Ibibio English

[HH] noun mosquito

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun discrimination

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[HF] noun slave

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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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[HH] noun fight

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[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

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

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive speak, say, tell, mean, intend

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

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[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

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

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[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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[HLL] verb, intransitive move about here and there doing many things at once, look busy, become busy

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[H] verb, transitive enter, go into, join (a society of the modern type that involves only a simple process)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun porcupine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun mother.

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[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become narrow, small; tv wrinkle, frown, contract narrow.

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[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

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[HH] noun sleep.

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[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

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[HF] noun laughter

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[LL] noun time

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[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

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[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

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[LLL] noun young men, youths

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive pay

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[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive scrape, scrape off, shave

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive rev of kup open a cover or lid

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

[LL] verb, transitive knock

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[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[LHHH] noun a long narrow lightweight knife used for cutting grass; the flat part of a knife; a knife without a handle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LF LL] noun a childrens game in which sticks are passed around quickly and players try not to accumulate them

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blind

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

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[HH] noun descendants

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

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[HH] noun a women’s society

[L] verb, transitive sell

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[LL] noun my mother

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

[LLH] noun basket

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

[LH] noun oyster

[HHH] noun water

[LH] verb, intransitive become clear, light, bright; fig become clear, understandable; become large, wide; expand; transitive: clear (as a road); expand, enlarge

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hang down; weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a line or heavy fruits on a branch)

[L] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[LL] conjunction, adverb, preposition very much, until, so that

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

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[HH] noun weight

[HH] noun weavil

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

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

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)