOREST (BUSH) *li-takɔl 043 CHICKEN/FOWL *i-nɔn 045 GIVE, TO ní 046 GO, WALK, TO *sɛŋ, zɛ 049 GUINEA-FOWL *ɛ-tama 050 HEAD lèttól 051 HEART lɛ̀-tɛbò 052 HEAVY *ɛ-dɔ 053 HOE: CULTIVATE *gɛku 054 KILL, TO vɛ (!) 055 LEG, FOOT *gɛ-vɛ lɛ́-kpákòl 056 LEOPARD (‘PANTHER’) *ɛ-sɛ 057 LIE DOWN, STRETCH ONESELF, SLEEP, TO mìna̍, dɔgɔ̀ 060 MEAT *ɛ-tɛn ɛ-kpon 062 MOUNT, TO *bila 063 NAME lidɛ 064 NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURS gèzuŋí, *gɛzikɛlɛ 065 FAN PALM (BORASSUS AETHIOPUM) ɛ-di’ 065.1 OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS) ɛ-di’ 066 PERSON ɛ̀-nɔ̀n; ɛ̀-ta̍nɔ̀ 071 REFUSE, RETAIN, TO *vuni 073 ROAD: PATH e’-dén 074 ROAST ON COALS, TO *vami 075 ROT, TO *lɔkɔ 077 SEND: WORK *gɛ-tɔ 080 SHINE, BE LIGHT, BE WHITE TO gwénè 081 SING *vɛ 082 SKIN, HIDE, BARK ɛ̀-tɛ̀-kpa̍ŋ, lì-kpa̍+gèti 083 SMELL (OF): SMELL (TR.) *som 084 SNAKE *zɔ 086 SPEAK, TO di 090 STONE, ROCK lɛ̀-tá 092 THING *vɔm 093 TONGUE, LANGUAGE lɛ̀-da̍, *gɛdi 094 TOOTH lɔ̀-sà 095 TORTOISE mbɛkum 096 TREE ge’-tí 098 WANT (DESIRE): LACK SEEK *vɔŋ 099 WAR *lɛ-kɔl 100 WATER à-sì 101 WING *livɛi 102 WOMAN, WIFE gwànɔ 103 ONE wɔ̀ni 104 TWO à-fɔŋ 106 FOUR à-na̍ŋ 107 FIVE à-zen; *azɛǹ 108 SIX à-ze’n+a̍-wɔ̀ɔi 109 SEVEN à-ze’g+àfɔŋ 110 EIGHT à-ze’g+à-ta̍n 111 NINE à-zeg+à-na̍ŋ 112 TEN dzɔ́ 113 FIFTEEN *zì 114 TWENTY lɛ̀-zɔ 115 HUNDRED à-zɔ à-zen 115.1 TWO HUNDRED à-zɔ dzɔ́ 116 FOUR HUNDRED lèlo