Ibibio English

[LHH] noun settler

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[HHL] adjective old

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[HHL] noun forest

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[LHHH] noun table

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[LH] noun circle formation for a game or dance

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[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

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[HLF] noun sneeze

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[HF] noun a kind of reed; a sleeping mat woven from reed

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[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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

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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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[H] verb, intransitive come

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[LLL] verb, transitive pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

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

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[HH] noun knee.

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[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

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[LL] noun axe.

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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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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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[LH] noun father, old man, respectful address or reference to a man.

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[LF] noun message; fame.

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[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

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[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

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[LH] verb, intransitive get off balance (as when something which was balanced or supported slips or slants down), become slanted.

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[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

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[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

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

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[HLHL] noun red

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[HHH] noun firewood.

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[LH] noun spoon

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[HH] noun a case

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[LHH] noun crab

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[HF] noun earth, land, ground, floor, country, a council of elders

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[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

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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 tell a fable, proverb, riddle

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[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

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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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[L] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive rev. of kpaga: uncross, separate things that are joined together, unbutton, unbuckle.

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[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

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[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

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[LLH] verb, transitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood)

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

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

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

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

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

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

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[LL] noun foot

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

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[HL] interj. what

[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

[LHL] interjection no

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

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

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[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

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[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

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[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

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[LL] noun place

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[HH] verb, transitive shake, bounce a person as on a couch

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

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[LLH] noun basket

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

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[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

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[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

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[HH] verb, transitive chop

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

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[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

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[H] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

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

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[HD] noun grandfather

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

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[HH] verb, transitive awaken

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[HHF] noun the small of the back and the area immediately surrounding it

[LL] noun your mother

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

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[LH] noun guest, visitor

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

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

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[LHH] noun needle

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)