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Ibibio Paper 2, May/June 2014  
Questions: 1 2 3 4   Main
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Question 2

(a)      Wet ik? iba iba s?n ke mme uyo ub?pik? ye ake utadik? emi:
                   i. CV
                   ii. CVC
                   iii. CVVC
                   iv. CVVCV
                   v. CVCCV
          (b)     S?n idi??n¯? uyo ediw?d dan¯a mme ik? emi ekeme edida nn? n¯kp? iba:
                   i. wak
                   ii. dep
                   iii. bak
                   iv. obu
                   v. uko

The question is on phonology.  Candidates were required to give two words each that has the same syllable structure in (a) above , and to show the tone mark on the words and their plural form in (b).
Thus:

  (a)    (ii)      -   CVC           =    tem : ‘cook’                ben  :  ‘carry’
(iii)     -   CVVC        =    naam :  ‘intoxicate’       yeem :  ‘search/look for’
(iv)     -   CVVCV      =    deeme :  ‘share’           seeme :  ‘lament’
(v)      -   CVCCV      =    d?ppe  :  ‘lift’               bakka  :  ‘divide’

  (b)   (i)       -    wk   :   ‘tear’                        wk   :   ‘be plenty/multiply’
          (ii)      -    dp    :    ‘rain’                       dép    :    ‘buy’
          (iii)     -    bàk     :    ‘disect/be early’       bák    :    ‘be cheap’
          (iv)     -    ?bù    :    ‘to be rotten’           òbû    :     ‘crayfish’    óbû   :   ‘dust’

  1. -    ùkó    :     ‘valour’                   úko´    :     ‘yonder’

          Few candidates attempted the question and their performance was poor.

 

 

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