bjorndev/efik-dataset huggingface dataset:
Buat (Búát) /búát/
Definition: 1. take aback; come upon one unawares; startled; surprised.
Example: 1. Enye abuat mi ke esa - He comes suddenly upon me in the yard.

2. Mbubehe oro ababuat mi - That business takes me by surprise.
Buak (Búák) /búák/
Definition: 1. mix; mingle; put into.
Example: 1. Abiaibọk abuak ibọk ọnọ enye - The physician mixes medicine for him.

2. Kubuak ọfọñ ye ndam - Don't mix cloth with raffia.
Bu (Bù) /bù/
Definition: 1. decay; go bad.
Example: 1. Iyak obu - The fish is rotten.

2. Unam oro obu - That meat has gone bad.
Buọt (Bùọ̀t) /bùɔ̀t/
Definition: 1. borrow; entrust; lend; trust.
Example: 1. Buọt mi okụk - Lend me money.

2. Mbuọtke idem ye afo - I do not trust you.
Buana (Bùàná) /bùàná/
Definition: 1. (plural of Buaha), share; take part in; join in.
Example: 1. Buana ye enye nam ñkpọ - Join with him to do something.

2. Mmọ ẹbuana ẹdia ñkpọ - They share in eating the food together.
Bụñ (Bụ́ñ) /bụ́ŋ/
Definition: 1. break.
Example: 1. Bụñ eto oro - Break that stick.

2. Kubụñ ifia mi - Don't break the firwood here.
Bumịn (Búmín) /búmín/
Definition: 1. be heedless; be slovenly.
Example: 1. Enye obumịn mbumịn - He is slovenly.
Bụñọ (Bụ́ñọ́) /bụ́ŋɔ́/
Definition: 1. be broken.
Example: 1. Eto ọbụñọ - The tree is broken.
Bụrọ (Bụ́rọ́) /búrɔ́/
Definition: 1. boast; brag.
Example: 1. Enye ọburọ mburọ akaha - He brags too much.
Bụp (Bụ́p) /bụ́p/
Definition: 1. ask; examine; question.
Example: 1. Bụp enye nte ñkpọ etiede - Ask him how things are.
Bụt (Bụ́t) /bụ́t/
Definition: 1. shame; disgrace; modesty; shyness.
Example: 1. Ñwan oro inyeneke iso bụt - That woman has no shame.

2. Ñkpọ oro enyene bụt - That thing is shameful.
Da (Dà) /dà/
Definition: 1. a word used for drawing attention; mister! hear i say !

2. a term by which members of the same age-grade address each other. When used to address a person younger than a speaker, it indicates friendliness. It is regarded as insulting for a younger person to address an older person by the term.
Example: 1. Da akparawa ! - Hello young man !
Butañka (Bùtáñká) /bùtáŋká/
Definition: 1. a locally made pipe with clay bowl and a shank of reed.
Dek (Dêk) /dêk/
Definition: 1. the deck of a ship; floorboards; ceiling. N.B: Corruption of the English word, "deck".
Example: 1. Enye esịn dek ke obufa ufọk esie - He decks his new house.

2. Dek ọkọm ufọk fo - Put ceiling in your house or ceil your roof.
Da (Dá) /dá/
Definition: 1. take; accept; collect.
Example: 1. Da iba, nọ mi kiet - Take two and give me one.

2. Enye ada inyene ete esie - He inherits his father's property.

3. Da di - Bring.
Dei (Déí) /déí/
Definition: 1. lick or lap with the tongue.
Example: 1. Ebua edei usan - The dog licks the plate.

2. Kudei usan ke edeme - Don't lick the plate with your tongue.
Dehe (Dèhé) /dèhé/
Definition: 1. be pugnacious; bold; be courageous; be valiant, commonly used with ide.
Example: 1. Enye edehe ide - He is fierce.
Deme (Dèmé) /dèmé/
Definition: 1. distribute; allocate; share; divide.
Example: 1. Mmọ ẹdeme utom ẹnam - They share or allocate the job for themselves.
Deme (Démé) /démé/
Definition: 1. (plural of Dep), buy.
Deñ (Dèñ) /dèŋ/
Definition: 1. drown; sink, as in water; founder, as a ship.
Example: 1. Enye ẹdeñ aka isọñ mmọñ - He sinks to the bottom of the water.
Demede (Démédé) /démédé/
Definition: 1. awaken; arouse.
Example: 1. Demede enye ke idap - Wake him up from sleep.

2. Demede idap - Wake up from sleep.
Deñi (Dèñì) /dèŋì/
Definition: 1. settle at the bottom to render clear, as impurities in water; precipitate itself; clear.
Example: 1. Mbụk edeñi ke mmọñ - The sediments precipatate themselves in water.

2. Mmọñ edeñi ọdiọhọ sụñ - The water settles as impurities sink to the bottom.
Dep (Dèp) /dèp/
Definition: 1. rain; fall as rain.
Example: 1. Edịm edep - Rain falls.
Dep (Dép) /dép/
Definition: 1. buy; make a purchase; get something in return for money.
Example: 1. Dep ọfọñ ke urua - Buy cloth in the market.
Dia (Díá) /díá/
Definition: 1. eat; partake of food; earn; acquire; get.
Example: 1. Dia udia - Take the food.

2. Enye adia mi - He cheats me.
Diahade (Dìàhádé) /dìàhádé/
Definition: 1. decay; to rot as of wood exposed to weathering.
Example: 1. Eto oro ana do tutu adiahade - That wood was lying there until it went rotten.
Diabade (Dìàbádé) /dìàbádé/
Definition: 1. pluck savagely; snatch violently.
Example: 1. Enye adiabade ikọñ ke eto - He plucks the leaves violently.

2. Diabade mkpatari - Grip and uproot the climbing fern.
Derede (Dérédé) /dérédé/
Definition: 1. move lazily; carry yourself sluggishly.
Example: 1. Ami maha owo ederede isañ - I don't like a person who walks sluggishly.
Di (Dí) /dí/
Definition: 1. come; arrive.
Example: 1. Di ken - Come here

2. Ke ndi - I am coming.
Diana (Díáná) /díáná/
Definition: 1. be close; be joined.
Example: 1. Saña diana ibibene - Walk close to the wall.

2. Nnyịn imadiana etieti - We are very close together.
Diañade (Díáñádé) /díáŋádé/
Definition: 1. plural of Dianade.
Example: 1. Diañade mmọ kiet ke kiet - Separate them one by one.
Dian (Díán) /díán/
Definition: 1. add; combine; connect; join; link; put side by side.
Example: 1. Dian emi ye oro - Add this to that.

2. Ẹdian mmọ ndọ ke Ufọkabasi - They are joined in marriage at church.
Dianade (Díánádé) /díánádé/
Definition: 1. dissolve; peel off; separate; disjoin.

Plural: Diañade.
Example: 1. Dianade fep - Remove it or pick off.

2. Dianade nsaña ye owo oro - Put an end to your friendship with that man.
Diari (Díárí) /díárí/
Definition: 1. make a shrill noise like the cricket.
Example: 1. Idiañ adiari - The cricket cries.

2. Afo adadiari nso ? - What are you making the shrill noise for ?
Daba (Dábá) /dábá/
Definition: 1. dream.
Example: 1. Enye adaba ndap - He dreams a dream.
Dabade (Dàbádé) /dàbádé/
Definition: 1. pull out hastily; snatch out; draw out.
Example: 1. Dabade ikañ - Pull out of a fire brand.

2. Enye adabade ofụt ebịne enye - He draws the matchet and goes after him.
Daha (Dàhá) /dàghá/
Definition: 1. leave; depart; get up; arise.
Example: 1. Daha ke enyọñ - Rise up.

2. Mmọ edaha ndọ - Their marriage dissolves.

3. Akpa adaha - The river surges.
Dahadaha (Dàhàdàhà) /dàghàdàghà/
Definition: 1. moving quickly and excitedly; eager haste; wishing to get something done quickly; need for haste. Often goes with dụhudụhu.
Example: 1. Ami maha duhuduhu dahadaha unyam urua - I do not like any hustlings and bustlings in trade.
Dahado (Dàhádó) /dàghádó/
Definition: 1. forgive; pardon.
Example: 1. Dahado nọ enye - Pardon him.
Dak (Dàk) /dàk/
Definition: 1. go under; go beneath.
Example: 1. Dak ubọk - Put your hand under.

2. Dak ibuot ke ataya mi - Take shelter in my hut. Lit: Go underneath my hut.
Dama (Dámá) /dámá/
Definition: 1. be insane; be frantic; frenzied; be mad.
Example: 1. Owo oro adama idat - That man has gone mad.

2. Kini mbọde etop oro, ndama - When i received that message, i was very angry.

3. Adadama ? - Are you mad ?/Are you out of your mind ?
Dañ (Dàñ) /dàŋ/
Definition: 1. lodge; last; stay overnight; remain long; tarry for the night.
Example: 1. Ama aka kudañ - When you go, don't stop for the night.

2. Afo ama adañ do isua inañ - You remained there four years.
Daña (Dàñá) /dàŋá/
Definition: 1. give money as earnest for; secure by giving money in advance.
Example: 1. Enye adaña mmịn Efịk - He makes part payment in security for palm wine.
Diat (Dìàt) /dìàt/
Definition: 1. run down gently; glide down, as water in a vessel.
Example: 1. Edịm adiat ke ọkọm - The rain glides down the roof.
Dara (Dárá) /dárá/
Definition: 1. rejoice; celebrate; be jubilant.
Example: 1. Mmọ edara etieti - They rejoice very much.

2. Ebua adara ete ufọk esie - The dog rejoices at seeing his master.
Dịbe (Díbé) /díbé/
Definition: 1. conceal; hide oneself; be hidden.
Example: 1. Ñkpọ idibeke owo - Nothing is hidden from people.

2. Enye edịbe - He hides.
Dịbede (Díbédé) /díbédé/
Definition: 1. lift up; root out; uproot; tear up; draw out, as nail out of anything into which it has been driven.
Example: 1. Dịbede eto oro fep - Uproot that plant.

2. Mmọ ẹdịbede efe - They have uprooted the shed.
Didie (Dìdìè) /dìdìè/
Definition: 1. how ? in what manner ?
Example: 1. Didie naña ? - How is it then ?

2. Afo anam didie ? - How did you do it ?
Dịbọde (Dìbọ́dé) /dìbɔ́dé/
Definition: 1. be soaked, as in the rain; be daubed, as with dirty or muddy water.
Example: 1. Ọdịbọde idem ke edịm - He soaks himself in the rain.
Diere (Díéré) /díéré/
Definition: 1. embark; go on board, of a ship or canoe; put oneself into.
Example: 1. Mmọ ẹdiere ubom - They embark on the boat.

2. Kudiere ke ikọ emi - Don't put yourself into that argument.
Dịghi (Dịghì) /dìghì/
Definition: 1. trample; stamp upon with foot.
Example: 1. Enye edịghi ñkpọ oro - He treads on that thing.

2. Dịghi ikpat ke isọñ - Stamp your feet on the ground.
Dịghe (Díghé) /díghé/
Definition: 1. be afraid; start back; flinch; intimidate; threaten; appal.
Example: 1. Kudịghe mi uwem - Don't threaten my life.

2. Mme dịghe - I am startled.
Diọhọ (Dìọ̀họ́) /djɔ̀hɔ́/
Definition: 1. settle.
Example: 1. Nam ekpeme ọdiọhọ ke okpokoro oro - Make the bottle settle well on that table.
Dịme (Dìmé) /dìmé/
Definition: 1. be dignified; be stately in deportment; be mobile; invest with dignity.
Example: 1. Enye edịme ke ñwan - She has dignity as a woman.

2. Mbre edịme - The play is conducted with dignity.
Deb (Dèb) /dèb/
Definition: 1. take care, as of baby.
Example: 1. Deb eyen - Take care of a baby.
Dat (Dàt) /dàt/
Definition: 1. be or become ripe; ripen, as of fruit, redden; become red.
Example: 1. Eyop adat - The palm fruit is ripe.

2. Ukwak adat ke ikañ - The iron reddens in the fire.
Darade (Dàrádé) /dàrádé/
Definition: 1. rinse; wash lightly.
Example: 1. Darade usan - Rinse the plate.

2. Enye adarade ọfọñ - She rinses clothes.
Debe (Débé) /débé/
Definition: 1. itch; make itchy.
Example: 1. Mfat edebe enye - Rashes itch him.

2. Mkpọñ edebe mi ke itọñ - Cocoyam makes my throat itchy.
De (Dé) /dé/
Definition: 1. be asleep.
Example: 1. De idap ke okoneyo - Sleep at night.

2. Mmọ ede idap - They are asleep.
Debe (Dèbé) /dèbé/
Definition: 1. immerse (as of water).
Example: 1. Ubom edebe ke mmọñ - Canoe is immersed in water (owing to overloading).
Debi (Dèbì) /dèbì/
Definition: 1. immerse; soak; steep; dip in water or any liquid.
Example: 1. Debi ọfọñ ke mmọñ - Soak the cloth in water.

2. Debi kadi - Soak garri.
Debede (Dèbédé) /dèbédé/
Definition: 1. be drenched.
Example: 1. Idem edebede fi - You are drenched.
Dehe (Déhé) /déhé/
Definition: 1. pollute; defile; dirty; be unclean.
Example: 1. Ọfọñ edehe - The cloth is dirty.

2. Kudehe mmọñ - Don't make the water dirty.
Dedei (Dèdèì) /dèdèì/
Definition: 1. dare; you dare.
Example: 1. Dedei nam ñkpọ oro - You dare do that thing.
Diọhọde (Dìọ̀họ́dé) /djɔ̀hɔ́dé/
Definition: 1. unsettle; remove something from its place as pot.
Example: 1. Diọhọde eso - Remove the pot from its place.
Diọk (Dìọ̀k) /djɔ̀k/
Definition: 1. thin; make meagre; be thin in personal appearance.
Example: 1. Idem ọdiọk enye - He is emaciated or thin in appearance.

2. Ñkpọ urua fo ọdiọk udep - Your trade goods are rather meagre for the cost.
Diọk (Díọ́k) /djɔ́k/
Definition: 1. be bad; be vile or evil; be unfavourable; unlucky.
Example: 1. Eyen oro ọdiọk etieti - That child is very bad.

2. Kudiọk ye mmọ - Do not behave badly to them.
Diomi (Dìòmì) /djòmì/
Definition: 1. consult; consent; agree; confer.
Example: 1. Mmọ ẹdiomi ẹdiomi - They consult in agreement/They confer.
Diọñ (Dìọ̀ñ) /djɔ̀ŋ/
Definition: 1. decorate; fit; mend; improve; repair; trim.
Example: 1. Enye ọdiọñ idem esie - He decorates himself.
Diọñọ (Dìọ̀ñọ́) /djɔ̀ŋɔ́/
Definition: 1. know; recognise; identify; acknowledge; distinguish.
Example: 1. Mọdiọñọ enye - I recognise him.

2. Ndiọñọke owo oro aba - I cannot identify that man again.
Dịp (Díp) /díp/
Definition: 1. hide; conceal; hide from.
Example: 1. Men okụk oro dịp - Take that money and hide it.
Do (Dó) /dó/
Definition: 1. (goes with ndien), therefore; for that reason; and therefore.
Example: 1. Do ndien afo ayanam se enye ọdọhọde ? - And therefore will you do as he says ?
Dọ (Dọ́) /dɔ́/
Definition: 1. marry; unite in wedlock.
Example: 1. Eyo amadọ Eyoañwan ke Ufọkabasi - Eyo wedded Eyoañwan at Church.
Dobi (Dóbí) /dóbí/
Definition: 1. heavy; be weighty.
Example: 1. Mbiomo mi odobi etieti - My load is very heavy.
Dụñọ (Dụ́ñọ́) /dụ́ŋɔ́/
Definition: 1. (plural of Dụñ), dwell.
Example: 1. Ediwak mmọ ẹdụñọ ke ufọk kiet - Many of them live in one house.
Dụñ (Dụ́ñ) /dụ́ŋ/
Definition: 1. dwell; live in; inhabit.

Plural: Dụñọ.
Example: 1. Mmọ ẹdụñ ke ufọk oro - They dwell in that house.

2. Enye odụñ ke Nsidụñ - He lives at Henshaw town.
Dụñọde (Dụ́ñódé) /dụ́ŋɔ́dé/
Definition: 1. investigate; search; inspect; examine.
Example: 1. Dụñọde se mme ñkpọ fo mi - Search whether your property is here.

2. Mmọ ẹdụñọde mi - They search me.
Duọhọ (Dùọ̀họ́) /dùɔ̀hɔ́/
Definition: 1. blame; lay blame on.
Example: 1. Kuduọhọ enye ke se anamde - Do not blame him for what he has done.

2. Nduọhọke fi - I do not blame you.
Duọ (Dùọ́) /dùɔ́/
Definition: 1. fall; drop.
Example: 1. Enye ọduọ ke isọñ - He falls on the ground.

2. Duọ unam - Fall into a fit of epilepsy. N.B: Unam was formerly a synonym for epilepsy but is no longer translated as such.
Duọi (Dùọì) /dùɔ̀ì/
Definition: 1. discharge; distill; cause to trickle down.
Example: 1. Ndọk ọduọi mmọñ - The sore discharges fluid.
Duọk (Dúọ́k) /dúɔ́k/
Definition: 1. throw away; eject; cast down; drop; lose; lay down.

Plural: Duọñọ.
Example: 1. Duọk uyo fo ke enyọñ mmọñ - Cast your head upon the water.

2. Kuduọk - Don't throw away.
Duọk (Dùọ̀k) /dùɔ̀k/
Definition: 1. (with ibifịk), exhale; breathe; breathe out.
Example: 1. Enye ọduọk ibifịk - He exhales.
Duọñọ (Dúọ́ñọ́) /dúɔ́ŋɔ́/
Definition: 1. (plural of Duọk), throw away; cast away.
Example: 1. Mbufo ẹduọñọ uyo ke enyọñ - Cast (plural) your bread upon the water.
Duọñọ (Dùọ̀ñọ́) /dùɔ̀ŋɔ́/
Definition: 1. fall at someone's feet; beg.
Example: 1. Mmọ ẹduọñọ ekpe enye ubọk - They fall at his feet and beg for pardon.
Dobo (Dòbó) /dòbó/
Definition: 1. be still; be quiet.
Example: 1. Jesus ọdọhọ akpammọñ odobo - Jesus ordered the sea to be still.
Dọbọde (Dọ́bọ́dé) /dɔ́bɔ́dé/
Definition: 1. take anything muddy or slimy with the finger, as of mud or grease.
Example: 1. Dọbọdé mbat - Lift off the mud (with the finger).
Dọhọ (Dọ́họ́) /dɔ́hɔ́/
Definition: 1. speak; inform; say; tell; declare.
Example: 1. Dọhọ mmọ edi mkpọñ - Tell them to come tomorrow.

2. Kudọhọ mmọ ñkpọ ndomo kiet - Don't say anything to them.
Dodomo (Dódómó) /dódómó/
Definition: 1. dare you.
Example: 1. Dodomo nam - Dare you do it.
Dọbọ (Dọ̀bọ́) /dɔ̀bɔ́/
Definition: 1. be soft.
Example: 1. Nuak ibọk oro ọdọbọ - Press that medicine until it is soft. (Seldom now in use).
Dọk (Dọ́k) /dɔ́k/
Definition: 1. climb, ascend; mount.
Example: 1. Dọk eto - Climb the tree.

2. Di idọk obot - come and let us ascend the hill.
Dọk (Dọ̀k) /dɔ̀k/
Definition: 1. dig out; harvest, as in yams or cassava.
Example: 1. Ñka ndidọk bia ke isọñ - I am going to harvest (dig out) yam from the ground.
Dọi (Dọ́í) /dɔ́í/
Definition: 1. clean or clear rubbish or filth.
Example: 1. Dọi mbat oro fep - Clear or clean the mud away.
Dom (Dóm) /dóm/
Definition: 1. bite.
Example: 1. Ebua odom owo - The dog bites a man.
Dọkịn (Dọ́kìn) /dɔ́kìn/
Definition: 1. padlock; lock.
Example: 1. Esịn dọkịn ke usụñ - He fixes a padlock on the door.
Dom (Dòm) /dòm/
Definition: 1. forge; shape by heating and hammering; mint, of money.
Example: 1. Ete Edem ekedi odom mfiọk - Mr Edem was a forger of iron stand (Trivet).

2. Ukara odom okụk - Government mints money.
Domo (Dómó) /dómó/
Definition: 1. compare; attempt; inspect; try; measure.
Example: 1. Domo ndinam utom oro - Try to do that work.

2. Enye odomo idem - He tries himself.
Dọñ (Dọ́ñ) /dɔ́ŋ/
Definition: 1. send; dispatch; send a person a verbal message.
Example: 1. Dọñ enye utom - Send him on a message.

2. Ẹdọñ enye urua - He is sent to the market.
Dọñ (Dọ̀ñ) /dɔ̀ŋ/
Definition: 1. load; pack, as of a box or basket; put in sufficient quantity.
Example: 1. Tañ bia dọñ ke akpasa - Pack up the yams and put them in the basket.

2. Dọñ aran ke ubom - Load the boat with oil.
Dọñọ (Dọ́ñọ́) /dɔ́ŋɔ́/
Definition: 1. sick; be sick of any disease.
Example: 1. Enye ọdọñọ ekansa - He suffers from cancer.
Dọñọ (Dọ̀ñọ́) /dɔ̀ŋɔ́/
Definition: 1. be packed; put in; lie loaded.
Example: 1. Mme ñkpọ ẹdọñọ ke ekebe - Things are put in the box.
Doñode (Dòñódé) /dòŋódé/
Definition: 1. (plural of Dorode), lift from; remove from.
Example: 1. Doñode mme usan ke okpokoro - Remove plates from the table.
Dọnọde (Dọ́nọ́dé) /dɔ́nɔ́dé/
Definition: 1. be eloquent; be a talker.
Example: 1. Enye ama ndidọnọde ikọ - He likes eloquence.
Dop (Dòp) /dòp/
Definition: 1. cease, of noise; desist; end; stop.
Example: 1. Dop uyo - Stop the noise.

2. Dodop - Keep mute.
Doro (Dòró) /dòró/
Definition: 1. be bitter; be acidic.
Example: 1. Ibọk odoro - The medicine is bitter.

2. Mfri emi odoro - This fruit is bitter.
Dọrọde (Dọ́rọ́dé) /dɔ́rɔ́dé/
Definition: 1. be sluggish; behave slowly and lazily.
Example: 1. Enye ọdọrọde ke unam ñkpọ akaha - He does things too slowly or sluggishly.
Dorode (Dòródé) /dòródé/
Definition: 1. remove from the top of something.

Plural: Doñode.
Example: 1. Dorode ñwed ke okpokoro - Remove the book from the table.
Dọrọ (Dọ́rọ́) /dɔ́rɔ́/
Definition: 1. be slippery; be viscous.
Example: 1. Ekwọñ ọdọrọ - The snail is slippery.

2. Efere fo ọdọrọ - Your soup is viscid.
Dori (Dòrì) /dòrì/
Definition: 1. place; put on; add.
Example: 1. Dori kop ke okpokoro - Place the cup on the table.

2. Dori mbiomo fo ke ibuot - Put your load on your head.
Dot (Dòt) /dòt/
Definition: 1. become; deserve; be appropriate; be worthy of; be convenient for.
Example: 1. Itie esie odot enye - He is worthy of his position.

2. Ufọk oro odot ke itie utom - That house is appropriate for the workplace.
Duai (Dúáí) /dúáí/
Definition: 1. be agitated; be nervous; be in a hurry
Example: 1. Idem aduai fi - You are agitated.
Duak (Dúák) /dúák/
Definition: 1. resolve to do; intend; purpose; decide.
Example: 1. Nduak ndika ederi - I intend to go to service.

2. Adaduak edi inamke - He is always making plans which he never executes.
Du (Dù) /dù/
Definition: 1. exist; be alive; live. Often used with Uwem.
Example: 1. Enye odu uwem - He lives.

2. Mmọ edu mi - They are here.
Dọya (Dọ́yà) /dɔ́jà/
Definition: 1. lawyer; a barrister-at-law.
Example: 1. Eka mi edi dọya - My mother is a lawyer.
Duari (Dúárí) /dúárí/
Definition: 1. (plural of Duat), bawl at; chide; reprimand; explode.
Example: 1. Mmọ ẹduari owo ẹkaha - They are constantly shouting at people.
Duem (Dùèm) /dùèm/
Definition: 1. be shining; glitter; be smooth and shining.
Due (Dùè) /dùè/
Definition: 1. blunder; fail; err; make a mistake.
Example: 1. Enye edue ete esie - He offends his father.

2. Kudue - Do not err or blunder.
Dubọde (Dùbọ́dé) /dùbɔ́dé/
Definition: 1. pick the filth or something dirty or irritating; be dirty and messy.
Example: 1. Dubọde ndek ọfọñ emi nịm ko - Pick up the wet and filthy cloth and place it that way.

2. Ọdubọde ntre ọwọrọ añwa? - Do you go out looking filthy?
Duebede (Dùèbédé) /dùèbédé/
Definition: 1. to rub.

2. in the old sense of the word, to rub the body with egg to recant a curse according to traditional medical treatment.
Example: 1. Eduebede enye nsenunen ke idem - He rubs his body with egg.
Duat (Dúát) /dúát/
Definition: 1. bawl at; crash, as of thunder; explode.

Plural: Duari.
Example: 1. Obuma aduat isọñ enyek - The thunder causes the ground to vibrate.
Duemede (Dùèmédé) /dùèmédé/
Definition: 1. to wipe.

2. in the old sense of the word, to wipe a sick person with a fowl or chick to remove sickness by evil hands or charm.
Duep (Dùèp) /dùèp/
Definition: 1. dust; remove the dust by wiping; wipe.
Example: 1. Duep enye ukot - Dust his feet.

2. Duep ntọñ ke akpakaha - Wipe the dust off the chair.
Dụhọde (Dụ̀họ́dé) /dụ̀hɔ́dé/
Definition: 1. filter; strain.
Dụhudụhu (Dúhúdúhú) /dúhúdúhú/
Definition: 1. pushing or jostling roughly; acting quickly with energy; doing something by energetic activity. Often goes with dahadaha. (See dahadaha).
Duop (Dùòp) /dùòp/
Definition: 1. ten; 10.
Example: 1. Eneañwan edi isua duop - Eneañwan is 10 years old.
Dụk (Dụ́k) /dụ́k/
Definition: 1. enter; go into.
Example: 1. Dụk ufọk tetie - Enter the house and sit down.

2. Dụk ke ikọ oro nọ mmọ - Solve that issue for them Lit. Enter into that matter for them.
Ebai (Èbáí) /èbáí/
Definition: 1. a small fish found inshore.

2. a synonym for a flippant and talkative person.
Example: 1. Enye ekeñ idem nte ebai - He is as active and forward as ebai.
Duọt (Dùọ̀t) /dùɔ̀t/
Definition: 1. feel heavy; sluggish.
Example: 1. Nso ke ọdọduọt asaña ntre ? - Why are you so sluggish in your movement ?
Eba (Ébá) /ébá/
Definition: 1. breast; udder; pap.
Example: 1. Enye osio eyen ke eba - She weans the child.

2. Eyenañwan oro etịbe eba - That girl has developed breasts.
Ebaọtọñ (Ébáọ́tọ̀ñ) /ébáɔ́tɔ̀ŋ/
Definition: 1. a tree used in preparing charm and for embalming the dead.
Ebat (Ébát) /ébát/
Definition: 1. hand or group of bananas or plantain growing together on a penducle.
Example: 1. Ebat mboro iba - Two hands of bananas.
Ebatụñ (Èbàtùñ) /èbàtụ̀ŋ/
Definition: 1. a kind of play in which the dancers move to the right and left.
Edemikụt (Èdèmíkụ̀t) /èdèmíkụ̀t/
Definition: 1. a shrub with small leaves.
Edemikụtudọk (Èdèmíkụ̀tùdọ̀k) /èdèmíkụ̀tùdɔ̀k/
Definition: 1. a nickname for cricket which is more properly known as Idiañ.
Edeminañ (Édémìnàñ) /édémìnàŋ/
Definition: 1. a fruit with a bitter taste, it has four sides.
Ebaitọñ (Ébáítọ́ñ) /ébáítɔ̀ŋ/
Definition: 1. (ebot) the hairy pendants or fleshy part hanging from the neck of some goats.
Eden (Édèn) /édèn/
Definition: 1. (or eren) often edenowo, male; man.

Plural: Iden.
Example: 1. Asibọñ edi ediye edenowo - Asibọñ is a handsome man.
Edeñ (Édèñ) /édèŋ/
Definition: 1. a species of fish, sometimes mistaken for herring.
Example: 1. Enye ama ndita edeñ - He likes to eat edeñ.

2. Edeñ ibuo - A straight and sharp nose.
Edeñ (Èdéñ) /èdéŋ/
Definition: 1. a tree that resembles the mangrove. Lat: Ochrocarpus africanus.
Edep (Èdèp) /èdèp/
Definition: 1. a marsh; soft ground full of water like a bog, palm wine trees flourish in this type of soil.
Example: 1. Etọ mmịn ke edep - Palm wine trees are planted in the marshy ground.
Edep (Édèp) /édèp/
Definition: 1. nurse. See Edeb.
Ederi (Édérí) /édérí/
Definition: 1. sunday; a day of rest, the name of two days in the Efịk eight-day week i.e, Akwa and Ekpri Ederi. Akwa Ederi used to be observed as a public holiday and was the first day of Efik week. Ekpri Ederi was the fifth day of the Efịk eight-day week. Today, the Christian sunday is Ederi.
Example: 1. Usen Akwa ederi akam esidi usen nduọk odudu ye usen usọrọ - The day known as Akwa ederi was usually the day of rest and merriment.
Edere (Èdèré) /èdèré/
Definition: 1. north.
Example: 1. Enye aka usụk, ami ñka edere - He goes south and i go north.
Dụri (Dụ̀rì) /dụ̀rì/
Definition: 1. drag; hawl; draw; pull; massage.
Example: 1. Dụri ñkpọ oro da - Drag that thing to yourself.

2. Mmọ ẹdụri eto oro esio ke ikọt - They drag that log out of the bush.
Dụt (Dụ̀t) /dụ̀t/
Definition: 1. leak; flow.
Example: 1. Tian mmọñ oro odụt - That basin of water is leaking.

2. Abañ mi idụtke - My water-pot does not leak.
Edidi (Èdídì) /èdídì/
Definition: 1. the coming; the arrival.
Example: 1. Edidi esie - His coming.

2. Enye etịñ asian edidi esie mkpọñ - He has mentioned his arrival tomorrow.
Edidi (Èdìdì) /èdìdì/
Definition: 1. funeral howl; confused noise; disturbance.
Example: 1. Nso ke esesịn edidi ntem ? - Why are you causing this noisy disturbance ?

2. Mmọ ẹsịn edidi - They make this lamentation.
Edidem (Èdídèm) /èdídèm/
Definition: 1. priest-king; one of great majesty and having absolute power; a title superior in rank to Ọbọñ.

2. an Efịk king in the past who was the guardian of Ndem.

3. the title of the Obong of Calabar.

Plural: Ndidem.
Example: 1. Edidem Ọtọñ akakpa ndisi iyịp - Edidem Ọtọñ died an untimely death.
Edidịm (Èdìdìm) /èdìdìm/
Definition: 1. electric fish. Lat: Malapterurus beninensis.
Example: 1. Edidịm edịme enye - Electric fish shocks him.
Edidia (Èdídìa) /èdídìà/
Definition: 1. edible; eating; eatable.