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abuut

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[H.HL] noun shame

adeen

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[HHL] noun man, male

afen

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

afia

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

afọn̄

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

akpọrọ

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[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

ata

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[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

ataa

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[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

baba

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[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

biaan̄a

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[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

biyo

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[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

bọwịt

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[HL] noun bowl(cf. abawIt, bawIt)

dep

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[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

do

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[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

domo

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

duaha

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[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

dọkdok

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

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.

eden̄edeng

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

edere

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[HHH] noun a day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days (days of the week)

ekporikpo

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

ekpu

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[LH] noun rat, mouse (gen term).

ekun̄ekung

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[HF] noun a hump on the back.

esarisa

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[HHHH] noun having few feathers or sparse hair.

etịghitịgheetighitighe

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

idiọkidiok

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[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

ikọiko

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

ikọtikot

[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

imuum

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

inua

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[HHF] noun mouth

in̄wan̄ingwang

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

iso

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

isọiso

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[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

itafiọnitafion

[LHLL] noun a kind of bird, black with a white throat and a large beak (Goldie a small hornbill)

itiaita

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

iyak

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[HH] noun fish (general)

ke

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

kebe

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[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

kem

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[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

kiin

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

kim

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[H] verb, transitive pierce, stab, sew

kpaan̄kpaang

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[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

kpaap

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[LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

kpai

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

kpe

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[L] verb, transitive stand in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kp edem.

kpoon̄okpoongo

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

kpọọn̄ọkpoongo

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[LLH] verb, transitive space out (in planting)

kpọọpkpoop

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

kuuk

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

kọkkọkokko

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[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

kọn̄n̄ọkongngo

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

kọọpkoop

[HH] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle (pl. of kọp [L])

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

mbai

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[HHL] noun wing

mben

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[LL] noun side, edge

mkpap itit

[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

mkpasip

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

mkpeti

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[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

mkpetịmutakmkpetimutak

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

mkpufan̄mkpufang

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[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

mkpịkmkpik

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[HF] noun sandfly

mkpọn̄mkpong

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[LH] noun yesterday (in a context of past), tomorrow (in a context of future), (loosely) two or three days in the past or future.

mmi

[LL] pronoun my

mọimọimoimoi

[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

ndan

[LL] noun common red and black lizard

ndubiọndubio

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

ndukpọn̄ndukpong

[HLL] noun shadow

ndunyaan̄andunyaanga

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

nnyọọnọnnyoono

[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

nnʌknnuk

[HL] noun knuckle

nsa

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

nsiọn̄nsiong

[HHH] noun postherd

nsoo

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

n̄kuekngkuek

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

n̄kukungkuku

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

n̄kukʌkngkukuk

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

n̄kọkọtngkokot

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

n̄kọmngkom

[LH] conj even if, not even if

n̄kọn̄ngkong

[HF] noun leaf; in its narrowest sense the term applies to leaves that are distributed along a stem in such a way that a person can remove several of them at a time by running his hand along the stem

n̄n̄wangngwa

[HF] noun second-born daughter

n̄wommongwommo

[LHH] noun a shrine

n̄wịpngwip

[HH] noun weeds, grass

n̄wọọmngwoom

[HH] verb, transitive taunt, sneer at; makean open-eye, make a face, stick out the tongue, to say it serves you right, I told you

saap

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams are below the ground) (var. sappa)

siit

[HH] verb, transitive block, plug, stop up, obstruct

sika

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

suagha

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

tan̄n̄atangnga

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

temme

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

tun̄tung

[H] verb, transitive hollow out

tuun̄tuung

[LL] verb, transitive hurt a sore place by accident

ubom

[LH] noun calamity

udi

[HF] noun trouble

udiok

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

udọudo

[HH] noun friend

ukarakpa

[HHHH] noun a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

usʌk usʌkusuk usuk

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

uwa

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

yịren̄yireng

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance