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Word list name:Bamessing (Kenswei Nsei) 
Location of idiolect:North West Province, Ngo Ketunjia Division, NdopSubdivision, west of Ndop on Ndop Plain,Bamessing village area 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:ndb (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:105 
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 Bamessing, the Ethnologue language name is Kenswei Nsei, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Bamessing. 
 Kenswei Nsei [ndb] - Bamessing (Kenswei Nsei)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMAL-ɲí -ɲí
2003ARMPIT-tə̀ŋə̀+ɲí  
3004ARROWfì-n-ʧý’ə́ mə̀-n-
4005ASHESkə̀-búə́ ‘ʧə́  
5006ASK (A QUESTION)mə̀-bí’í  
6007BAD (BE), TOkə̀nó+bɯ́x  
7008BEAN-kúŋ -kúŋ
8010BELLY-bùŋˋ  
9011BITEmə̀-lɔ́ŋV 
10013BUILD, TO (CF. SEW)mə̀-fìè  
11014CALABASHkə̀-tə́ŋ̀; kə̀-bà  
12015CARVEmə̀-kɔ́ŋˋ  
13016CHARCOALbə̀-kə́-’wí  
14017CHILDwáŋ búŋ
15019COOL, BE(COME) TOmə̀-zə̀ŋ  
16020CORPSEjɛ́’-kxó  
17021COUNT: DRAW A LINEsɛ́-tə́  
18022COW/CATTLEfè-ŋ-kɔ́ʔ ~ ɲì-fə̀-ŋ-kɔ́ʔ; m̀-bɔŋ  
19023CRAB-kə́ŋ  
20025DANCE, TOmə̀-bɪ́ŋ (inf.), kə̀-bɪ́’ ŋ́ bə̀-

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