Ibibio English

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

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[LLHF] noun world

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[HHL] noun forest

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

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[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

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[HL] noun ball

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[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

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[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[HF] noun chin.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun pig.

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[HH] noun knee.

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[LH] noun disease involving swelling of the testes; an insult (if a person called another person efik and make a fist it is a challenge to fight).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun axe.

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[LL] noun eulogy.

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[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[HF] noun stream.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

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[HH] noun whip; cane; belt

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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

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[HHH] noun nose

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[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

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[L] ideophone sound made by a bar of steel when it falls to the ground

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[HHH] verb, transitive walk here and there, zigzag

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[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs; unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[HH] verb, transitive overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare for use

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[HH] verb, transitive insult; disobey, disregard

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] noun foot

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun singlet, sleeveless underwear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[HLL] noun prickly heat

[LH] pronoun there (homographs: ndo ’and’; ndo ’scare’)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] noun business

[LHD] noun epilepsy, an epileptic

[LLH] noun, adjective corpse (esp. one that is dried up and distasteful); adjective: dead; worthless, good for nothing; vile, evil

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[HF] noun vein (esp. in the arm)

[LH] noun my father

[LLHL] adjective stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetịp, iteitịp)

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[L] verb, transitive sell

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

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[HH] verb, intransitive flicker; transitive: flash a light on and off

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

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)

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

[H] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[LLH] verb, intransitive tattered, threadbare (pl. of tara)

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

[HH] verb, transitive pierce through, make a hole, carve out (pl. of tịp)

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[LLL] noun room

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[LHF] noun third-born son

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[LF] noun your grandmother

[HH] noun road, way; doorway, door; habit, custom

[LHL] numeral five

[HH] noun ear

[LHH] noun needle

[LHH] noun needle

[LLL] noun beauty

[L] verb, transitive write

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[HH] verb, intransitive shine (of the sun or moon)

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

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

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[HH] verb, transitive saw, cut with a sawing motion (an animal’s throat, or in shredding certain leaves such as afan̄)(pl. of jọọk)

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness