BNC ID Gloss Phonetic Word Category Pl Phonetic 001 ANIMAL ɲ̀-ɲàm bɔ̀- 003 ARMPIT ɔ̀-wáb bà- 005 ASHES ǹ-dɔ̂i 006 ASK (A QUESTION) béb 008 BEAN *ḿkpâmkpà; bɔ́rɔ́bí; àgèré 010 BELLY bɔ̀-là bà- 011 BITE lóm V 012 BUFFALO m̀-póŋ bò- 013 BUILD, TO (CF. SEW) tə́b 014 CALABASH ò-tín bà- 015 CARVE sěm 017 CHILD ǹ-mɔ̌n ǹ-bɔ̌n 018 COME OUT tǐb 019 COOL, BE(COME) TO è-lùg; *é-kùn 021 COUNT: DRAW A LINE fǎi 023 CRAB ɛ̀-kái bɛ̀ 024 CROCODILE *m̀-gbɛ̀ à-lə́b 025 DANCE, TO bɨ́n 026 DEPTH *é-lòb 027 DIE: DEATH kuɔ́ 028 DIVIDE, SHARE OUT, TO kéní 030 BECOME DRY, TO wóm 031 EAR ò-rôi bà- 032 EAT, TO lí 033 EGG é-kě bá- 034 ELEPHANT ɲ̀-sɔ̀g bɔ̀- 035 EXTINGUISHED, BE TO lɨ́mí 036 EYE è-líd m̀-mɨ́d 037 FALL, TO tǔn; ʧɔ́ 038 FAT, OIL, GREASE bà-nɔ̀i, bà-kú 039 FEAR *bʊ̀-tík 040 FEMALE *mì-kánì 041 FIREWOOD bò-kól ŋ̀- 042 FOREST (BUSH) è-kókói 043 CHICKEN/FOWL ŋ̀-kɔ̌g bɔ̀- 044 FRY, TO BAKE IN ASHES, TO kání 045 GIVE, TO *ké 046 GO, WALK, TO *ʧǒk; kěn 047 GRASSHOPPER *ŋ́-kwɔ̀kwɔ̂k 048 GROW, BECOME STRONG, TO *kòi 049 GUINEA-FOWL *é-ʤîŋ 050 HEAD è-rí bè- 051 HEART ǹ-tèd bò- 052 HEAVY é-lòb 053 HOE: CULTIVATE kuǎŋ 054 KILL, TO wói 055 LEG, FOOT ò-kǒ bà- 056 LEOPARD (‘PANTHER’) ŋ̀-kɔ̀i bɔ̀- 057 LIE DOWN, STRETCH ONESELF, SLEEP, TO nìmí lái 058 LICK, TO *níní 060 MEAT ɲ̀-ɲàm 061 MOULD TO mɔ̌ŋ 062 MOUNT, TO kóm 063 NAME m̀-pí bò- 064 NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURS bò-rú, bò-rú ǹ-[d] 065 FAN PALM (BORASSUS AETHIOPUM) bɔ̀-bɔ́ m̀- 065.1 OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS) bɔ̀-bɔ́ m̀- 066 PERSON mì-nɛ̀ bà- 067 PIG (DOMESTIC, WILD) à-kûg, ŋ̀-kòjôg bà-, bò- 068 PRESS, SQUEEZE OUT, MILK kám; kěb 071 REFUSE, RETAIN, TO kéb 072 RESEMBLE, BE EQUAL TO bédí 073 ROAD: PATH ŋ̀ném èbùbùle 074 ROAST ON COALS, TO *wɔ̀ɔ́ 075 ROT, TO fɔ̌i 077 SEND: WORK fóŋ è-róm bè- 079 SEW, TO ʤɪɑm 080 SHINE, BE LIGHT, BE WHITE TO bád 081 SING kɔ́n 082 SKIN, HIDE, BARK ŋ̀-kòb, ɛ̀-kpáɣá bɛ̀- 083 SMELL (OF): SMELL (TR.) wúní 084 SNAKE ɲ̀-ɲɔ́ bɔ̀- 086 SPEAK, TO ʧɔ̌d 087 TO SPIT púm 088 SPREAD IN SUN TO DRY, TO bán 090 STONE, ROCK *ǹdíndáá 091 TAKE OUT OF: EMPTY lɔ̌b 092 THING ɲ̀-ɲúm ŋ̀-góm 093 TONGUE, LANGUAGE è-lébì bè- 094 TOOTH è-líŋ m̀-mɪ́ŋ 095 TORTOISE ŋ̀-kuí bò- 096 TREE è-réré mìn-[d] 097 TWIN *bà-féŋ 098 WANT (DESIRE): LACK SEEK *kɛ́i 099 WAR bɛ̀-rá 100 WATER màmài ~ m̀-mài 101 WING ɛ̀-pàbì bɛ̀- 102 WOMAN, WIFE mìŋ-kánì, mìŋ-kái bà-, bà- 103 ONE jíd 104 TWO bɛ́-fái 106 FOUR bɛ́-nɛ̂ 107 FIVE bɛ́-rɔ̂n 108 SIX *bɛ̀rábàrá 109 SEVEN *bɛ̀nɛ́bɛ̀rá 110 EIGHT *bɛ̀nɛ́bɛ̀nɛ́ 111 NINE *bɛ̀rɔ̂nbɛ̀né 112 TEN ɔ́-fɔ́ 113 FIFTEEN è-kó 114 TWENTY ɛ̀-rɪ́m bɛ̀- ~ɛ̀- 115 HUNDRED *bɛ̀-rə̀m bɛ̀-rɔ̀n 115.1 TWO HUNDRED ɛ́-gɔ̀d bɛ́- 116 FOUR HUNDRED *bɛ́-gɔ̌r bɛ-fái 117 THOUSAND bɛ́-gɔ̌r bɛ́-rɔ̂n