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)
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bom
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[L]
verb, transitive
break, break open (something round; something made of glass and clay)
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da
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[L]
noun
term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men
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daak
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[LL]
verb, transitive
to put underneath (a hand for support, a pot to catch dripping liquid, new mats under the old ones to patch a thatch roof)
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dan̄adanga
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[LH]
verb
order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)
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ekpa
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[LL]
noun
tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.
Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang
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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.
Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang
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fʌghọ fugho
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[LL]
verb, intransitive
become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.
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ikpeghe
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noun
partition (in the house made of cloth); section of bush partitioned by boundary markers
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kam
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[H]
verb, transitive
agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand, work
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kan
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[H]
verb, intransitive
wander, go around, come and go; pl come and go and linger at a place
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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
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kpa
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[L]
verb, transitive
turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).
Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang
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kpʌnn̄ọkpunngo
[LH]
verb, transitive
pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock
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mkpaatʌkmkpaatuk
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noun
burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the ground after a piece of farmland has been burned for planting
Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang
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muum
[HH]
verb, transitive
frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face
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mịkmik
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[H]
verb, intransitive; verb, transitive
undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement
Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang
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ndom
[HF]
noun
a kind of white clay from the river, it is eaten, used as a treatment for diarrhea, used as a whitewash, and is rubbed on the body for decortion or against heat rash
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ntok
[HF]
noun
hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things
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ntọnto
[LL]
noun
children, young of animals
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nyuun̄ọnyuungo
[LLH]
verb, transitive
peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at
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set
[H]
verb, transitive
choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)
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siaak
[HH]
verb, transitive
split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)
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sop
[L]
verb, intransitive
become enough, sufficient, complete
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sịmsim
[H]
verb, intransitive
push as in childbirth
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sọọtsoot
[HH]
verb, transitive
cluck at to show annoyace or disgust
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tan̄n̄atangnga
[LH]
verb, transitive
make incantation, call down a curse on
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tedọtedo
[HL]
noun
tailor (English loanword)
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temme
[LH]
verb, transitive
explain, direct, tell how
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tọn̄ọtongo
[HH]
verb, intransitive
become clouded, unclear (in color); become murky, unclear (of liquids); become dusty (of clothes or something that can be shaken out)
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uwa
[LL]
noun
life, destiny, universe, creation
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yeere
[LLH]
verb, intransitive
become peeled off, become faded
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yʌkkọyukko
[HH]
verb, intransitive
satisfy (with food, information)
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yịreyire
[HH]
verb, intransitive, verb, transitive
adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate
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