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abom

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

adufuut

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[HLHL] noun lungs

adọ

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[LL] noun cross the fingers

aku

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[LHL] noun priest

asio

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[LLL] noun pot

ata

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[HH] noun a kind of black stinging ant which lives in palm trees

ayaaya

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[HFHF] noun measles

ayobio

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

bak

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

biine

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

bʌn̄bung

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[H] verb, transitive break

bịmebime

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[LH] verb, transitive scramble for something (as children scramble for coins dropped on the ground)

do

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[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

dʌpọdupo

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

dọkdok

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[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

ebọnọebono

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

efa

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[LF] noun comb, crest of a cockerel or certain snakes.

ekiko

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[LLL] noun civet cat.

ekpat

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[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

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.

esagha

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[LHH] noun mockery.

esop

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[LL] noun court, council meeting.

eti

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[LH] noun heart, gut.

etop

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[LF] noun message; fame.

ewan̄koewangko

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[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

faap

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[LL] verb, transitive climb a large tree by putting the arms around it and moving up on the belly, shinny up a pole (pl. of fap).

fiip

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[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

fu

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[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

fịmfim

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[L] verb, transitive fan, wave, swing; iv hover, float in the air.

fịnọfino

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

ibe

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[LF] adjective become unsalted, unseasoned; become deficient.

idịtidit

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

ike

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

ikie

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[HHL] number one hundred.

iko

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[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

ikpọmkpo

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[LH] adjective big

ikpọn̄mkpong

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

ikọtikot

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[HH] noun feces

isaisak

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

isịmisim

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[LL] noun tail

itiaba

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[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

iyiip

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[HHL] noun blood

kan̄kang

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[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

ko

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[H] adverb there, over there, yonder

kpaat

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[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels (pl. of kpat)

kpai

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[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

kpam

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[H] ideophone sound of bottle breaking (on the floor, on a basin, on metal).

kpe

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

kpeiye

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[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg.

kpere

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[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

kpim

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[L] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

kpịkọkpiko

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

kpọọnọkpoongo

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[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

mbamba

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[LLLH] noun centipede

mbiọn̄mbiong

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[HHH] noun hunger

mbọkọmboko

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[LLL] noun sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel)

men

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

mfịremfire

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[LHL] noun brain

mia

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

mkpasip

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[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

mkpata

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

mkpenek

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[HLF] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

mkpən̄anyenmkponganyen, mkpunganyen

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

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).

mkpịran̄ ukotmkiparangukot

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[HHH HL] noun shin

mkpọmkpo

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[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

mmana

[HHH] noun button

nde

[HD] adverb also, too

ndek

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

ndise

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[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

ndo

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[LH] pronoun there (homographs: ndo ’and’; ndo ’scare’)

ndubi

[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

nnʌknnuk

[HL] noun knuckle

nsa

[HH] noun a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body

nten̄e nten̄e ntenge ntenge

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

nyayaka

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

nyen̄nyeng

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

nyọọnnyoon

[LL] verb, intransitive crawl (of a baby, a snake)

n̄kukuangkukua

[LLLL] noun a kind of small rodent with a long snout

n̄kọrikọngkoriko

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

n̄warangwara

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

n̄weemngweem

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

n̄wịpngwip

[HH] noun weeds, grass

n̄wọmmọngwommo

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

nọno

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

siọọpsioop

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

tana

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

tan̄tang

[H] verb, transitive speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often

tim

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

tuuk

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

tịn̄ting

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

ube

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

udop

[HH] noun weight

ukeme

[LLH] noun ability

ukpọn̄ukpong

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

unen

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

usʌk usʌkusuk usuk

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

wue

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

yaa

[LH] verb, intransitive become beautiful

yịgheyighe

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise