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abom

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[H.HL] noun central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof

abọn̄abong

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[HH] noun mosquito

afia

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

akọ

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[LH] noun fence

ayịn

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[HH] noun child, offspring

ba

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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

bak

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[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

ban

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[LL] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

bekke

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

bem

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[LL] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

bet

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[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

biine

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[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

bịrebire

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[LH] verb, transitive play

bọọt

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[HL] noun ball

deeme

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[LLH] verb, transitive share, divide among

deep

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

do

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[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

dukpo

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[HLL] verb, intransitive move about here and there doing many things at once, look busy, become busy

dọọkdook

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[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

ebọnọebono

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[LLL] noun a kind of slug found on plantain leaves.

edem

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

edọn̄edong

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[HH] noun knee.

ekpo

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[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

ekọmekom

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[LH] noun greeting.

emian̄emiang

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[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

etịghitịgheetighitighe

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

ewua

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[HHH] noun dog.

fep

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[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

fiim

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[HH] verb, intransitive shrink, become shrunken (of fruits, people).

foop

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[LL] verb, transitive remove water with a bowl from where it is not wanted (esp bail out a boat), scoop liquid from one container to another.

fịpfip

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[L] verb, transitive pluck (feathers, hair, weeds).

iba

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[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

iba

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[LH] noun underpants.

ifịmifim

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[HH] noun stool (Goldie says this word is a loan from Aqua).

ikpa

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[HH] noun whip; cane; belt

ikua

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

itam

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[LL] noun hat, cap

itene

[LLL] adjective soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a person’s flesh)

kaan̄akaanga

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[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

kan

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[H] verb, intransitive wander, go around, come and go; pl come and go and linger at a place

ke

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[H] verb, transitive tell a fable, proverb, riddle

keep

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[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

koono

[HH] verb, intransitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

kpa

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[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

kpaanam

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[HLL] adverb never ever.

kpaiya

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[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

kpan

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[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

kpe

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[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

kpono

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[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

kpoon

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[HH] verb, transitive become big

kpʌkkpuk

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[L] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

kpịrakkpirak

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[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

kʌppọkuppo

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[HH] verb, transitive rev of kup open a cover or lid

kọkkọkokko

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[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

mbopo

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[HLH] noun the process of fattening a woman prior to marriage; the woman who undergoes the process

mbịritemmbiritem

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[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

mfat

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

mfem

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[HF] noun cockroach

mfịremfire

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[LHL] noun brain

mkpai

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[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

mkpakpana

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[LHHH] noun a long narrow lightweight knife used for cutting grass; the flat part of a knife; a knife without a handle

mkpatat

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[LLH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

mkpidot

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[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

mkpidọn̄mkpidong

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[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

mkpịnemkpine

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[LHL] noun a shoot (esp. referes to the shoot of a a yam stored in the yam marn prior to planting)

mkpịrok

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[LHH] noun piece

mkpọmkpo

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[HH] noun thing, something; matter event. This is one of the most productive words in Ibibio, it serves as any unspecified subject or object

mkpọk etomkpok eto

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[LF LL] noun a childrens game in which sticks are passed around quickly and players try not to accumulate them

mʌmmum

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

mịkmik

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

ndom

[HF] noun a kind of white clay from the river, it is eaten, used as a treatment for diarrhea, used as a whitewash, and is rubbed on the body for decortion or against heat rash

ndu

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

ndubi

[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

ndubiọn̄n̄ọndubiongngo

[HLHHH] noun maze; confusing place full of turns and corners

ndọkndok

[HF] noun slander, gossip

ntʌn̄ntung

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

ntọmntom

[HH] noun the sour orange

nuune

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

nyamma

[LH] verb, transitive singe

nyeriye

[HHLL] noun cornsilk, the tassel at the end of an ear of corn

n̄kueghengkueghe

[LHHH] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

n̄wara ngwara

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

n̄wommongwommo

[LHH] noun a shrine

nịghenighe

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

nọọn̄ọnoongo

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

samma

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

tekke

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hang down; weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a line or heavy fruits on a branch)

tọttot

[H] verb, intransitive increase

tọọktook

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

tọọn̄ọtoongo

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

ubọkubok

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

ufia

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

uma

[LH] noun loving, likeness

un̄wan̄ungwang

[LL] noun second-born daughter

utaan

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

wọpwop

[H] verb, transitive suck

yan̄n̄ayangnga

[HH] verb, transitive elude, evade (as a solution eludes one)

yeet

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

yịnyin

[H] noun child, offspring

yịreyire

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate