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Word list name:Shu Pamen (Bamun) 
Location of idiolect:West Province, most of Noun Division, Foumbanarea; extreme north Mifi Division; extreme southeastBamboutos Division 
Country:Cameroon 
ISO 639-3 code:bax (more info at ethnologue.com) 
Standard list used
for elicitation:
Benue-Congo Comparative Word List 
Words:77 
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 Shu Pamen, the Ethnologue language name is Bamun, and the Ethnologue alternate language name is Shupamem. 
 Bamun [bax] - Shu Pamen (Bamun)
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ID
Gloss Phonetic Word
Category
Pl Phonetic
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1001ANIMALmə̂-’ɲám  
2003ARMPITɣápʃə́  
3004ARROWkjɛ́t  
4005ASHESvý  
5006ASK (A QUESTION)píʃə́  
6007BAD (BE), TOpý  
7008BEANŋ-kún  
8010BELLYvóm  
9011BITEnʊ́m *[nmm]V 
10012BUFFALOɲɛ́t  
11014CALABASH(mə́-) ‘kà’  
12015CARVEkuɔ́m  
13017CHILDmón; *mɔnt  
14018COME OUTtúm  
15019COOL, BE(COME) TOfiə́  
16021COUNT: DRAW A LINEta:  
17023CRABkám  
18024CROCODILEŋ́-gɛ́n (?)  
19025DANCE, TO*pin  
20026DEPTHɲʃɨ́m  

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