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Word list name:Mbembe Adun (Mbembe, Cross River) 
Location of idiolect:Cross River state, Obubra and Ikom LGAs; Anambra state, Abakaliki LGA 
Country:Nigeria 
ISO 639-3 code:mfn (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:102 
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 Mbembe Adun, the Ethnologue language name is Mbembe, Cross River, and the Ethnologue dialect name is Adun 
 Mbembe, Cross River [mfn] - Mbembe Adun (Mbembe, Cross River)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALè-tèn ǹ-
2003ARMPITŋ̀-kpám:â ò-
3005ASHESì-ttìttɔ̂:ŋ à-
4006ASK (A QUESTION)bɔ́β  
5007BAD (BE), TOpjíβ  
6008BEANŋgərigərɛ  
7010BELLYɛ̀-βɔ́:r m̀-
8011BITEgà:kɛ; è-dím (n.)V 
9012BUFFALOɛ̀-βà:m m̀-
10013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)tíma  
11014CALABASHì-dìmá ò-
12015CARVEgwá  
13017CHILDŋ̀-wà ìvà
14018COME OUTjìn  
15019COOL, BE(COME) TOdírɛ  
16021COUNT: DRAW A LINEβìk, tá:rɛ  
17023CRABò-k8á à-
18024CROCODILEì-ʤèβ ò-
19025DANCE, TOtúβ  
20026DEPTHà-dòŋádá (-dòŋ- verb)  

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