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adufịp

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[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

akpọk

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[LH] noun lizard

ataa

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

awodeen

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[HHL] noun man, male

ayịm

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[LH] noun onion

ayịn

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[HH] noun child, offspring

bịrebire

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[LH] verb, transitive play

bọọkbook

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[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

bọọrọbooro

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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

duaha

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

dʌkkọdukko

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

dọọkdook

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[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

ebu

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[LL] noun kind of large edible white termite which makes huge hills.

eka

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[HF] noun sole, palm (of hand or feet).

ekam

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[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

ekikọmban̄ekikombang

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[LLL] noun side whiskers, side burns.

ekọmekom

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[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

etʌk

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[LL] noun small; few; a little bit; smallness.

ewua

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[HHH] noun dog.

fon̄fong

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[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

fʌghọ fugho

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

fịbefibe

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[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

fịppefippe

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[HHH] verb, transitive remove from the mouth what one has been sucking or holding there.

ideen

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

ifia

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[HHH] noun firewood.

ikan̄ikang

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[HH] noun fire.

ikpiikpu

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

ikpọn̄ikpong

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

ikọiko

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

ikọtikot

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[HH] noun feces

imʌkimuk

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[LH] adjective dwarf, small in size, left over

inia

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[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

itiokeed

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[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

ition

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

itọito

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[LF] noun impotent man

kaana

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

ke

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

keed

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

keene

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[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

koot

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[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

kpaanam

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[HLL] adverb never ever.

kpaat

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[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels (pl. of kpat)

kpagha

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[LH] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

kpam

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[H] ideophone sound of bottle breaking (on the floor, on a basin, on metal).

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)

kpat

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[H] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

kpeek

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

kpenne

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

kpoomo

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[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands (plural of kpoppo)

kpịmkpim

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[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud

kpọmkpom

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[L] ideophone sound made by a bar of steel when it falls to the ground

kpọọn̄ọkpoongo

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[LLH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

kuuk

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[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

kọọmkoom

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[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

mbọribọmboribo

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

meek

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

meem

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[LL] verb, transitive slacken; relax the body or part of the body

mkpara

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[LHL] adjective small

mkpasi

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

mkpidọn̄mkpidong

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[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

mkpịran̄ ukotmkiparangukot

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[HHH HL] noun shin

mkpọnọmkpono

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[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

mmọmmo

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

mọọnọmoono

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

ndo

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

ndo

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[LH] pronoun there (homographs: ndo ’and’; ndo ’scare’)

ndomo

[LLL] adverb not even

ndukpo

[LLH] noun, adjective corpse (esp. one that is dried up and distasteful); adjective: dead; worthless, good for nothing; vile, evil

nsa

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

nti

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

ntok

[LL] adjective small, few

nyọọnyoo

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

nyọọnyoo

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

n̄kuekngkuek

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

n̄wan̄ngwang

[L] verb, transitive mark property to identify it or to keep people or evil away (eg. put a talisman tied in red string on one’s fruit trees so no one will take the fruit)

saan̄asaanga

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

soon

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

suka

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

sịmsim

[H] verb, intransitive push as in childbirth

sọọsoo

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

tap

[L] ideophone sound of wood being cut

teghe

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

tiik

[HH] verb, transitive praise, flatter, play up to

tita

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

tịmetime

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

tịmedetimede

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

ubeet

[LLL] noun room

ubịtubit

[LH] noun birth mark

ukpọn̄ukpong

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

ution

[LHL] numeral five

utịnutin

[HH] noun the sun

uween

[LHH] noun needle

uyai

[LLL] noun beauty

uyịnuyin

[HH] noun childhood

wue

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

yet

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

yiip

[LL] verb, transitive steal

yọọnọyoono

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