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abom

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[H.HL] noun central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof

abuusi

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[LLHL] noun cat

adidun̄adidung

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[LHH] noun settler

akai

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[HHL] noun forest

akpa

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[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

ata

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[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

ayaaya

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[HFHF] noun measles

bak

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[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

biine

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[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

biọn̄

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[HH] noun hunger

bọwịt

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[HL] noun bowl(cf. abawIt, bawIt)

da

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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)

dakka

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[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

dia

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

doom

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

eben

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[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

ebet

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[HH] noun hare; a person fond of sleeping.

ebọkebok

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[HF] noun monkey

edi

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[HF] noun pig.

edidiọn

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[LHLL] noun blessing

efʌtefut

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[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

ekondo

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[LLL] noun world.

ekịtekit

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[LL] noun axe.

etịghitịgheetighitighe

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

feghe

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

fen

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

fiak

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

fiime

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[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

fịbefibe

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[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

fịpfip

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

ibaan

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[HHL] noun women, wives

ibe

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[LF] adjective become unsalted, unseasoned; become deficient.

idap

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[HH] noun sleep.

idịtidit

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[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

iko

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[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

ikpe

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[HH] noun a case

ikpọmkpo

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[LH] adjective big

ikpọn̄ikpong

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

ikọtikot

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[HH] noun feces

imʌkimuk

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

in̄wan̄ingwang

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

inọino

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[LH] noun thief; theft

itiaita

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

itoon

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

kaa

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

ke

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

kiin

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

kook

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

koono

[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

kpaan

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

kpaanam

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[HLL] adverb never ever.

kpan̄kpang

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[L] verb, transitive even, even if, unless, not even.

kpeek

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[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat.

kpoịkpoi

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[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

kpịkkọkpiko

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[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

kpịn̄n̄ekpingnge

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[HH] verb, transitive eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

kpọkkọkpokko

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

kuere

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become finished; finished

kọppọkoppo

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

kọọn̄koong

[HH] verb, intransitive cough

mbamba

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[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

mbansan̄mbansang

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

meen̄emeenge

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

mi

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[H] adverb here.

mkpa nnuun

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[LH HDH] noun ring

mkpasop

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

mkpenek

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[HLF] 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).

mkpọn̄mkpong

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[LH] noun yesterday (in a context of past), tomorrow (in a context of future), (loosely) two or three days in the past or future.

mkpọnọmkpono

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[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

mmọmmo

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

ndusʌkndusuk

[LLH] adverb perhaps

nduwughọnduwugho

[HLHH] noun stain

nsagha

[LHH] noun mockery

nteetịpnteetip

[LLHL] adjective stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetịp, iteitịp)

nyeriye

[HHLL] noun cornsilk, the tassel at the end of an ear of corn

n̄karikangkarika

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

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)

n̄warangwara

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

n̄wen̄ngweng

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

siin̄esiinge

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

soop

[HH] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

sịpsip

[L] verb, intransitive be small

sọọnsoon

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

ta

[H] verb, transitive chew, eat something hard or chewable (meat, nuts, coconut). chew, eat away (of diseases that destroy tissue); burn

ti

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

tʌppotuppo

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

tọttot

[H] verb, intransitive increase

ukpakot

[LHD] noun a kind of fish with a hard skull and whiskers, good to east (Goldie: a species of catfish); (var akpakot)

ukọuko

[HH] noun liability, burden

unaan̄unaang

[LLL] numeral four

usọbomusobom

[LHF] noun your grandfather

utan

[HH] noun sand on the shore

uwam

[LH] noun fishhook

wʌbewube

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers

yat

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

yuup

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)

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