Ibibio English

[LLHF] noun world

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[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[LHF] noun yawn

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[HF] noun slave

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[HH] noun bone, stem, the prominent, conspicious or salient part of something

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[LH] subj, obj. pronoun he, she, it, him, her, it

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[HH] noun fight

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[HH] verb, transitive waste

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

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[HL] noun yam

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[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

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[HH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive resemble, appear to, seem to, seem

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

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[L] verb, transitive break, break open (something round; something made of glass and clay)

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

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[HH] noun hare; a person fond of sleeping.

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[LL] noun mother.

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[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

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[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive argue, argue with, disagree with.

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

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

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[L] verb, transitive pluck (feathers, hair, weeds).

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[LH] verb, intransitive put on clothes, wear.

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[LHH] noun standing; height, stature, position; moment in time, time, time when.

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[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

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[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

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[LH] noun spoon

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[LLL] noun toad

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[HH] noun urine.

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[HF] noun pus

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[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

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[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

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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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[LH] number three

(Igbo) atọ

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[HHH] verb, intransitive/verb transitive think, meditate, worry, brood; hope, expect; consider; become concerned with, care

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

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[LL] ideophone sound of shoes with heels

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[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

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[H] verb, transitive cost

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[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

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[LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

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[LL] verb, transitive become resistant, obstinate (of a person, an animal); become difficult (of work, a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of a palm kernel or ekOm nut when it is cracked with a stone; sound made by snapping the fingers; sound made in a gun when it fails to fire because the powder is wet.

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

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[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

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

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[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

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

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[L] verb, transitive retch, vomit gen used w ibọk medicine, udia food

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[LL] noun side, edge

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[LHHH] noun singlet, sleeveless underwear

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[LL] pronoun my

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

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[LLLH] noun business

[HLLH] noun ant

[LH] noun my father

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

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[LL] noun my mother

[HLF] noun athlete’s foot

[HHF] noun hiccup

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

[HH] verb, intransitive talk in an angry, high-piched voice; ideophone: sound of a frightened, wounded dog

[L] verb, intransitive become black

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

[HHH] verb, intransitive become alive (if animals and plants); become fresh (of meat, fish), become fresh, become healthy, fine (of a human being)

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[H] verb, transitive hollow out

[HF] noun strength

[LF] noun your grandmother

[LLH] noun ability

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[H] verb, transitive suck

[L] verb, transitive write

[L] verb, transitive kill

[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)

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

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