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Word list name:Meta' 
Location of idiolect:North West Province, Momo Division, east andsoutheast Mbengwi and east Batibo subdivisions;Bamenda Subdivision, Bafuchu and Nja village areas 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:mgo (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:85 
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: 
 Meta' [mgo] - Meta'
#BNC
ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMAL-ɲám té-
2003ARMPIT-tònɛ̀ɣá -tònɛ̀ɣá
3005ASHESbˋúrú  
4006ASK (A QUESTION)bírí (!)  
5007BAD (BE), TOb̥ə́  
6008BEAN-- o-kón
7010BELLYfú-bùm  
8011BITEnúmV 
9013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)və̀ə̀ (!)  
10014CALABASH-tɛ́m bə́-
11015CARVEtéké (!)  
12017CHILDwán bɔ́n
13018COME OUTʤùsìk  
14020CORPSEà-və́ɣə̀  
15021COUNT: DRAW A LINEtáŋgé (!) síɛ́ (!)  
16023CRAB-kámə̃́ mə̀-
17025DANCE, TObín (!)  
18027DIE: DEATH-kwə́  
19028DIVIDE, SHARE OUT, TOɣàbə́ (!)  
20030BECOME DRY, TOzóm  

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