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Word list name:Ake 
Location of idiolect:Nassarawa state, Lafia LGA. 3 villages 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:aik (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:52 
Audio files:0 wav, 0 mp3 
Copyright:Kay Williamson 
Date elicited:Published 1971 (see Elsewhere published) 
Contributing researcher: 
Acknowledgements:Thanks to Roger Blench who submitted this data to ComparaLex 
Elsewhere published:The Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist was originally published in Ibadan in two volumes edited by Kay Williamson and Kiyoshi Shimizu (Williamson and Shimizu 1968; Williamson 1973; see also Williamson 1971) 
Comments: 
 Ake [aik] - Ake
#BNC
ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALi-ro o-belewa
2013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)-me  
3060MEATa-mwi-ja  
4061MOULD TOamaki-mekwi  
5062MOUNT, TOtando  
6063NAMEri-ji- -mwa
7064NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURSu-tu  
8065FAN PALM (BORASSUS AETHIOPUM)maɲe-jiba (n.c.)  
9065.1OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS)maɲe-jiba  
10066PERSONmembi  
11067PIG (DOMESTIC, WILD)a-lade  
12068PRESS, SQUEEZE OUT, MILKbalaʃi, bija a-mbe balaʃi (ambe = nipples’)  
13069QUARRELalazagadam (H.?)V, N 
14071REFUSE, RETAIN, TOgwo (bi)  
15072RESEMBLE, BE EQUAL TOawoma, ami-maʔmbe  
16073ROAD: PATHo-kje- -gigi
17074ROAST ON COALS, TOijuwa  
18076RUBBISH-HEAPa-ngbarike  
19077SEND: WORKsuwanzo zenzo
20078TRAP, TO SET Agja-gja (tarko) n. = H.)  

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