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abu

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[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

adidem

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[LHLL] noun king

adukpọkadukpok

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

asabọ

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[LHL] noun python

ayiit

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[HHH] noun a kind of large bush rat which tunnels in the ground

bem

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[LL] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

bu

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[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

bịmbim

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

dai

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[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

do

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[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

dʌtdut

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[L] verb, transitive drag, draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage.

dọịdoi

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[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

ebiọn̄ebiong

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[HHF] noun porcupine.

edem

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

efa

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[LF] noun comb, crest of a cockerel or certain snakes.

efọk

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[HF] noun nest.

emịneemine

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[HHL] noun the first shoost of a plant to come up.

esagha

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[LHH] noun mockery.

etap

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[HH] noun saliva.

faan̄afaanga

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

fʌghọ fugho

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

fịpfip

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[L] verb, transitive pluck (feathers, hair, weeds).

iba

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[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

idiọkidiok

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

ikat

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[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

ikua

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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

imuum

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

inaan̄

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[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

itai usʌn̄itai usung

[LLL HL] noun door hinge

kama

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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

kebe

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[HH] verb, intransitive ebb (of the tide)

kokko

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

koono

[HH] verb, intransitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

kpa

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

kpaan

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[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

kpara

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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.

kpe

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[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

kpere

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[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

kpono

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[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

kpoon̄okpoongo

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

kpum

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

kpọn̄kpong

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[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

kpọọkkpook

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[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

kpọọn̄kpoong

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[HH] verb, transitive cut palm fruit from the cluster when there are very few remaining

kọọkkook

[HH] verb, transitive cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicine)

kọọmọkoomo

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

kọọpkoop

[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

mbai

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[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

mbịritemmbiritem

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[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

mbọkmbok

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[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

mbọribọmboribo

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

meem

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

mkpa inuun

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[LH HDH] noun ring

mkpa nnʌkmkap nnuk

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[LH HD] noun ring

mkpan̄mkpang

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[LF] noun scar

mkpapa uduan̄mkpapa uduang

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[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

mkporon̄mkporong

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[HHH] noun a construction of palm fronds gen. near a house or against a fence, used for storing yam or cocoyam

mkpufiofiop

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[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

mkpurikpu

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[LHLH] noun a kind of caterpillar, found at the top of oil palm trees, edible

mkpịn̄mkping

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[LH] adjective thin, lean and sickly (of a person)

mm

[HL] interj. what

mọimọimoimoi

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

ndem

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

ndisi

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

ndo

[LL] conjunction with, and

ndu

[HL] noun two hundred (from an old monetary system)

ndua

[HHH] noun a freshwater swamp where raffia palms grow

nne

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

nnʌn̄nnung

[HH] noun descendants

nsei

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

ntok

[LL] adjective small, few

ntọnto

[LL] noun children, young of animals

n̄ket iyakngket iyak

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

n̄kọkọtngkokot

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

saak

[HH] verb, intransitive laugh (plural of sak)

sem

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

siaan

[HHHH] verb, transitive irritate the throat and back of the mouth (as raw of insufficiently cooked yam or coco yam) (var. sian)

sika

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

suaan

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

tọktok

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

tọttot

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

ubaak

[HDH] noun some

ubom

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

udaisi

[LHLL] noun rice

udebep

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

udop

[HH] noun weight

ufion

[LHH] noun left (direction)

ufuọtufuot

[LHH] noun middle

ukpʌp unenukpup unen

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

ukpọukpo

[HF] noun a kind of tree with soft wood, probably Alstonia congensis (Dalziel)

uma

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

unen

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

utan

[HH] noun sand on the shore

wʌbewube

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers

yakka

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

yok

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

yok

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

yịnyin

[H] noun child, offspring