Ibibio English

[HF] noun dust

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun cat

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[HF HL] noun pimple

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[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive sharpen

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[HHH] verb, transitive beg, beg for; plead with, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive stay over-night, spend the night

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a hump on the back.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tree, any plant with a woody stem, wood.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun millipede.

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[HHH] noun dog.

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[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive remove water with a bowl from where it is not wanted (esp bail out a boat), scoop liquid from one container to another.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

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[HHH] noun whirlwind.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tortoise.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[LL] noun tail

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

[HH] verb, transitive call, invite, read

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge blag of flour, it falls with a thud.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

[HH] verb, transitive overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare for use

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[H] adverb here.

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

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[HH] verb, transitive insult; disobey, disregard

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun armpit

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[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun sandfly

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[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

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[HH] noun dream

[HHH] noun race, competition

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[LL] verb, intransitive walk with legs apart (like a person who has a boil, or something between his legs)

[LLL] noun mould

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[LF] noun my grandmother

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[LHL] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

[LHH] noun clan chief

[HF] noun leaf; in its narrowest sense the term applies to leaves that are distributed along a stem in such a way that a person can remove several of them at a time by running his hand along the stem

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[HH] verb, transitive taunt, sneer at; makean open-eye, make a face, stick out the tongue, to say it serves you right, I told you

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[H] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[HL] noun shilling

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[H] verb, transitive hollow out

[LH] noun canoe

[HF] noun trouble

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[HH] noun friend

[HH] noun oppression

[LLLH] noun a dish of grated cocoyam steamed in leaves

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

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)