The Kalabari form (Kf) for
Anagram is given as [Anagịramu] and
defined below:
[Anagịramu] anịẹ ẹkwẹn
bịbị te .
An anagram is a word that is derived from the re-arrangement of another word. Examples include
:
guns ----
sung
nips
---- pins
worse ---
swore
teams ---
mates, etc.
In the Kalabari language, such words exist. The importance of this lesson
will be clear when we start to write Kalabari Poems.
ike [ hunchback ] : eki [ to peel yam,plantain,
etc ]
isam [ perewinkle ] : sima [ spoil, damage ]
kapa [ clothing ] : paka [
to go out ]
loko loko [ prosperity ] : kolo kolo [ to pick
something up ]
mesi [ fourty ] : sime [ to stay
]
mapu [ two persons ] : puma [
to slice boiled yam]
nomu [ madness ] : muno [ filth, dirt
]
obu [ dumbness ] : buo
[ leg ]
owi [ rashness] : iwo [ ascension, newness ]
olobo [ concubine ] : obolo [
to paste ]
oson [ soap ] : sono
[ five ]
ofin [ to sweep ] : foin [ swollen,
float ]
poku [ toilet ] : kopu
[ highest ebb]
siko [ hiccup ] : kosi [ ground,
crushed ]
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