| Words | Kouega [19] [20] | Ozon, Ayafor, Green, and Fitzgerald [18] |
| bear risk | (not attested) | bear risk |
| bridge | brich | breich |
| day | de | dei |
| dig | dik | dig |
| ever, never | no bi | noebi |
| for | fo | foe |
| go | go | goe |
| have not ever seen | no bi (don eva si) | noebi (don eva si) |
| he | yi | i |
| hold | hol | hole |
| is (to be) | de | deiy |
| it | yi | i |
| keep it | kip-am | kipam |
| know | no | nou |
| mouth | mop, maut | mob |
| never | noba, neba, neva | nova |
| new | niu | nyu |
| not | no | noe |
| pay | pe | pei |
| plank | plan, plank | plang |
| so | so | soe |
| swear | swe | swel |
| that | se, sei | sei |
| they | de | dey |
| thing | tin | ting |
| village | vilech, vilej | vileich |
| what | we | wei |
| you (plural) | wona, wuna | wuna |