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abuut

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[H.HL] noun shame

adufa

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[HHH] adjective new

akpasak

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[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

akpọrọ

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[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

ata

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[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

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

ban

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

been

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[HH] verb, transitive take, pick up, carry

been̄ebeenge

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[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

bekke

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

bet

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

biọkbiok

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[LL] verb, intransitive creep, spread, cove (of vines, plants sp. when a yam covers its supporting stick with many leaves and branches)

bịrebire

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[LH] verb, transitive play

bọọt

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[HL] noun ball

daat

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[HH] verb, intransitive ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

do

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

dịpdip

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[H] verb, transitive hide

dọkdok

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[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

dọịdoi

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[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

ebe

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[LH] noun husband

edʌtedut

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[LH] noun an uncircumcised man or woman.

efuọọtefuoot

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[HHHL] noun nest.

ekporikpo

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

ekịtekit

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[LL] noun axe.

esen

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

etịkn̄nyịketikngnyik

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[LHLL] noun hiccup.

fiim

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

fịtfit

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[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

iba

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

ifʌkkọifukko

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

ikan̄ikang

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[HH] noun fire.

ikat

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[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

inịminim

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[LH] noun parrot

ise

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[LF; HF] noun yam barn (a place where yams are stored for the next planting season)

itiat

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

itu

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

iyak

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[HH] noun fish (general)

koi

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

koomo

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

koon

[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

kpaan

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[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

kpook

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[HH] verb, transitive chop

kpoon̄okpoongo

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[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

kpuut

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[LL] verb, transitive gather together with the hands something that is in grains or particles (gari, rice, sand); collect into a bulk or heap

kpʌnn̄ọkpunngo

[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

kpọkkpok

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[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

kọ ko

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[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

kọbọ kobo

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[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

kọkkọkokko

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

kọnsịnkonsin

[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

kọọtkoot

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

mbuba

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[HHH] noun race

meen̄emeenge

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[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

mfet

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[HH] noun penis

mia

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

mkpaafia

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

mkparikpa

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[LHHH] noun a large calabash used as a buoy for nets

mkpenek

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

mkpenek

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

mkpufiopufiop

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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).

mm

[HL] interj. what

mm

[HD] interj. yes

mịkmik

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

nde

[HD] adverb also, too

ndunyaan̄andunyaanga

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

nnyagha

[LHH] noun scum

nsene

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

ntaa

[HLL] noun a children’s running and hiding game played by moonlight

nten̄e nten̄e ntenge ntenge

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

nyʌkkọnyukko

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

nyọọn̄nyoong

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

nʌmmọnummo

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

n̄kanikangkanika

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

n̄kanika ubọkngkanika ubok

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

n̄kekem ngkekem

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

n̄kubekngkubek

[HHF] noun hiccup

nịmenime

[HH] verb, transitive extinguish (a light, a fire) intransitive: go out, become extinguished (of a light, a fire)

sana

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

siọọpsioop

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

sua

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

suagha

[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, disheveled; become smashed to bits

sọọpsoop

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

teet

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

ti

[F] noun tea

tʌktuk

[L] verb, transitive grate

tʌnnọtunno

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

tịptip

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

tọọn̄ọtoongo

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

ubaak

[HDH] noun some

udiok

[HHF] noun the small of the back and the area immediately surrounding it

ufiom

[HHH] noun a whistle

ukeet

[HLL] adverb completely

ukeme

[LLH] noun ability

urais

[LHL] noun rice

utan

[HH] noun sand on the shore

yeeme

[LLH] verb, intransitive digest

yok

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

yuu

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast

yọọnọyoono

[HHH] verb, transitive shake liquid in a bowl to distribute it evenly over the surface