Select Languages

Output Format

Search for:
 Loading ethnologue tree. Please wait...

Select Columns & Reorder Help?

Output Format: All words
▼ Show Query Controls ▼
Word list name:Fyem (Fyam) 
Location of idiolect:Plateau state, Jos, Barkin Ladi, and Mangu LGAs 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:pym (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:63 
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:The researcher labeled this language as Fyem, the Ethnologue language name is Fyam, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Fyem. 
 Fyam [pym] - Fyem (Fyam)
#BNC
ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
  Page of 4   63 rowsShow
1001ANIMALnjét ʃə̀ra ʃà-njèt ʃə́rá
2003ARMPIThə-háp a-
3005ASHESfùt  
4010BELLYʃílá ʃílá
5012BUFFALOjàt  
6016CHARCOALa̍-hállá  
7017CHILD-wun ʃà-
8022COW/CATTLErə̀ndoŋ rə́ndóŋ
9031EARhu-tóŋ a̍-
10034ELEPHANTja̍l jí-jàl
11041FIREWOODkkón lá (lá = fire)  
12050HEADʧí bàʧì ʧí
13051HEARTrìa rə́rrià
14055LEG, FOOTɗu-fòòr a̍-
15056LEOPARD (‘PANTHER’)k5we kú-k5wè
16060MEATɗù-ʃut à-
17063NAMEdə̀sa̍  
18064NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURSba̍-túk  
19066PERSON*ɲet  
20067PIG (DOMESTIC, WILD)*a-lade  

Link to results / Download text / Download Excel