BNC ID Gloss Phonetic Word Category Pl Phonetic 001 ANIMAL ɲ̀-ɲàm ù- 003 ARMPIT ù-gbâb à- 005 ASHES à-tɔ̂ŋ 006 ASK (A QUESTION) bîb 007 BAD (BE), TO *ìbê’bê 008 BEAN àròbí 009 BEG (ASK FOR S.T.) *lɛ̂m; *gɔ̀rî 010 BELLY à-là 011 BITE lôm V 012 BUFFALO ɱ̀-fóŋ ù- 014 CALABASH ǹ-tòg, *m̀-kpɛ̀ ù-; ù- 015 CARVE *rīì 016 CHARCOAL *ǹ-ʃə́ránʃí 017 CHILD m̀-mɔ̌n à-bɔ̌n 018 COME OUT ʤôg 019 COOL, BE(COME) TO à-lùg; *bɛ̀m 020 CORPSE *ŋ̀-kúnɛ̀ 021 COUNT: DRAW A LINE fàlî, *tɨ́l 023 CRAB í-shɨ́kàl á- 025 DANCE, TO bîn, *ì- bîn à- 026 DEPTH *àdòljɛ̂ 027 DIE: DEATH kpɔ̂, *ì-kû 028 DIVIDE, SHARE OUT, TO bàgî 029 DRAW (WATER), TO *trá, *tóg 030 BECOME DRY, TO jôm 031 EAR ù-tôŋ à- 032 EAT, TO lî 033 EGG í-ʤǐ á- 034 ELEPHANT ɲ̀-ʤɔ̀g ù- 035 EXTINGUISHED, BE TO nîm 036 EYE ì-mîr à- 037 FALL, TO gbɔ̀ɔ̂ 038 FAT, OIL, GREASE à-fɔ̂m, à-kúr 039 FEAR *ù-bɔ̀l 040 FEMALE *ǹnɛ̀ŋ-kál àbà- 041 FIREWOOD ì-kón ŋ̀- 042 FOREST (BUSH) *ì-mɛ̂r à-; ì-kól 043 CHICKEN/FOWL ŋ̀-kɔ̌g ~ -kɔ̀gí ù- 044 FRY, TO BAKE IN ASHES, TO kâŋ 045 GIVE, TO *kâr, *bàgî 046 GO, WALK, TO *ʃɔ̀ŋ, ʤɛ̀nî 047 GRASSHOPPER *ígbɔ́ á- 048 GROW, BECOME STRONG, TO *gǎà (!) 050 HEAD ì-ʃî à- 051 HEART ì-tém ǹ- 052 HEAVY *íkí’ílóp 053 HOE: CULTIVATE kpâŋ, tâ 054 KILL, TO jôl 055 LEG, FOOT ì-kpàd à- 056 LEOPARD (‘PANTHER’) ŋm̀-gbɛ̀ à- 057 LIE DOWN, STRETCH ONESELF, SLEEP, TO nɔ̀ŋî lâl 058 LICK, TO *lə̂p 060 MEAT ɲ̀-ɲàm 061 MOULD TO mɔ̀ŋî 062 MOUNT, TO jû 063 NAME m̀-bèŋ à- 064 NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURS à-tú, ù-fôfò a - 065 FAN PALM (BORASSUS AETHIOPUM) ù-bɪ̂r, í-kòrò-ŋ̀kó m̀-, à- 065.1 OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS) ù-bɪ̂r, í-kòrò-ŋ̀kó m̀-, à- 066 PERSON ǹ-nɛ̀ à- 067 PIG (DOMESTIC, WILD) ú-kɔ̀gbɔ́, ŋ̀-gǒm á-, ù- 068 PRESS, SQUEEZE OUT, MILK **ɲɛ̀dî, kâm 069 QUARREL *tàŋî *ń-tàŋí V, N 070 RAPHIA PALM *ǹ-dɛ̀ŋ 071 REFUSE, RETAIN, TO tɛ̂n 072 RESEMBLE, BE EQUAL TO fɔ̂ŋ, *krɛ̀dɛ̀dɛ̀ 073 ROAD: PATH *m̀-bár 074 ROAST ON COALS, TO *jɔ̌ɔ̀ 075 ROT, TO bɔ̀lî 076 RUBBISH-HEAP **ì-kún á-ŋ́-kúr à- 077 SEND: WORK *tôm í-fáŋ ɱ´- 078 TRAP, TO SET A *róg íkpàk 079 SEW, TO kôr (ʤɪ̀mî = stab) 080 SHINE, BE LIGHT, BE WHITE TO jâ **bâr 081 SING kɔ̂n 082 SKIN, HIDE, BARK ŋ̀-gòbʤì, * ŋ̀-gò (ɲàm), ì-kpág à, à-, à- 083 SMELL (OF): SMELL (TR.) **jû,jûŋ 084 SNAKE ɲ̀-ɲɔ̂ ù- 085 SONG *ì-bɛ̀m à- 086 SPEAK, TO bôŋ; **tɔ̀rî; **kâl 087 TO SPIT fɪim; **ʃɔ̂ 088 SPREAD IN SUN TO DRY, TO bân; **jàlî 089 STICKY, TO BE **lâk- 090 STONE, ROCK ** m̀-mɔ́n-’tál ** ù-tál à-bɔ́n-’tál à- 091 TAKE OUT OF: EMPTY *jègî; *tâp ʃɔ̀ŋ; **jâŋ 092 THING ì-ʤôm à- 093 TONGUE, LANGUAGE í-rěb ~ -rèbí, *ì-bɔ̀k á-, à- 094 TOOTH ì-lôl à- 095 TORTOISE ŋ̀-kúl ù- 096 TREE ì-té~ù- à- 097 TWIN *ɲ-jáfél á- 098 WANT (DESIRE): LACK SEEK ** ʃɛ̂b, ʤàŋî 099 WAR í-tá ń- 100 WATER à-lɪ́b 101 WING ì-kpòŋmkpòŋ à- 102 WOMAN, WIFE nɛ̀ŋ-kál, ŋ̀-kál àbà-, à- 103 ONE ɲ́ʤɨ́-rə́ŋ 104 TWO í-bâl 106 FOUR í-nî 107 FIVE í-rɔ̂n 108 SIX **ì-râ-rá 109 SEVEN à-ɪɨmínî 110 EIGHT **à-nɪ́g-’í-nî 111 NINE **à-rə́m ‘í-gôl 112 TEN í-gôl 113 FIFTEEN í-kôr 114 TWENTY í-tɪil à- 115 HUNDRED **à-tɪ́l á-rɔ̂n 115.1 TWO HUNDRED **à-tɪ́l í-gôl 116 FOUR HUNDRED **ú-nɔ̀á-; ú-nɔ̀ ḿ-b-r̃́ə́ŋ 117 THOUSAND á-nɔ̀ á-bâl ǹnɛ̀ à-tɪ́l í-gôl