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Kabɩyɛ · Togo

Staples and drinks

Name familiar ingredients from the source cards.

Activities are teaching adaptations. Source transcriptions remain pending expert review; each card states its source and status.

Make two groups: ingredients and drinks. Point to one item, recall its source form, then reveal the meaning to check.

Source reference · awaiting expert review

hɛɛ

EN yam

FR igname

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

yam

Transcription and translation notes

The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 42 · printed p. 38

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Source reference · awaiting expert review

mʋlʋm

EN flour

FR farine

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

flour

Transcription and translation notes

The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.

The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.

Original extracted text

mυlυm

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 42 · printed p. 38

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Source reference · awaiting expert review

samɩla mʋlʋm

EN flour of maize

FR farine de maïs

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

flour of maize

Transcription and translation notes

The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.

The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.

Original extracted text

samɩla mυlυm

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 42 · printed p. 38

Read the original document page ↗

Source reference · awaiting expert review

mɩla mʋlʋm

EN flour of millet

FR farine de mil

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

flour of millet

Transcription and translation notes

The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.

The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.

Original extracted text

mɩla mυlυm

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 42 · printed p. 38

Read the original document page ↗

Source reference · awaiting expert review

sóna

EN beans; boiled beans

FR haricots ; haricots bouillis

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

beans; boiled beans

Transcription and translation notes

The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 42 · printed p. 38

Read the original document page ↗

Source reference · awaiting expert review

mbɔm

EN cassava

FR manioc

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

cassava

Transcription and translation notes

The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 42 · printed p. 38

Read the original document page ↗

Source reference · awaiting expert review

mɔʋ

EN rice

FR riz

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

rice

Transcription and translation notes

The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.

The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.

Original extracted text

mɔυ

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 42 · printed p. 38

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Source reference · awaiting expert review

sʋlʋm

EN drink

FR boisson

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

drink

Transcription and translation notes

The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.

The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.

Original extracted text

sυlυm

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 42 · printed p. 38

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Source reference · awaiting expert review

lɩm

EN water

FR eau

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

The liquid people drink and use for washing and cooking.

Transcription and translation notes

The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 42 · printed p. 38

Read the original document page ↗