Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

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[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[LH] adjective all, every

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[LHHH] noun table

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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[HHH] noun okra, okro

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[HH] noun child, offspring

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, scattered, disheveled, disrupted

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[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

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[LHH] noun copulation.

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[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

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

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[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

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[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

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[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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[LLL] noun wall

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[HH] noun medicine, cure, poison, talisman, juju.

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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

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[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

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[LL] noun foot

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

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[LL] ideophone sound made when a person falls flat on his face or back.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

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[L] verb, transitive cajole, entice, lure.

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[LH] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

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

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[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

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[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

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[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

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[HD] interjection please

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[LLH] verb, transitive swallow (pl. of men)

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

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[HF] noun leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

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[HF] noun cockroach

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[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

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[LLHDH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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[LLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

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[LF LL] noun a childrens game in which sticks are passed around quickly and players try not to accumulate them

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

[HHH] noun water

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[HHH] noun a freshwater swamp where raffia palms grow

[HHH] noun something rotten

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[LHH] noun calamity

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

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

[LLL] noun mould

[LLL] noun mist, fog

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[LH] verb, transitive singe

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

[HHH HLL] noun a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

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

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

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

[H] verb, transitive scrub, rub briskly (teeth, the body, a pot), rub off, rub together, erase, wipe, rub with a slow motion, massage

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

[HH] verb, transitive pierce through, make a hole, carve out (pl. of tịp)

[LL] conjunction, adverb, preposition very much, until, so that

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

[H] verb, transitive stick something onto a sharp object (e.g. a piece of meat onto a stick to be hunder over the fire to dry) (var. tot)

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[LL] numeral second

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[HH] noun weavil

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[LL] noun your mother

[LH] noun cssave fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[HH] noun ear

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[HL] adverb yet, then

[LLH] verb, intransitive become peeled off, become faded

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise