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abuut

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[H.HL] noun shame

abịreabire

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

adukpọkadukpok

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[LHL] noun a plank, the board for the game of draughts (checkers)

aduuk

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[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

adọ

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[LL] noun cross the fingers

akuku

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[LHH] noun clan chief

bere

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[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

biaan̄a

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

biat

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[LL] verb, transitive fail to show appreciation, criticize what has been done for one

biọn̄

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[HH] noun hunger

buuk

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

dian

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

duaya

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

dʌpọdupo

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

edịpedip

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[HH] number twenty.

ekan̄aekanga

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[LHH] noun denial.

ekikọmban̄ekikombang

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[LLL] noun side whiskers, side burns.

ekịtekit

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[LL] noun axe.

etebom

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[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

eto

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

faagha

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

faak

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

faan̄afaanga

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[HHH] verb, transitive argue, argue with, disagree with.

feere

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

fen

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[H] verb, transitive overlook, let off, let go, forgive.

fian̄afianga

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[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

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.

fʌghọ fugho

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[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

fʌrọ furo

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[HH] verb, intransitive become narrow, small; tv wrinkle, frown, contract narrow.

ibịtibit

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[HF] noun drum.

idaidat

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[HLHL] noun red

idektrik

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[LHL] noun electricity

ifọtifot

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

ikiba

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[LHL] noun a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth to hold back the dregs.

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)

inuuk

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[LHL] noun whistling

in̄wan̄ingwang

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

isịpisip

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

itam

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[LL] noun hat, cap

itetịgheitetighe

[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

koot

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[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

kpom

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[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

kpum

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[H] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

kpʌkkọkpukko

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[HH] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

kpịm

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

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

kpọkkọkpokko

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[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

kọkkok

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[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

mbọkmbok

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[HD] interjection please

mfuọtmfuot

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

mkpenek

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

mkpenek

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

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).

mịmmemimme

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[LH] roar (of thunder)

mọọnọmoono

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

nan

[L] verb, transitive blind

ndidiino

[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

ndo

[LL] conjunction with, and

nsene

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

nsinsi

[HHHH] noun eternity

nso

[HH] noun face, front, future

ntaa

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

nte

[LH] noun my father

nyuun̄ọnyuungo

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

nyʌmmọnyummo

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

nyọọnyoo

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

nyọọnyoo

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

n̄kemngkem

[LH] noun color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

n̄kukungkuku

[LHH] noun clan chief

n̄kʌkngkuk

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

n̄weem ngweem

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

saan̄asaanga

[LLH] verb, intransitive wander around, walk about (pl. of san̄a)

saap

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

saara

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

saat

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

se

[H] pronoun what, who which

sitaas

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

sue

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

sịrensiren

[HL] noun shilling

taagha

[LLH] verb, intransitive tattered, threadbare (pl. of tara)

taap

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

tan̄n̄atangnga

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

tem

[L] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil

ti

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

tita

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

tobo

[HH] verb, transitive make a knot, tie around and knot

tʌppotuppo

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

ubet

[LL] noun room

udi

[HF] noun trouble

ufia

[LHH] noun right (direction)

ufọkufok

[HF] noun house

usan

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

utọkutok

[LL] noun quarrel

uyai

[LLL] noun beauty

uyakka

[HHL] noun your kinsman

wot

[L] verb, transitive kill

yeet

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

yok

[H] verb, intransitive move about, become restless, fidget

yʌtyut

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir

yịreyire

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate