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Word list name:Efik 
Location of idiolect:Cross River state, Calabar Municipality, Odukpaniand Akamkpa LGAs; Akwa Ibom state, Itu town 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:efi (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:109 
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: 
 Efik [efi] - Efik
#BNC
ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALúnàm  
2003ARMPITʔń-kpà-fà-fàkà/ [ŋḿkpàfàfàğà]
3005ASHES[ńˋtɔ́ŋ] ń-tɔ́ŋ
4006ASK (A QUESTION)[bɨ́pˉ] ~ [bupˉ] /bíb/
5007BAD (BE), TOi-djɔ́k [idíɔ́kˉ]  
6008BEANɔ̀-kɔ́-tì [ɔ̀kɔ́tì]  
7009BEG (ASK FOR S.T.)/bɛ́ŋɛ́/ [bɛ́ŋɛ́]  
8010BELLYì-díbí à-kpà
9011BITEdómV 
10012BUFFALOénàŋ íkɔ̀tˉ  
11013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)bɔ́pˉ  
12014CALABASHìkó  
13015CARVEdɔ̀kˉ  
14016CHARCOAL[úkáŋ] cf. /í-káŋ/ fire  
15017CHILD[éjɛ́n] ǹdìtɔ̀
16018COME OUTwɔ̀ɾɔ́  
17019COOL, BE(COME) TObìt ˉ  
18020CORPSEókpó  
19021COUNT: DRAW A LINEbàd [wɛ̀t ˉ ]/wɛ̀d/
20022COW/CATTLEénàŋ éfì, énàŋ ékùŋ  

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