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From: Grau Ingeborg <ingeborg.grau@univie.ac.at>
List Editor: John Philips <philips@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Editor's Subject: QUERY: Efik translation
Author's Subject: Re: QUERY: Efik translation
Date Written: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 07:53:13 +0000
Date Posted: Fri, 01 Mar 2012 22:06:27 -0500

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Reply to Prof. Simon Ottenberg's query:

One of our students gave the following translation:

edikot = to read, to have read, read! (imperative)
ngwed= book, booklet, notebook (former spelling)
nwed= book, booklet, notebook ("modern" spelling)
usem= the language
nyin= our

Best regards,
Ingeborg Grau
Department for African Studies
University of Vienna


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