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abiọn̄

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[HHH] noun hunger

abodom

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[LLH] noun a wooden gong, usually made from a section of a tree trunk

afere

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

afia

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

akparawa

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[LLHL] noun a young man

akpọ

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[HH] noun bone, stem, the prominent, conspicious or salient part of something

an̄wan

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[HH] noun fight

ayịn

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[HH] noun child, offspring

ba

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

baan̄abaanga

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[LLH] verb, transitive refer to someone or mention someone’s name in a conversation, criticize, gossip; divide/share items among many people; classify items

bak

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

biere

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

buuk

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

bịmbim

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

bịrebire

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[LH] verb, transitive play

bọkbok

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[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

dai

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[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

deep

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[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

doom

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

dọ do

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[H] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive marry

edop

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[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

efiat

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[LHH] noun a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

ekporikpo

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[HHHL] noun sacred place where family heirlooms are kept; archive.

ekọn̄ekong

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[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

en̄wʌnengwun

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[LL] noun rectum, piles (also used as a curse).

eset

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

eto

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[HH] noun tree, any plant with a woody stem, wood.

faak

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[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

fiakafianga

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[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

fịnọfino

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[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

ibene ibene

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[LLL] noun wall

ideen

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

idiọn̄idiong

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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

idịtidit

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[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

ikpa

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[HH] noun whip; cane; belt

ikpọn̄mkpong

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

ikọtikot

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[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

imam

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[HF] noun laughter

inọọkinook

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[LLL] noun; adjective greed; greedy person

isobo

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[LHH] noun crab

itembe

[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

itiat

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

itịtitit

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[HH] noun vagina

keere keet

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[LLL LL] one by one, one at a time, each to each (lit. keet e keet)

kiin

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

koi

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

koomo

[LLH] transitive verb remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

kpam

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[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

kpan̄kpang

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[L] verb, transitive even, even if, unless, not even.

kpe

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[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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

kpọkkpok

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[L] verb, transitive vomit

kpọọkkpook

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[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

kpọọpkpoop

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[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

kuan̄akuanga

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

kọọrọkooro

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

ma

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[L] verb, transitive finish; following another verb ma indicates completed actions

mbịpmbip

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

mbọkmbok

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[LH] noun neigbour

mbọnmbon

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[LL] noun scar, welt

mfuọtmfuot

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[HHL] noun a kind of edible frog (prob a water frog)

mfịnmfin

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[LH] noun today

mi

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[H] adverb here.

mkpaatʌkmkpaatuk

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[LHLH] noun a kind of plant with similar properties to akpaakpa ikpaaRa (the plants that if pulled out gets its roots back to the ground and grows up again)

mkpatak

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[HHH] noun the heavy dregs (yeast) from palm wine which settle at the bottom of the calabash

mkpidot

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[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

mkpifia

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

mkpufiofiop

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[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

mkpịremkpire

[LHL] adjective small

mmịnmmin

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

ndek

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

ndua

[HHH] noun a freshwater swamp where raffia palms grow

nnyịnnnyin

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

nnʌn̄nnung

[HH] noun descendants

nsiim

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

nsin̄nsing

[HF] noun the gums

ntọnto

[LL] noun children, young of animals

nyaa

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

nyiik

[HH] verb, intransitive whine (of a child)

n̄karafan̄ngkarafang

[LLLL] noun rust

n̄kengke

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

n̄kịm enuan̄ngkim enuang

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

n̄n̄wangngwa

[HF] noun second-born daughter

n̄n̄wọọn̄ngngwoong

[HHH] noun water

n̄wan̄n̄angwangnga

[LH] verb, transitive pour into; empty out; wide

sop

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

sịpsip

[L] verb, intransitive be small

sọọsoo

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

sọọtsoot

[HH] verb, transitive cluck at to show annoyace or disgust

ta

[H] verb, transitive chew, eat something hard or chewable (meat, nuts, coconut). chew, eat away (of diseases that destroy tissue); burn

tiaara

[HHHH] verb, intransitive scream, shout at, often with mkpo (var. tiara)

tun̄tung

[H] verb, transitive hollow out

tʌktuk

[L] verb, transitive grate

tịbetibe

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

udọtudot

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

ufịkufik

[HH] noun oppression

una

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

utọkutok

[LL] noun quarrel

yọiyoi

[HH] verb, transitive saw, cut with a sawing motion (an animal’s throat, or in shredding certain leaves such as afan̄)(pl. of jọọk)

yọọmyoom

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)