Newànàà
Hello/Greetings
Juda̍sèh mua wâ dôdô na̍, ɔ nyli‑o̍ Jòso bò, ɔ nane̍, “Tɔnêyɔ, newànàà!” Wɛ̀ɛ̀ ɔ klì ɔ, ɔ gblelê ɔ.
Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.
Tɔnêyɔ
Teacher, Mentor, Guide
Cɛ̍nyɔ se ti jipoɛ bɛle̍ bɔ ye̍‑o̍ ɔ‑a̍ tɔnêyɔ siè. Ɔ a̍ ta mâ‑le̍ cɛncɛ̍ɛ̍n dɛ na̍‑a̍ mùɛ̍ wɔ̀, ne̍e̍ ɔ tajì ɔ‑a̍ tɔnêyɔ na̍‑a̍ ti jipoɛ tentɛnê e̍.
The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.
Ne̍e̍
Also
Katèh ɔ ye nyɔ pên nya sâ, ne̍e̍ ɔ po ɛ dɛ wɔn,
ɔ ye nyɔ wɔ̀teh cɔ̍, ne̍e̍ ɔ‑a̍ son nè ɛ̂ pea̍n ɔ ne.
For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
Wlu
Speak
Nylɔ̍ na̍ nane̍, “Klɔbâ, nyefùɛ̀, n̍ a batê mû be̍ wlu dɛ tê de.”
Then the woman said, “Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.”
“Speak,” he replied.
Jla̍
want
“Dɛ bɛ nè n̂ a jla̍ be̍ nu wâ ko̍ mû bò?”
Ɔ nane̍, “Nyefùɛ̀, n̍ a jla̍ be̍ je̍ ti de.”
“What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
Kpantù
body
Dɛ jɛ ne̍ ˆpoa‑le̍ wlò na̍, kà ne̍ Nyesoa‑a̍ wlôh a jla̍a, kla̍ nè ɛ‑a̍ kpantù a ne. Dɛ jɛ wɛ̀ ne̍ ɛ̂ a mea, kpantù ne̍ ɛ̂ blɛlêa‑o̍ ko̍ ɛ bò, ɛmɛ nè ɛ a kɔn.
But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.