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abuut

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[H.HL] noun shame

abọọnaboon

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[HDH] noun chief, lord (traditional or religious)

adidiọn̄

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[LHLL] noun blessing

akikere

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

akpan

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[HH] noun the first-born son

akpọrọ

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[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

akukin

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

atufien

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[LHDH] noun left-handed person

ban

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

besịn

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[HL] noun a metail basin used for storing and carrying food and water(borrowed from English basin)

bioko

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, scattered, disheveled, disrupted

biọn̄

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[HH] noun hunger

bughọbugho

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[LH] verb, intransitive become buried

buun̄buung

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[HH] verb, transitive break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone)

daak

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[LL] verb, transitive to put underneath (a hand for support, a pot to catch dripping liquid, new mats under the old ones to patch a thatch roof)

daiya

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

dian

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

dom

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[H] verb, transitive bite

dọkkọdokko

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

dọọkdook

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

eden̄edeng

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[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

ekiko

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[LLL] noun civet cat.

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.

ekuọn̄ekuong

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

ekịtekit

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[LL] noun axe.

ekọmekom

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[LH] noun greeting.

eniin

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[HHL] noun elephant.

esop

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[LL] noun court, council meeting.

esịtesit

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

fịtfit

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[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

fọrọforo

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[LH] verb, intransitive put on clothes, wear.

idịmidim

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[HF] noun stream.

ikpiikpu

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

itam

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[LL] noun hat, cap

item

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[HF] noun advice

itu

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[HF] noun bunch of plantain or bananas (general)

ituet

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[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

itọkitok

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[LH] noun foot race, running

kaap

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[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

kama

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

kpa

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

kpai

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

kpeen̄ekpeenge

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[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

kpu

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[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

kpum

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

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

kpịrekkpirek

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[HH] verb, transitive make jittery movements as though one had ants in ones clothing; move very fast on ones toes in a jittery way (i.e. walk like a European); swagger, strut to show off

kuan̄akuanga

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

kuuk

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[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

kọn̄n̄ọkongngo

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[HH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

ma

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[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

mfọnmfon

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[LH] noun grace, favour

mkpafafagha

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[HLLHL] noun armpit

mkpata

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[HHH] noun waste material left after sifting or straining something dry (esp cassava)

mkpediọghọmmọọn̄mkpedioghommoong

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[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

mkputakutak

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[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

mkpịnmkpin

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[LH] noun a short skirt of multi-colored raffia strung on a rope, it used to be worn in the fattening house because the body of the woman being fattening was smeared with oil and iduot and a dress would be ruined, now worn as an ordinary skirt; petticoat (NkpIn).

mkpụriikpu idemmkpiriikpu idem

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[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

mme

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[LL] conjunction and, with (variants: ye; ndo; mma)

mʌmmum

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

ndap

[HH] noun dream

ndidue

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

ndiidịtndiidit

[LLHL] adjective leaky (var. ndre ndre, ndidIt, ndidIt)

ndomo

[LLL] adverb not even

ndubịrendubire

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

ndutən̄ọndutengo

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

nne

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

nsak

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

ntinya

[LLL] noun mould

ntʌkkontukko

[LLL] noun mist, fog

ntịtuukpuumntituukpuum

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

nyamma

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

nyen̄nyeng

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

nyọọnyoo

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

n̄kemngkem

[LH] noun color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

n̄ketngket

[LF] noun lead (metal)

n̄kikan ngkikan

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

n̄kukungkuku

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

n̄kukumkpọyọriyọngkukumkpoyoriyo

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

n̄kọkọtngkokot

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

n̄wọmmọngwommo

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

nọọn̄ọnoongo

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

saat

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

seeghe

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish (pl. of sere)

sem

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

siime

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

siin̄esiinge

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

sio

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

tutu

[LL] conjunction, adverb, preposition very much, until, so that

tuuk

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

tịmedetimede

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

ubet

[LL] noun room

udebep

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

ukam

[LF] noun your grandmother

uta

[LL] noun covering on the surface of something (skin on soup, tarnish on metal, fungus)

waya

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

yiip

[LL] verb, transitive steal

yʌkkọyukko

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)

yʌtyut

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir

yịtyit

[H] verb, transitive attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)