KALABARI HOMONYMS
Omonimu anee gboru ekwen bibi te jen ekwen bibi na gboru bara fie, (aniania kiri bara ke fie ) piki gboru bara bu kee kuma mai ma gberiye fieaa.
ala (chieftancy )... ala (far )..... ala (riches )
aka ( teeth ).... aka ( skill ) .... aka ( diplomacy)
ama ( town ) .... ama ( female / wife)
ari ( witchcraft ).... ari ( hook)
agba ( to branch)..... agba ( paint )
akpa ( pocket) ..... akpa ( bag )
amgba ( cheek ) ..... amgba ( phlegm from nose )
aku (pains)..... aku ( moth)
abai (pus)..... abai ( pus)
baa (daybreak)..... baa ( tomorrow)
baku ( knock) ..... baku ( to nail in ) ..... baku ( to hit with the fist)
bari ( reduce hotness of water ) ..... bari ( to revoke)
bii (to need,want)...... bii ( to beg )
bele (cooking pot)..... bele ( tongue)..... bele (language)
buro ( pass by) ..... buro ( to slap ) ..... buro ( dislocation)
biri ( middle)..... biri ( to bathe)..... biri ( age mate)
diri ( book )..... diri (medicine)..... diri ( charm )
duein ( ghost)..... duein (corpse)
diki ( rope)..... diki ( to look )
doku (to paddle)..... doku ( to embalm locally )
ekpe ( chest)..... ekpe ( billy goat )
ene ( day ) ...... ene( rain)
ende (tooth gum) ...... ende ( four hundred)
firi (baldness) ...... firi (leakage)..... firi (errand)
fini (firewood )..... fini ( fire )
fari (to sharpen )..... fari ( to beat drum)
fi ( to eat ) ...... fi ( death)
gbon ( bite of snake) ..... gbon ( to eat baked garri )
gbin ( to go to battle ) ..... gbin ( to throw) ..... gbin ( to sew)
gbe ( to grind ) ..... gbe ( to pay)
igo ( pelvic ) ..... igo ( eagle )
iku (louse) ...... iku (heavy)..... iku (cocoyam)
imgbe (oyster) ..... imgbe (bone)......imgbe ( would have...)
kunu ( staleness) ..... kunu ( sweet aroma)
nini ( nose ) ..... nini ( assassination)
piki ( to turn) ...... piki (to deny)
peni (to lie up) ...... peni ( penny)
pulo ( cooking oil) ..... pulo ( blood )
olo (cough) ..... olo (to hold )
oko ( hire ) ..... oko ( to throw up as a child )
olo ( concubine) ..... olo (cream )
toru ( face)..... toru (sea, river)
saki ( time ) ..... saki ( menses ) ..... saki ( to lift)
san ( urine ) ..... san ( muscle)
se ( to stand ) ...... se ( nation )
seki ( to dance ) ..... seki ( crockodile)
so (sky) ..... so ( to go away)
teme (spirit) ...... teme (to create)
more to come...
