Ibibio English

[HF] noun oil

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[HF] noun slave

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[LH] adjective all, every

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[LD] adjective first

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[HH] noun person, human being; someone

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[LH] noun onion

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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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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[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive rev. of dian take away, separate two things that are stuck together, separate out from; change money

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[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

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[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

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[LL] number ten

(Igbo) iri

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[L] verb, transitive drag, draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage.

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[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

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[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[LLL] noun side whiskers, side burns.

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[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

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[LH] a small cloth warn at the waist by mourning widows.

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[LLL] noun wall

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[LHL] noun electricity

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[HF] noun laughter

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[HHF] noun dizziness, faintness

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[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[HHL] noun blood

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[H] verb, transitive deny, refute, prove innocent

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

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[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

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[HL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat to the ground.

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[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[LH] verb, transitive; verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

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

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

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[LL] verb, transitive call, read aloud, invite

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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[LL] noun side, edge

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[LLL] noun sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel)

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

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[HH] verb, transitive insult; disobey, disregard

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

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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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[LHL] interjection no

[H] verb, transitive groan (of a sick person)

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[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (in surprise because something is in the eye, to scare someone)

[LHHH] adjective secret

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

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

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HHH] noun race, competition

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

[LL] verb, transitive doubt, argue, dispute

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[HHL] adjective ancient, former; old (of inanimate objects)

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

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

[LHH] noun clan chief

[HHHH] noun a percussion instrument

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, intransitive laugh (plural of sak)

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

[H] pronoun what, who which

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

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

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

[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)

[LH] noun calamity

[HH] noun rope

[LH] noun the second-born son

[LHF] noun third-born son

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[HLL] adverb completely

[HHHH] noun blood

[LLH] noun earning a living; struggling

[HH] noun sand on the shore

[L] verb, transitive write

[HL] adverb yet, then

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[HHH] verb, transitive spread with the palm of the hand (mud, plaster, water on the wall or floor)