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Word list name:Bokyi of Erwe (Bokyi) 
Location of idiolect:Cross River state, Ikom, Obudu, and Ogoja LGAs 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:bky (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:59 
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 Bokyi of Erwe, the Ethnologue language name is Bokyi, the Ethnologue dialect name is Irruan, and the Ethnologue alternate dialect name is Eerwee. 
 Bokyi [bky] - Bokyi of Erwe (Bokyi)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALò-ɲìn-ʧá/bò- ò-tjɛ́/bò-
2060MEATè-ɲà  
3061MOULD TOmə̀  
4062MOUNT, TOlˋwé  
5063NAMElə̀-dzôn à-
6064NIGHT: DAY OF 24 HOURSù-ʧí, lə̀-tsə́ bò-ɛ̀-
7065FAN PALM (BORASSUS AETHIOPUM)ù-jɛ^,kə̀-kúká bò-;bə̀-
8065.1OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS)ù-jɛ^,kə̀-kúká bò-;bə̀-
9066PERSONò-nì bò-
10067PIG (DOMESTIC, WILD)ɛ́-kû; è-kə̀lə́  
11068PRESS, SQUEEZE OUT, MILKŋwɛ̀  
12069QUARRELŋwɛ̀ ù-ŋwěV, Nɛ̀-; ù-bùbù
13070RAPHIA PALMǹ-ʧǔ bɛ̀n-
14071REFUSE, RETAIN, TOɲɲòm  
15072RESEMBLE, BE EQUAL TObə́  
16073ROAD: PATHkě-fá bě-
17074ROAST ON COALS, TOfwɛ́  
18075ROT, TOfwə̀  
19076RUBBISH-HEAPkě-kwó bě-
20077SEND: WORKʧó bǎŋm-kpóbó  

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