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abịreabire

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[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

abọọnaboon

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

adikpo

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[HLL] noun sweat

afia

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

afịt

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[LH] adjective all, every

akpan

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

akuọk

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[HHH] noun bee

atai

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[LL] noun the first wife

atin̄nyek

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[LHLL] noun hiccup

ayaara

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[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

ayobio

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

ban

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

biet

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[HH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive resemble, appear to, seem to, seem

bʌn̄bung

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[H] verb, transitive break

deghe

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[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

domo

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

duak

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[LL] verb, transitive boast

due

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[LL] verb, transitive make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

duọọkduook

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[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

dịpdip

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[H] verb, transitive hide

ekịtekit

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[LL] noun axe.

faagha

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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).

fʌtfut

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[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

iba

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[LH] noun underpants.

ibikpai ibikpai

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[LLLL] noun state of numbness or sleep in the limbs; state of being shrivelled from immersion in water.

idan̄idang

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[HF] noun arrow.

ikpeghe

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[HHH] noun partition (in the house made of cloth); section of bush partitioned by boundary markers

ikịt

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[HH] noun tortoise.

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

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)

in̄wan̄ingwang

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

ise

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

isịmisim

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[LL] noun tail

itai

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[LHL] noun coal tar

itak

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[HH] noun base, foundation of esp. base of a tree trunk

ituut

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[LHH] noun caterpillar (general term)

kan

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

kan̄kang

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[H] verb, transitive deny, refute, prove innocent

keene

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[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

kpa

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

kpan̄kpang

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[H] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood).

kpan̄n̄akpangnga

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[HH] verb, transitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal (pl. of kpa)

kpeene

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[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

kpoịkpoi

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[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

kpọghọkpogho

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[HH] verb, transitive taunt

kuọrọkuoro

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[LLH] verb, intransitive preach, repeat over and over, moralize, advise

kọkkok

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[L] verb, transitive retch, vomit gen used w ibọk medicine, udia food

kọpkop

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

kọọmọkoomo

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

kọọn̄koong

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[LL] verb, transitive knock

ma

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

mbiet

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[HHH] noun weeds, grass

meen̄emeenge

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

mia

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

mkpasi

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

mkpediọghọmmọọn̄mkpedioghommoong

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[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

mkpetịmutakmkpetimutak

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

mmịne inyọn̄mmine inyong

[LLL HD] noun plaintain

muum

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

mọọn̄ọmoongo

[HHH] verb, intransitive become watery, thin and soft

nde

[HD] adverb also, too

ndion

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

ndisọkndisok

[HLL] noun prickly heat

ndomo

[LLL] adverb not even

ndubịkndubik

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

nsa

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

nsia

[LLL] noun intestines

nsiim

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

nsinsi

[HHHH] noun eternity

nsọnso

[LH] noun my father

ntaa

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

ntuurituut

[HHLHDH] noun wart

ntʌkkontukko

[LLL] noun mist, fog

nyek

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

n̄kam ngkam

[LF] noun my grandmother

n̄wagha ngwagha

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

owodeen

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[HHL] noun man, male

seet

[HH] verb, transitive look at

siit

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

siọọpsioop

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

suaan

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

tap

[L] ideophone sound of wood being cut

tuaak

[LLL] verb, transitive crumble

tʌnnọtunno

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

tọktok

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

tọmtọmtomtom

[LHL] noun pigeon

ubaak

[HDH] noun some

ubeet

[LLL] noun room

ubọkubok

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

ukpa anyen

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

ukọuko

[HH] noun liability, burden

usọbomusobom

[LHF] noun your grandfather

utọkutok

[LL] noun quarrel

wet

[L] verb, transitive write

wọkwok

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

yama

[HH] verb, intransitive shine (of the sun or moon)

yet

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

yoot

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places

yuun̄ọyuungo

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)