A Vai or Yey Vocabulary. 



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Art. VII. — A Vai or Vey Vocabulary ; by the Same. 



The following list of Vai words and phrases k taken from the 

 mouth of John Ferry, who is mentioned in the preceding article, 

 and who lived about one year in the Vai country. 



One 



Two 



Three 



Four 



Five 



Six 



Seven 



Eight 



Nine 



Ten 



Twenty 



Thirty 



Forty 



One hundred 



Head 



Mouth 



Hand 



Foot 



Sun 



Moon 



Leaf 



Fire 



Water 



God 



Man 



Woman 



Child 



Little child 



Father 



Mother 



King 



Slave 



Pain 



Name 



People 



House 



Village 



Town 



Country 



Morning 



Night 



Green wood 



Dry wood 



don-do 



fil-la 



sa-kwa 



na-ni 



s6-Iu 



sun-don-do 



sun-fil-la 



sun-sa-kwa 



sun-na-ni 



tan 



fil-la-ban-di 



sa-kwa-ban-di 



na-ni-ban-di 



hun-dred don-do 



ku-gne 



da 



bu-lu 



king 



te-Ie 



ka-lu-i 



dzham-ba 



ta 



dzhi 



ga-lum-ba 



kai 



mu-shu 



di-gne 



ding-di-gne 



fa 



ba 



man-dzha 



dzhong 



dftng 



to 



moi-nu 



ki-gne 



wa-e-law 



zan-dzha 



bul-le-lu 



za-ma 



dzhe-lu-ma 



kong-e 



