Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

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[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

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[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

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[HL] noun yam

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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[H] verb, transitive break

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[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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[HL] noun bowl(cf. abawIt, bawIt)

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[H] verb, intransitive come

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

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[HHH] noun a day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days (days of the week)

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[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

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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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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

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[HLHL] noun red

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[HF] noun hair (on the head or growing densely as on the head).

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[LH] adjective big

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[HH] noun gonorrhea.

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[LLL] noun; adjective greed; greedy person

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[LLL] adjective soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a person’s flesh)

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[H] verb, transitive agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand, work

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[LLF] noun [Eng] cigarette

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (not using hands)

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

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[L] verb, transitive even, even if, unless, not even.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive chop

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, intransitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood); become difficult (of a task)

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[LL] verb, transitive gather together with the hands something that is in grains or particles (gari, rice, sand); collect into a bulk or heap

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[L] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

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[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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[LH] noun today

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[LHH HL] noun the kernel of the unripe oil palm fruit, the shell is soft and can be broken with the teeth.

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[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

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[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[LHHLHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH] noun a plant with a fine bark which is scraped off to mae twine, wild hibiscus

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

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HF] noun the gums

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[HH] noun sand

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive have; intransitive: sg only have to, must; appear to be, exist

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[LLLL] noun rust

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

[HHF] noun hiccup

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[HH] verb, intransitive flicker; transitive: flash a light on and off

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

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[H] verb, intransitive become gently, mild (of disposition, weather); adverb: quietly, safely

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

[HD] noun grandfather

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[LH] verb, intransitive sit, stay; appear, seem

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LH] noun birth mark

[HH] noun weight

[HF] noun animal (gen term), meat

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[HHH] noun feast

[HH] noun ear

[HF] noun noise

[HH] verb, transitive elude, evade (as a solution eludes one)

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive move about, become restless, fidget; move about, wriggle

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)

[H] noun child, offspring

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms