A̱kpa̱tyok

A̱kpa̱tyok yet asam a̱ akan nyia nyan   á̱ni bah. Alyoot Apatyok  tsa neat da a̱lia̱ 12th bacheler:  knight apatyok,  abasam  knight a wian bi kyian ani bah.   A̱ba khahup French bacheler dam asa tyia alioot ka Provençal bacalar mang Italian baccalare,  a shia atin (atan avou ailoot akaptyok ka bah. ) Medieval Latin *baccalaris ("vassal", "field hand") adam akpatyok yet nwamp nang a kiaaya a ani . Alternatively, Latin baculum ("a stick"), . bou abiag .

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Neat 14th century, aneat banyia̱ tam bwak ani ku yei a̱syusyia̱ " apatyok " (kyí "yeomen") kyí university mang adada̱i ecclesiastics, as young monks and recently appointed canons. 
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