Watters 1981: 460. Derived from the verbal stem -bád 'to be white' [Watters 1981: 456].
Nkem:m̀=bábár1
Sibomana 1986: 267. Reduplicated adjectival stem. Secondary synonym: postnominal kpɔ́rɔ́ŋ [Sibomana 1986: 267] (semantic difference is unclear). Transcribed as babar in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Abanyom:m=bara1
Yoder 2008: A-27. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Efutop:e=bara-bara1
Yoder 2008: A-27. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nde:m=bara1
Yoder 2008: A-27. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nselle:m=bara1
Yoder 2008: A-27. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nta:n=báːrá1
Yoder 2008: A-27. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nkum:bɨ=bara1
Yoder 2008: A-28. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nnam:m̥=báːrɛ̄1
Yoder 2008: A-28. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Ekajuk:ɛ̀=bárɛ̀1
Yoder 2008: A-28. Dialectal variants: ɛ̀=bárɛ̀ / m=bare (Ekagongo), m̀=báré-bàrè (Mfom), m=baːrʌ-baːrɛ (Esham). Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Ekparabong:
Not attested.
Balep:
Not attested.
Number:98
Word:who
Ejagham:bàg(a)-ɛ́-nɛ̂1
Watters 1981: 331-332. Literally analysed as bàg(a)- 'which?' (interrogative adjective) + nɛ̂ 'person' q.v. (with a class prefix that is different from standard nominal usage of the word). Watters remarks that the complex form "optionally simplifies to the form ɛ́-nɛ̂ 'who?' without the adjectival interrogative" [ibid.]; from a lexicostatistical point of view, this means that the item is well on its way towards lexical replacement, but has not yet completed the process - since the original complex form is still in active usage, the item should be scored based on the interrogative morpheme bàg(a)-.
Nkem:ɲínò ~ ɲínǒ2
Sibomana 1986: 288. Transcribed as ɲínɔ̀ː in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Abanyom:bà-nɛ́1
Yoder 2008: A-27. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists. A transparent compound form: the first part is the general interrogative particle bV- (see 'what?'), the second part is =nɛ 'person' q.v.
Efutop:duo3
Yoder 2008: A-27. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nde:yǝ́-nɛ̀4
Yoder 2008: A-27. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists. The second part of this compound form must be =nɛ 'person' q.v.
Nselle:yɛ-nnɛː4
Yoder 2008: A-27. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists. The second part of this compound form must be =nɛ 'person' q.v.
Nta:yı́ː-nɛ̀4
Yoder 2008: A-27. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists. The second part of this compound form must be =nɛ 'person' q.v.
Nkum:ɲónō2
Yoder 2008: A-28. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists. A suppletive plural form or a secondary synonym (not specified) is also listed in the same source as bái-bògò.
Nnam:ɲɛ̀nɛ̀wɔ́2
Yoder 2008: A-28. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Ekajuk:ɲı́nı́wɔ̀2
Yoder 2008: A-28. Dialectal variants: ɲı́nı́wɔ̀ (Ekagongo), ɲı̄nɛ́ / ɲı́nɛ́wɔ̀ (Mfom), naːwo / ɲɛ́nɛ́ (Esham). Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Ekparabong:
Not attested.
Balep:
Not attested.
Number:99
Word:woman
Ejagham:Ǹ=nɛ̀ŋ=káɛ́1
Watters 1981: 335. A compound formation from Ǹ=nɛ̀ 'person' q.v. + Ǹ=káɛ́ 'wife / female'. Transcribed as nɛ̀ŋ=káɛ, pl. ànà=káɛ in [Crabb 1965: 103].
Nkem:ǹ=nè=ǹ=kál1
Sibomana 1986: 260. A compound formation from ǹ=nè 'person' q.v. + ǹ=kál 'wife / female'. Transcribed as nɛ̀ŋ=kál, pl. àbà= in [Crabb 1965: 103]; as nɛn=kal, pl. aba=kal in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Abanyom:nɛ̀ŋ=kál1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in àbà=. Transcribed as nɛn=kal, pl. aba=kal in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Efutop:niɛ̀ŋ=kán1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in àβà=. Transcribed as n̄yɛ̄n=kán, pl. àbà=kán in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nde:màŋ=kāː1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in àbà=. Transcribed as màn=kàː, pl. abaː=kaː in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nselle:mǝ̀ŋ=kā1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in àbʌ̀=. Transcribed as mʌ̄n=káː, pl. āːbā=káː in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nta:mʌ̀ŋ=kāː1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in àbà=. Transcribed as mān=káː, pl. ābā=káː in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nkum:nɛ̀ŋ=kál1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in ànɛ̀b=. Transcribed as nɛn=kal in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Nnam:n̄lɨ̄=kāl1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in ābɨ̄=. Transcribed as nlǝ=kal in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Ekajuk:nɛ̄ŋ=kāl1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in ānʌ̄b-. Transcribed as nǝ=kal, pl. abǝ=kal (Ekagongo), nɛː=kal, pl. anʌp=kal (Mfom), nɛn=kal, pl. anʌp=kal (Esham) in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Ekparabong:mìŋ=kánì1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in bà=.
Balep:ŋ̀=kánàŋ1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in bà=.
Number:100
Word:yellow
Ejagham:ɔ̀=gɔ̀gɔ́gɔ̂g1
Crabb 1965: 104. Nominal stem ('yellow pigment' or 'yellowness'). Not attested in any of J. Watters' works.
Nkem:ù=gɔ̀ŋúgɔ̀ŋ1
Crabb 1965: 104. Nominal stem ('yellow pigment' or 'yellowness'). Not attested in any of L. Sibomana's works.
Abanyom:lɨ́=gɔ̂g1
Crabb 1965: 104. Nominal stem ('yellow pigment' or 'yellowness'). Plural form in ŋ́=.
Crabb 1965: 104. Nominal stem ('yellow pigment' or 'yellowness'). Plural form in ŋ́=.
Ekparabong:bɔ̀=kɔ̀g1
Crabb 1965: 104. Nominal stem ('yellow pigment' or 'yellowness').
Balep:bɔ̀=kɔ̀g1
Crabb 1965: 104. Nominal stem ('yellow pigment' or 'yellowness').
Number:101
Word:far
Ejagham:=ráb1
Watters 1983: 63. Same word as 'long' q.v.
Nkem:
Not attested.
Abanyom:
Not attested.
Efutop:
Not attested.
Nde:
Not attested.
Nselle:
Not attested.
Nta:
Not attested.
Nkum:
Not attested.
Nnam:
Not attested.
Ekajuk:
Not attested.
Ekparabong:
Not attested.
Balep:
Not attested.
Number:102
Word:heavy
Ejagham:
Not attested.
Nkem:lôb1
Sibomana 1986: 259. Verbal stem ('to be heavy'). The corresponding adjectival stem is the reduplicated ì=lôlôb [Sibomana 1986: 267], transcribed as lùlúp in [Yoder 2008: A-14].
Abanyom:nobàː1
Yoder 2008: A-13. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Efutop:è=lùb-lúb1
Yoder 2008: A-13. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists. Reduplicated stem.
Nde:i=nubu1
Yoder 2008: A-13. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nselle:ɛmǝ=lʉp1
Yoder 2008: A-13. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nta:nóbó1
Yoder 2008: A-13. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nkum:lupʰ1
Yoder 2008: A-14. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nnam:n̩=lóbū1
Yoder 2008: A-14. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Ekajuk:eb=lup1
Yoder 2008: A-14. Dialectal variants: eb=lup (Ekagongo), ɛ̀b=lúpú (Mfom), n=lúːpú-lūːpū (Esham). Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Ekparabong:
Not attested.
Balep:
Not attested.
Number:103
Word:near
Ejagham:=kpídì1
Watters 1981: 457. Verbal stem ('to be near'). The corresponding adverbial form is transcribed as kpíríkpírí in [Crabb 1965: 81].
Nkem:kpédí-kpédí1
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form. Not attested in any of L. Sibomana's works.
Abanyom:kpékpédé1
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form.
Efutop:báβà2
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form.
Nde:kpērē-kpērē1
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form.
Nselle:kpērē-kpērē1
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form.
Nta:kpērē-kpērē1
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form.
Nkum:kpédɨ́-kpédɛ́1
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form.
Nnam:kpédé-kpēdē1
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form.
Ekajuk:kpídí-kpīdì1
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form.
Ekparabong:kpédì-kpédì1
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form.
Balep:kpédè-kpédè1
Crabb 1965: 81. Adverbial form.
Number:104
Word:salt
Ejagham:à=kâŋ1
Watters 1981: 303. Transcribed as à=kâŋ in [Crabb 1965: 89].
Nkem:à=kâŋ1
Sibomana 1986: 264. Transcribed as à=kâŋ in [Crabb 1965: 89]; as à=káŋ in [Yoder 2008: A-20].
Abanyom:à=kâŋ1
Crabb 1965: 89. Transcribed as à=káŋ in [Yoder 2008: A-19].
Efutop:à=kǝ̂ŋ1
Crabb 1965: 89. Transcribed as à=káŋ in [Yoder 2008: A-19].
Nde:à=kʌ̂ŋ1
Crabb 1965: 89. Transcribed as à=káŋ in [Yoder 2008: A-19].
Nselle:à=kʌ̂ŋ1
Crabb 1965: 89. Transcribed as aː=kʌŋ in [Yoder 2008: A-19].
Nta:à=kʌ̂ŋ1
Crabb 1965: 89. Transcribed as aː=káŋ in [Yoder 2008: A-19].
Nkum:à=kâŋ1
Crabb 1965: 89. Transcribed as à=káŋ in [Yoder 2008: A-20].
Nnam:ā=kǝ̄āŋ1
Crabb 1965: 89. Transcribed as à=káŋ in [Yoder 2008: A-20].
Ekajuk:ā=kɛ̄āŋ1
Crabb 1965: 89. Transcribed as ā-kɛʌ̯́n (Ekagongo), ā=káːn (Mfom), a=kaʸaŋ (Esham) in [Yoder 2008: A-20].
Ekparabong:mìŋ=káŋ1
Crabb 1965: 89.
Balep:ŋ̀=káŋ1
Crabb 1965: 89.
Number:105
Word:short
Ejagham:=kím1
Watters 1981: 456. Verbal stem ('to be short').
Nkem:kɨ̀bî1
Sibomana 1986: 258, 267. Verbal stem ('to be short'); the corresponding adjective is the reduplication kɨ̀bíkɨ̀bí ~ ì=kɨ̀kɨ̀b [ibid.]. Transcribed as e=kɨp in [Yoder 2008: A-22] (existence of a separate reduplicated variant also mentioned).
Abanyom:è=kpèdè2
Yoder 2008: A-21. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Efutop:è=kíkǝ̀m1
Yoder 2008: A-21. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists. Partially reduplicated stem.
Nde:ǹ=gbɛ̀gbɛ̀nɛ̀3
Yoder 2008: A-21. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists. Partially reduplicated stem.
Nselle:m=gbɛgbɛlɛː3
Yoder 2008: A-21. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists. Partially reduplicated stem.
Nta:ŋ̩=bɛ́nɛ́3
Yoder 2008: A-21. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nkum:kpetʰ2
Yoder 2008: A-22. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Nnam:n=kpriː-kabɛ2
Yoder 2008: A-22. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists. The second component of this compound formation (-kabɛ) is unclear.
Ekajuk:èp=kǝ́p1
Yoder 2008: A-22. Dialectal variants: èp=kǝ́p (Ekagongo), kǝ́pɨ́-kǝ̀pè (Mfom), n=kápǝ-kāpɛ̄ (Esham). Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Ekparabong:
Not attested.
Balep:
Not attested.
Number:106
Word:snake
Ejagham:Ǹ=ɲô1
Watters 1980: 126. Plural form in ò=. Transcribed as ɲ̀=ɲɔ̂, pl. ɔ̀= in [Crabb 1965: 93].
Nkem:=ɲô1
Sibomana 1986: 264. Plural form in ù=. Transcribed as ɲ̀=ɲɔ̂, pl. ù= in [Crabb 1965: 93]; as ɲɔ in [Yoder 2008: A-22].
Abanyom:ɲ̀=ɲɔ̂1
Crabb 1965: 93. Plural form in ɔ̀=. Transcribed as ɲɔ̄ː, pl. ɔ=ɲɔː in [Yoder 2008: A-21].
Efutop:ɲ́=ɲuɔ̂1
Crabb 1965: 93. Plural form in ó=. Transcribed as nː=ɲyúò, pl. o=nyúò in [Yoder 2008: A-21].
Nde:ɲ̄=ɲɔ̀ɔ̂1
Crabb 1965: 93. Plural form in ɛ̄=. Transcribed as ɲɔ in [Yoder 2008: A-21].
Nselle:ɲ̄=ɲɔ̀ɔ̂1
Crabb 1965: 93. Plural form in ɛ̄=. Transcribed as ɲoː, pl. ɛː=ɲoː in [Yoder 2008: A-21].
Nta:ɲ̀=ɲɔ̂1
Crabb 1965: 93. Plural form in ɔ̀=. Transcribed as ɲo, pl. o=ɲo in [Yoder 2008: A-21].
Nkum:ɲ̀=ɲɔ́1
Crabb 1965: 93. Plural form in ù=. Transcribed as ɲɔ́ in [Yoder 2008: A-22].
Nnam:ɲ̄=ɲɔ̄1
Crabb 1965: 93. Plural form in ɛ̄=. In [Yoder 2008: A-22], an entirely different word is listed: ɛ=laga-ɛ=lagɛ, pl. a=laga-ɛ=lagɛ (some fully reduplicated expressive equivalent?).
Ekajuk:ɲ̄=ɲɔ̄1
Crabb 1965: 93. Plural form in ɛ̄=. Transcribed as ɲo, pl. ɛ=ɲo (Ekagongo), ɲó, pl. ɛ́=ɲó (Mfom, Esham) in [Yoder 2008: A-22].
Ekparabong:ɲ̀=ɲɔ́1
Crabb 1965: 93. Plural form in bɔ̀=.
Balep:ɲ̀=ɲɔ́1
Crabb 1965: 93. Plural form in bɔ̀=.
Number:107
Word:thin
Ejagham:
Not attested.
Nkem:kèŋ-kǝ́ŋ1
Yoder 2008: A-26. Not attested in any of L. Sibomana's works.
Abanyom:ɛ=sɛp-ɛsɛp2
Yoder 2008: A-25. Not attested in J. Crabb's lists.
Efutop:
Not attested.
Nde:
Not attested.
Nselle:
Not attested.
Nta:
Not attested.
Nkum:
Not attested.
Nnam:
Not attested.
Ekajuk:
Not attested.
Ekparabong:
Not attested.
Balep:
Not attested.
Number:108
Word:wind
Ejagham:Ǹ=fɛ̂b1
Watters 1981: 304. Transcribed as ɱ̀=fɛ̂b in [Crabb 1965: 102].
Nkem:ì=fɨ̀fè1
Sibomana 1986: 256. Transcribed as ì=fɨ̀fɛ̀ in [Crabb 1965: 102]; as i=fifɛ in [Yoder 2008: A-28]. Apparently a reduplicated derivative from fɨ̂l 'to blow' ([Sibomana 1986: 256]; [Crabb 1965: 56]).
Abanyom:ɱ̀=fɛ̂b1
Crabb 1965: 102. Transcribed as m̩=fɛ̄p in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Efutop:ɱ̀=fiɛ̂b1
Crabb 1965: 102. Transcribed as n=fyep in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nde:ɱ̀=fɛ̂b1
Crabb 1965: 102. Transcribed as n=fɛp in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nselle:ɱ̀=fɛ̂b1
Crabb 1965: 102. Transcribed as n=fɛp in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nta:ɱ̀=fɛ̂b1
Crabb 1965: 102. Entirely different word listed in [Yoder 2008: A-27]: n=sɛ́mɛ́.
Nkum:ì=fɨ̀fɛ̀1
Crabb 1965: 102. Transcribed as è=fùfɛ̀ in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Nnam:ɱ̄=fɛ̄b1
Crabb 1965: 102. Transcribed as m̀=fɛ́p in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Ekajuk:ɱ̄=fɛ̄b1
Crabb 1965: 102. Transcribed as ɛ́l=fɛ́p (Ekagongo), ɛ́=fɛ̀p (Mfom), ɛ́l=fɛ́p (Esham) in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Ekparabong:m̀=pɛ́b1
Crabb 1965: 102.
Balep:m̀=pɛ́b1
Crabb 1965: 102.
Number:109
Word:worm
Ejagham:ɛ́=sɔ̀ŋɛ̂1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in ɲ́=. Not attested in any of J. Watters' works.
Nkem:ń=dɔ̀ŋí1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form: á=rɔ̀ŋí. Not attested in any of L. Sibomana's works.
Abanyom:ń=dɔ̂ŋɛ̂1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form: á=rɔ̂ŋɛ̂.
Efutop:ɲ́=suɔ́ŋǝ̄1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in á=.
Nde:ɲ̄=sɔ̀ŋɔ̂1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in ā=.
Nselle:ɲ̄=sɔ̀ŋɔ̂1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in ā=.
Nta:ɲ̄=sɔ̀ŋɔ́1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in ā=.
Nkum:ń=dɔ̀ŋdɔ́ŋɔ́1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form: á=rɔ̀ŋdɔ́ŋɔ́.
Nnam:ń=dǝ́ɔ́ŋɔ̄1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form: á=rǝ́ɔ́ŋɔ́.
Ekajuk:ń=rɛ́ɔ́ŋɔ̄1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in á=.
Ekparabong:ɔ́=sɔ́nàg1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form in bá=.
Balep:ń=dɔ̀ŋɔ̂n1
Crabb 1965: 103. Plural form: bá=rɔ̀ŋɔ̂n.
Number:110
Word:year
Ejagham:ɛ̀=yâ1
Watters 1981: 298. Plural form: Ǹ=yâ. Transcribed as ɛ̀=yâ, pl. ɲ̀= in [Crabb 1965: 104].
Nkem:ì=rá1
Crabb 1965: 104. Plural form: ǹ=dá. Transcribed as ì=ráː in [Yoder 2008: A-28]. Not attested in any of L. Sibomana's works.
Abanyom:lɨ̀=yâ1
Crabb 1965: 104. Plural form: ɲ̀=ɲâ. Transcribed as lɛ̀=yáː, pl. ŋa in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Efutop:ǹ=lâ1
Crabb 1965: 104. Plural form in à=. Transcribed as nː=lʌ, pl. à=lʌ́ in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nde:ɲ̀=ɲâ1
Crabb 1965: 104. According to Crabb, "the form does not participate in singular/plural alternation". Transcribed as i=ɲáː, pl. a=ɲaː in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nselle:ɲ̀=ɲâ1
Crabb 1965: 104. Plural form in à=. Transcribed as ɲǎː in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nta:ɲ̀=ɲâ1
Crabb 1965: 104. Plural form in à=. Transcribed as ɲa, pl. a=ɲa in [Yoder 2008: A-27].
Nkum:ì=rá1
Crabb 1965: 104. Plural form: ǹ=dá. Transcribed as ì=rá in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Nnam:ɛ̄y=yā1
Crabb 1965: 104. Plural form: ɲ̄=yā. Transcribed as ɛ̀=yáː in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
Ekajuk:ɛ̄l=yā1
Crabb 1965: 104. Plural form: ɲ̄=yā. Transcribed as ɛ́b=yá (Ekagongo), ɛ́l=yà (Mfom), ɛ́l=yā (Esham) in [Yoder 2008: A-28].
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