Ibibio English

[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun cannon

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[HF] noun oil

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

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[LL] verb, transitive cut through with a single stroke

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[LLH] verb, transitive rev. of biom put down what one has been carrying on the head

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

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[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

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[HF] noun a bundle of ten, twenty, fifty, etc..

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[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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[HH] noun saliva.

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

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

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[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

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[LLLL] noun state of numbness or sleep in the limbs; state of being shrivelled from immersion in water.

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

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[HH] noun feces

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[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

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[HF] noun laughter

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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

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[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

[LLH] verb, transitive remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

[HH] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood) (pl. of kpaN)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive stand in a relative position.

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[LH] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

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[LLHHH] noun [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

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[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

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[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

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

[HHH] noun hunger

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[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

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[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

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[HF] noun leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

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[HH] verb, transitive insult; disobey, disregard

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[LH HD] noun ring

[LH LL] noun regret

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HF] noun sandfly

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[LHHH] noun skull

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[LLH] question where?

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[HHH] noun water

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

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

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[LHH] noun calamity

[LHH] noun calamity

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

[HH] verb, intransitive whine (of a child)

[LH] verb, intransitive bend a part of the body, bend all the way over; become bent

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

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

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fst (as a car speeds by or an insect flies by)

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, disheveled; become smashed to bits

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[HH] verb, intransitive become clouded, unclear (in color); become murky, unclear (of liquids); become dusty (of clothes or something that can be shaken out)

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[HHH] noun feast

[LH] numeral three

[LH] noun fishhook

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[H] verb, transitive soothe, pat, rock a child

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers