Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL HF] noun town, village

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[LF] noun whisper

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

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[HHH] noun bee

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[LHLL] noun hiccup

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[LHH] noun needle

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[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

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[HH] verb, intransitive become unsalted, unseasoned, become deficient

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[LL] verb, transitive fail to show appreciation, criticize what has been done for one

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[LL] verb, intransitive creep, spread, cove (of vines, plants sp. when a yam covers its supporting stick with many leaves and branches)

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[HH] verb, transitive break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone)

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[HL] noun headtie

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[HH] verb, intransitive ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

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[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[HH] verb, transitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

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[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

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[LHH] noun mockery.

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[HH] noun saliva.

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

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[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

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[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

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[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.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

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[LH] noun belly

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[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

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[LHL] noun a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth to hold back the dregs.

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[HF] noun pus

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[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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[LH] noun cassava (the term includes varieties of Manihot utilissima and Dioscorea dumetorum

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[LLF] noun [Eng] cigarette

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[H] verb, transitive tell a fable, proverb, riddle

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

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[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

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[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

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

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[L] verb, transitive hop on one leg, limp.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

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[LL] verb, transitive sweep; take the remains of something

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[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

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[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

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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

[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb here.

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[HHHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

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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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[HH HL] noun outer part of the vagina - labia majora

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

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[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[LHL] noun a shoot (esp. referes to the shoot of a a yam stored in the yam marn prior to planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] adjective thin, lean and sickly (of a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[HHF] noun eczema

[LLLH] noun business

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

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

[LH] noun my father

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

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

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[HF] noun silk, any shiny material used for a head tie

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

[LF] noun your grandmother

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LLH] noun spider web

[HH] noun the sun

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

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

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