KALABARI ANAGRAMS
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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