Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun a wooden gong, usually made from a section of a tree trunk

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

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[LHLL] noun rice

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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[HF] noun a broom made from oil palm fronds stripped of their leaves and tied in a bunch, it is generally used for sweeping the house

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[LL] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

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[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

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[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

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[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

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[H] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive marry

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[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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

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[HLL] noun tongue.

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[LHH] noun a single (or double?) pronged metal gong.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

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[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

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[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

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[L] verb, transitive fan, wave, swing; iv hover, float in the air.

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

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

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[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

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[LH] adjective big

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[LH] noun someone shorter than normal. a stunted person

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[LLL] noun toad

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[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[HF] noun salt

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[LF; HF] noun yam barn (a place where yams are stored for the next planting season)

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[HHF] noun dizziness, faintness

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[HH] verb, transitive cut down, hew down (a large object); cut (a large portion) (pl. of kek)

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[H] verb, transitive pierce, stab, sew

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[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 try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

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[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive make jittery movements as though one had ants in ones clothing; move very fast on ones toes in a jittery way (i.e. walk like a European); swagger, strut to show off

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive peel with a knife; sharpen to a point (as a stick, an arrow)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive preach, repeat over and over, moralize, advise

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[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[L] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

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[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[LH] noun penis, some speakers say that this is a polite term, others that it is slang, still others that it is a childs word

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[LL] noun foot

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[H.HL] noun sandfly

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

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[HF] noun sandfly

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[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

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[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[HLL] noun prickly heat

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[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[HH] noun the young of an animal

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

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[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

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[LF] noun my grandmother

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[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

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

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[HHH] noun water

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[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams are below the ground) (var. sappa)

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

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[LH] verb, intransitive faint, lose consciousness; become lowered

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

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[HF] noun silk, any shiny material used for a head tie

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[LH] verb, intransitive sit, stay; appear, seem

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[LHL] noun pigeon

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[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LHLL] noun rice

[HF] noun strength, force, power

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[LLH] noun ability

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

[LL] noun quarrel

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[L] verb, intransitive do patiently, stay patiently, become patient

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

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[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

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