Ibibio English

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHF] noun world

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[LH] noun famine; limestone (Calcium Carbonate)

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[LD] adjective first

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[LHL] noun priest

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

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[L] noun term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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

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[LLL] noun a kind of slug found on plantain leaves.

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[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

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[HH] verb, transitive remove pressure, stop pressing down see fige.

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[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

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[HH] noun body (of a human being, an animal, fruit, nut), self (used as a reflexive). aj (?) emphatic, even, particular, the very.

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

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[HHH] noun firewood.

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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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[HH] noun a case

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[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[HH] noun fish (general)

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

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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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[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive resolve not to do a thing.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive cajole, entice, lure.

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[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands (plural of kpoppo)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive clear, sweep remaining bits of afere (soup) from a plate with the hand or a piece of fufu.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

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[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive (iv) become set (of a trap), become piled up, heaped up; (tv) cary piled up (a stack of bulky things such as books or firewood, walking is impeded)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive grow (of people, animals, plants, hair) (pl. of kọt [L])

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[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

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[HH] noun thick porridge

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[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LH] noun yesterday (in a context of past), tomorrow (in a context of future), (loosely) two or three days in the past or future.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] interj. what

[LLH] noun warm

[LHL] interjection no

[LL] conjunction and, with

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

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

[LH] noun my father

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[HHH] noun thorn, splinter, nail (fastener), needle

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[HH] verb, transitive taunt, sneer at; makean open-eye, make a face, stick out the tongue, to say it serves you right, I told you

[HH] verb, transitive extinguish (a light, a fire) intransitive: go out, become extinguished (of a light, a fire)

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

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

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[H] verb, intransitive push as in childbirth

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

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

[LH] noun calamity

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

[LH] noun the second-born son

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[LH] verb, intransitive become beautiful

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark