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Igbo Word
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English Meaning
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à(1)
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this, this person
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aa!
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oh dear,oh!
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aàà!
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satisfaction, contentment
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àahi
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shout of regret, remorse;
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aba
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oil season
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aba(1)
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branching; branch
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aba(2)
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supineness; lying on the back facing upwards
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aba'da
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Dutch print of cotton cloth
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abadaba
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broad and flat
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abaghaba
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having too much fat, fatty
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àbàlà
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fruit of iroko
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abalaba
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pot, earthen vessel
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àba~m
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breaking up , disintegrating
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abàmàbà
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breaking up, digging up
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a'ba'na'
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wateryam
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abasara
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made wide by digging up
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àbàzo
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forked tree trunk
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àbi
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variety of white yam
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abibiri
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slippery, smooth
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abiriba
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piece of thin light material
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abo'
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cane basket
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abo'ki
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Hausa man
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a'bo'li'
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a kind of fried food made of flour, ground beans and other ingredients.
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ab`omab`o
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excessive amont of weeding or shaving to be done.
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abù
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church or christian songs, hymn.
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abuba
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breaking up or disintegrating.
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abùbà
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capable of being immersed.
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abubo
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vegetables
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abùbù
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see
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abumabu
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being, becoming, existing
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abuzù
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field cricket; mole-cricket.
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abyambya
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coming , approaching
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ab'ach'ara
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cleanly peeled, shorn of covering;devoid of covering
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ab'auru
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something or someone that brings no gain, unprofitable
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a`bibyara
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dented, depressed, disfigured
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àbim
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being dented, disfiguring or being disfigured
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achafere
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small and light in weight; flimsy
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achaghacha
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roughly cut up; chopped or minced
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achapere
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having the appearance of being cut small or below size;
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ach`I
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A type of hardwood tree which grows to great height.
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achibishoopu
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archbishop
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achicha
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grass or fibre for scrubbing and cleaning things
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achighara
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changeable, changeful
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achom
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wanting, desiring
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achomacho
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wanting, needing
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achucho
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capable of being wanted , required, desired
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achaghich
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light-coloured, light in colour
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achimachi
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rubbing against, rubbing off on
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ada'
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father
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ada'(1)
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a fall
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àbàchà
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boiled and sliced cassava
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ịd'àwà
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to break, to crack, shatter by falling
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adaaka
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abnormal swelling or tumour
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adaka
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chimpanzee; short person
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adakara
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inferior in height or stature
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adimadi
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becoming, existing, reality
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adobara
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having the appearance or form of a wide torn-off piece
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adomado
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pulling , dragging, tugging
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adotiria
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strectched-out, pulled-out,elongated
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àdù
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kind of tree which yields bitter nuts as kola and whose wood is used as chewing- stick
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adudu'
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habit of following, capable of following
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adufara
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stocky, thickest
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adughudu
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bulky, huge, big, hefty
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ad'ud'u
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untidily sewn; badly sewen
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ad'umad'u
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sweing, pricking
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afa'
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name, kind,sort
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afaghafa
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tight,severely restricted
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afifi
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tale,story
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afikporo
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dry and spongy
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afomafo
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remaining being left over
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afu'
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going out; exit way out.
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àfu'
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moustache, beard
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afufa'
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egg plant
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afumafu
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act, process, instance, possibility
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afuriri
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deflated, lacking breath, breathless
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afuturu
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highly inflated, exceedingly blown-out
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afya
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market
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aga
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how
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agalaba
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junction of roads or paths
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agamaga(n)
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frequent travelling
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a'ga'na'
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laziness, indolence
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agidigi
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hole made in the ground with the heel to provide firm footing; resistance.
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a'gba'm(n)
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fact of straining,filtering
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agugoro (adj)
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sluggish, slow
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agog (n)
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Iron gong for dances and for announcements
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agomago(n)
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Denying; denial; repudiaion; defence at a trial
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agoriri(adj)
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Bending; being bent
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agugu(n)
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Festivial
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aguguru(adj)
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Heavy with soaked-in substance;hefty
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a'gum(n)
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fact of picking out of saving, rescuing,salvaging
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agumagu(n)
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Picking out, saving; rescuing
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ag''a(n)
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Person or thing that carries away a thing with its claw or teeth; predator
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ag'aghara(adj)
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standing high; lofty; high; tall
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ag'amag'a(n)
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clawing; scratching; mark made by clawing
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ag'ara'ag''a(n)
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edge of; perimeter of
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agbamagba
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shooting; explosion; exploding
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agba'm
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Fact of writing; wedding
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agbu'gba
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capable of being joined together, worth joining together
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aghoriri(adj)
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Having a peculia smell
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agwoma'gwo'(n)
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Over cooking; state of being over-cooked
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aha'(n)
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iron pin, poker, skewer used to piece holes in things
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ahiri'(n)
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Line, row,queue
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ahuekere(n)
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Peanuts, groundnuts
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atùm(n)
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Fact of pointing, pointing finger
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atururu(adj)
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dirtied; solied
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àtum(n)
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Fact of throwing, casting, hitting
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a'wum(n)
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Fact of buying
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awhu'wha(adj)
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worth being fond of, delighted, inpleased
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a'kwu'wu
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epilepsy; very high fever, or cold
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akwukwo(adj)
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Capable of being sawn
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amu'ma(adj)
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Capable of being measured, bought by measure
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a'mim
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extracting, extruding
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anyakara(adj)
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sticky,gluey, gummy
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ànyaasu
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Evening, night, supper
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ànwu(n)
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Mosquito
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a`pya
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Hornbill with long beak
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àpàm(n)
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Squeezing, exploiting ,eating something luscious
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avuk'e(n)
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stunted but tough fowl with ruffled feathers
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a'vum~(n)
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fact of spitting, ejecting,drizzling
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awaghawa(adj)
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sliced too much or too thin
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awakara(adj)
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of walking with legs wide apart ; astride; slit;
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ayu'yo'
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capable of being sifted, sieved
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aya'
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Subject in indirect speech
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aza'm(n)
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Fact of answering, responding
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azamaza(n)
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Sweeping, dragging along
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azo'ma'zo'
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Tying fast; knotting hard
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azuzu
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capable of being bought, purchased, hired
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az~u'z~u'(adj)
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Capable of being reared, trained,brought up
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àz~uru(n)
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A type of fever
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ba(v)
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Dig, break up
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ba(v)2
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Increase, grow, spread
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baà(n)
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house or room for drinks; bar
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bachàm(adj)
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Level and spacious; wide
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bàta(n)
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Bata sandals; sandals
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bàmbàm'ba'm(adv)
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with haste or excitement; excitedly, hastily
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bàtalio'n
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battalion, large unit of infantry regiment
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be(n)
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home; dwelling
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bede'bede'(adj)
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broad, wide
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bèdee
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fixed and long
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bede'bede'bede'
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in internsively wide-spread manner
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bekee'
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white man; white woman; european
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beta'
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better
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beriberi
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stupid, foolish
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bereeki
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brake
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beri'm(adv)
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in a stupid and sudden manner
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bi(v)
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cut up into small bits
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bim'(adv)
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making stiff decisively, precisely
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bobroboro(adj)
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thin light, limpid,clear, transparent
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bla'nkee'u
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blanket
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borii
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disappearing, vanishing, ets.
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borim(adv)
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disappearing, suddenly vanishing
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bubororo(adj)
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confusing, peplexing
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basa'
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break up and widen; make wide and open
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basiklu(n)
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bicycle
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baà
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house or room for drinks; bar
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brayibu' (n)
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bribe
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bu'
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grow big
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bu(v)
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carry, lift
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bu'bere're'
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emphasising the restrictedness of the numbers
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bubarara(adj)
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spread, extended, expanded
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bu'ba'ba'(adv)
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immersing, soaking , continuously
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bya(v)
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come; approach; advance; arrive
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bye(v)
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wag(of tail); move the waist rhythmically
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`ba(v)
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peel with knife, hack off, slice off
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b'ib'ya
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Press down on here and there; press upon intermittently
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b'o(v)
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put on another's head; accuse
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b'em(adv)
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Tightly, firmly
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b'emb'em(adv)
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Very tightly, very firmly
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b'ubo'ro'ro
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Continuously drinking large quantities
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b'ub'uru'ru' (n)
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Snore, loud and heavy breathing
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b'ya (v)
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Be flat or flattened; make flat;disfigure, be disfigured
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b'ya' (v)
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Press upon heavily
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b'ya'd'ab'ya'da
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flattened; knocked-down; prostate; levelled-down
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b'yamkom(adj)
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having dips and rises
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b'yaribyari(adj)
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soft, downy; wooly; furry
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b'ya'ta'b'ya'ta(adj)
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flattened one on top of another; piled up greatly
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cha(v)
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wash, scrub
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cha(v)2
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lie, to lie on the back
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cha'
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Cut; snip, chop, mince, clip by a series of short cuts
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chata'(v)
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Chatter, talk noisily
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che(v)
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Wait, wait for, await
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chasusi(n)
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Look for its number on its chasis
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chanti(n)
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Chant
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cham(n)
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the sound of opening and shutting of the mouth; sound of slash
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chehye'(v)
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forget
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chekirichekiri(adj)
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Brittle, dry and apt to snap, fragile
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cham
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the sound of opening and shutting
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chi(v)
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Thatch a roof; patch up a roof by inserting new thatching mat
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gbaragbara (adj)
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slender, slim, this, lean, gaunt
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ibi`isi
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to decapitate
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ibikwa`sa` akan`isi
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lay hands on the head; to confirm;
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ahia
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market
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abli
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night
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abu
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agada
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abua
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two
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achara
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grass
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ada
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daughter
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àfàà n.
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chief's title
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afaghafa adj.
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(of soace, room) tight severly rstricted
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afakara adj.
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untidy and messy
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afak'ere adj.
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wedged in firmly,
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àfam n.
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fact, possibility of wedging in stuffing in
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àfàm n.
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fact, possibility of acting or behaving brashly
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afamafa n.
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(act, process, instance, possibility of)wedging in, tucking in,
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afàmàfà n.
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(act, instance, possibility of) being brash, cheeky
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oog
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the cat
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afi
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tale,story
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afi 1
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sipping, sucking
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afi 2
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shrivelled, cork-like condation
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afìfì in.
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fib, tale, story
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afifi adj.
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capable of drying up
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afịkere adj.
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dry, soft and liable to crack
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afịkpọrọ adj
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dry and spongy
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afịmafị n.
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act, process, instance
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afìmàfì n.
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telling a fib, tale or story
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afịrị n.
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frond of oil palm
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àfìrìkpọ n.
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dried-up
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afọ n.
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stomach, bowels belly, abdomen
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ôgbugba afọ osisa
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filling up of stomach
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òb ara/àbà
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stomach-ache
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afọ osusu
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flatulence
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ukw'ụrụ
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empty stomach
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Àfọ n.
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market-day
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àfọm n.
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left-over
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afọmafo n.
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remaining, being left over
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afọmàfọ n.
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mashing, mashing up
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Afrikà n.
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Africa
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afu n.
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half penny
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afụ adj.
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that those
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àfu n.
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moustache, beard
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àfụfà n.
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eggplant
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afụfara adj.
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narrow, tight
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afụfọ 1 adj.
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capable of having a left-over or remainder or residue
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afụfọ 2 adj.
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capable of being lifted off
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afụfọ 3 adj.
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capable of being mashed
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afụfụ 1 adj.
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capable of paining
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afụfụ 2 adj.
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capable of being wrapped, folded
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afụfụ 3 n.
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trouble, suffering, punishment
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afụfụ adj.
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fit to go out of or from
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agọningọ adj.
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Lank lanky, tall and lean
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agọnịrị adj.
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Rather lank, lanky
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agọrị n.
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The trial of a creeping or crawling thing
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agọrịrị 1 adj.
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Prone to wander off to places
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agọrịrị 2 adj.
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having habit of denying
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agụ 1 n.
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Refusal rejection
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agụ 2 n.
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Habit of picking things out of something
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agụgọl 1 adj.
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Deniable
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agụgọ 2 adj.
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Capable of being dedicated or devoted to a deity
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agugọ n.
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Bad habit of denying truths
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agugọ adj.
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Capable of bending, becoming bent
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agụgọrọ 1 adj.
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slow
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agụgọrọ 2 adj.
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having a habit of denying truths
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agụgụ 1 adj.
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capable of being picked out
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agụgụ 2 adj.
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dripping, tricking, drivelling
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agụgụ 3 n.
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Festival
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agụgu veb neg
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not comforting some one in
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agu 1 n
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Refusal
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agụ 2 n
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habit of picking things out of something
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agụ
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agụmagụ 2. n.
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Tricking; dripping; drivelling.
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agụmagụ 1. n.
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Picking out(of liquid, fire, situation); saving rescuing; salvaging; salvation
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agụmàgụ 1. n.
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Naming; giving a name to; name given
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agụmàgụ 2. n.
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Refusing; refusal; rejecting; rejection; objecting; objection
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agụmàgụ 3. n.
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Soaking into; saturating; sarutation,being heavy;
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àgụrụ n.
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alum; salts(e.g. epson salts)
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adafu uno
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cheap
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afọ
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stomach
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afo
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year
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afo gara aga
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last year
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afo iri
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decade
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afo nkaa
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this year
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aga eche
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delay
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agada
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bed
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agba
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chin, jaw, part
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agha
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war
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oyi
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cold
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mma
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cool
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ijiriji
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foggy
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oku
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hot
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agadi
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old
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agbada
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dagger
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agu
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hungry
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aguu
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hunger
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agwa
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agaracter, attitude
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agwo
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snake
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aha
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name
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aha ebe ibi
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address
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ahiri
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line
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ahu
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body
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ahu ojo
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disease
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ahụ ọjọọ
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ill
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ahuhu
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passion
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aja
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sand
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aji onu
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mustache
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ach'ụ
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not scrubbing, or rubbing hard
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ach'ụ (n)
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missing out on, bad luck
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ach'ụad'à (n)
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frequent offering of sacrifice
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ach'ụbara (adj)
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large,bulky
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ach'ụch'ụ (1)adj
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capable of being scraped
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ach'ụch'ụ (2)adj
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of way,habit of ceding
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ach'ụghụch'ụ(1)adj
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very tall lofty, high
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àch'ụm n.
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fact of scrubbing
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ach'ụmach'ụ n.
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fact, process, instance
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ach'ụpere adj
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small, slight, meagre
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adà 1 n..
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gung beetle or chafer
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adà 2 n.
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father
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adà 3.
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a fall
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àdà n.
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baby's saliva,
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àda n.
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see
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àdàakā n.
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abnormal swelling or tumour of hand or arm
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adabara adj
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flat and wide
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adach'ụrụ adj
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short, puny
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adaghada adj
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adaghada
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àdakā n.
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chimpanzee, short person
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adakara adj
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inferior in height or stature
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àdam n.
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fact, possibilty of pressing lighly on
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adàm n.
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Adam
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adamada n.
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act,process, instance, possibiltyof
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àdàrààda 1 adj.
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brabed, ironed, pressed
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àdì n.
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being existence, state,
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adịdị adj.
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capable of being, being at, in, or on;
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àdịm n.
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act, possibility of being, becoming, existing
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adịmadị n.
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act, instance, state, being becoming, reality
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àdìmmā n.
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stste of goodness; goodness, beauty
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adī ndu àta ji àbàiì
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lit, not staying, being alive to eat night yam
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adọdara adj.
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having the appearance or from of a wide torn-off piece
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adọlịrị adj.
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tough; resisting; string; pulling; tugging
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àdọm n.
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fact, possibility of pulling dragging
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adọmadọ n.
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act, process, instance, pulling,drawing
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adọp'ara adj.
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of walking marching fast, urgent
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adọ'ịrị adj.
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stretched-out; pull-out; extended; extensive
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àdu n.
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a kind of tree which yields bitter nut
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adụ n.
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a type of yam
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adụdụ adj.
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having a habit of following
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adụdụ n.
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completness, encounter, habit of dressing
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adụfara adj.
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stocky, thickest, strudy(of persons, animals)
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ad'à n.
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fall, act, instance of falling, faliure
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ad'a' n.
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daughter, soleor only daughter, eldest daughter
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ọhà/ọrà
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daughter admired by all, popular daughter, everybody's daughter
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ad'àmàd'à n.
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act, process, instance, a fall
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a`dàoro adj.
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staggering, stumbling, unstable in walking or gait
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ad'ì 1 n.
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endurance, fortitude, patience
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ad'ìd'à adj.
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capable of falling, liable to fall
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ad'ịd'ara adj.
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prone to falling about
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ad'ìd'ì adj.
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capable of being endured, fortitude
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ad'imàd'i n.
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act, instance, possibilty, enduring bearing, showing patience
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ad'ịd'ịrị adj.
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smooth and firm in texture, packed full of substance
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ad'ụd'ụ 1 adj.
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capable of being pricked, sewn stitched, mended
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a`dudù 1 adj.
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of advice counse, capable of being advised, counselied
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ad'ụd'urụ adj.
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continuously sewn, sewn in sevrral places
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ad'ụghụd'ụ adj.
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untidily sewn, badly sewn
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àd'ụm n.
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fact, possibility of sewing, pricking
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àd'urm n.
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fact, possibility of advising
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ad'ụmad'ụ n.
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act, process, instance, possibilty of(sewing,pricking,stitching)
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ad'ụmàd'ụ n.
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advice, bearing fruit, fruition
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afà n.
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name, kind, sort
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àfa n.
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see
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afụfụ 1 n.
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somrthing that appears an appearance
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afụfụ 2 n.
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great trouble
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afụfụ 3 adj.
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being blownwith mouth
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afụfụ 4 adj.
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needed to be snatched
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afụfụ 5 n.
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having capability
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afụghiafụ n.
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grave outcome
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afughufu adj.
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padded
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afụkporo adj.
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apt, liable to shrivel, wrinkle
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afụliri adj.
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nflated
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afụlịrị adj.
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resistant
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àfụm n.
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act, possibility of paining hurting
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àfụrn n.
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act possibility of going out from
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afụmafụ n.
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act process instant of paining hurting
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afụmàfụ n.
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act process of going out getting out
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àfụmihye n.
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things that causes quarrel, dispute
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afụrịrị adj.
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deflated breathless
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afụturu adj.
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highly infated
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afya n.
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marke
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àfà n.
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shrieking
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afụfa adj.
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worth shrieking
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aga n.
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sewing
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àgaam n.
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fact of have being
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àgaamèfèem n.
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passers-by traffic
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agaba n.
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sheep from northen Nigeria
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agàba n.
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lion
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agadi adj.
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old aged
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agalaba n.
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Junction of roads
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àgàlàbà n.
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The fork of tree, road, etc.
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àgam n.
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fact of going
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agamaga n.
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Going proceeding
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agamàgà n.
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Frequent traveling
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àgànà n.
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laziness
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àgi pron. 2pers
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sing emphatic you subject of sentence only
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àgìdì 1 n.
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firm stand
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agidigi n.
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to make a foothold
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agìga n.
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worth going to
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agịga n.
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habit of wondering about or going to places
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agịrị'isi n.
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hair of head
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agogo n.
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Iron gong for dances
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àgòlò n.
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type of plant with reddish fruits used as medicine
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agọliri adj.
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Thin and tough
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