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abia

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[HHL HF] noun a tattler

abit

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[HHL] noun umbilical cord

abom

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

abọn̄abong

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[HH] noun mosquito

aderimbot

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[LLHF] noun world

adufuut

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[HLHL] noun lungs

adufịp

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[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

aduuk

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[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

afọn̄

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

akan̄

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[LH] noun famine; limestone (Calcium Carbonate)

asio

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[LLL] noun pot

ayobio

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

baak

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

bak

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

been̄ebeenge

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[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

bem

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

bịmbim

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

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)

daap

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[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

deep

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[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

deghe

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[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

dek

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[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

doom

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

dooro

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

duaya

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

dọnọdono

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verb, transitive become smooth

ebu

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

eset

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

ete

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[LH] noun father, old man, respectful address or reference to a man.

ewua

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[HHH] noun dog.

fek

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[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

fekke

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[LH] verb, intransitive get off balance (as when something which was balanced or supported slips or slants down), become slanted.

fiime

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[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

idot

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[HF] noun bitter

ikpat

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[LL] noun foot

ikua

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

imʌkimuk

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

inaan̄

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[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

ine

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

ini

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[LL] noun time

inuen

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

inọino

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[LH] noun thief; theft

itam

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[LL] noun hat, cap

itọkitok

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[LH] noun foot race, running

kan

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

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

ke

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

kim

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[H] verb, transitive pierce, stab, sew

kpa

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

kpam

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[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

kpan̄kpang

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[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

kpeen̄ekpeenge

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[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

kpiam

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[HH] ideophone sound of an automatic horn.

kpoon

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[HH] verb, transitive become big

kpoịkpoi

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

mbara

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[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

mbopo

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[HLH] noun the process of fattening a woman prior to marriage; the woman who undergoes the process

meek

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[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

mfịnmfin

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[LH] noun today

mkpafagha

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[HLLL] noun armpit

mkpatak

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[HHH] noun the heavy dregs (yeast) from palm wine which settle at the bottom of the calabash

mkpọmkpo

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[HH] noun thing, something; matter event. This is one of the most productive words in Ibibio, it serves as any unspecified subject or object

mkpọmkpọrọmkpomkporo

[LHHH] noun skull

mkpọnọmkpono

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[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

mmana

[HHH] noun button

mọiyọmoiyo

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

nditọndito

[LLL] noun children, young animals (used as pl. of ayin, nyịn)

ndubeghe

[LLLH] noun business

ndukpo

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

ndʌknduk

[HF] noun horn of animal

ntaa

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

n̄kọrikọngkoriko

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

n̄wara ngwara

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

n̄weenngween

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

n̄wọmmọngwommo

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

n̄wọn̄ngwong

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

saak

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

sop

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

sọọpsoop

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

tam

[H] ideophone describes the action of cutting something all the way through

tap

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

top

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

tuuk

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

tọto

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

uba

[LL] numeral second

ubeet

[LLL] noun room

udaisi

[LHLL] noun rice

udi

[HF] noun trouble

udọfọọtudofoot

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

ukpa

[LL] noun a game of struggle

ukpa anyen

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

unaan̄unaang

[LLL] numeral four

utan

[HH] noun sand on the shore

utatan

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

waak

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

waak

[LL] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

waya

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

yet

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick

yogho

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive move about, become restless, fidget; move about, wriggle

yokko

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive see at an unexpected time or place, occur unexpectedly, do unexpectedly