Ibibio English

[HF] noun oil

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[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[LH] noun lizard

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[LHHHH] noun compound (gen. a large one with people living in it, the term suggests a rich man’s compound)

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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

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[HH] verb, transitive take, pick up, carry

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[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

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[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, scattered, disheveled, disrupted

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[H] verb, transitive break

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

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[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

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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 test, examine, measure, weigh

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[HF] noun a place set aside for something esp a fireplace; a focal place.

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[LHH] noun a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

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[LL] noun mother.

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

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[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

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[LH] noun heart, gut.

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[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

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[HHH] noun firewood.

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[LH] adjective big

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[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[HHF] noun dizziness, faintness

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

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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

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

[HH] verb, intransitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

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[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive space out (in planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

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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 remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

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[HH] verb, transitive cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicine)

[LLL] noun pl people

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[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

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

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[HH] noun penis

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[LHL] adjective small

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

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[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[HD] adverb also, too

[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

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

[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LH] interrogative what

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

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

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

[HH] verb, intransitive become sweet, delicious, tasty, enjoyable (of food or drink only)

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

[LH] noun oyster

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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)

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

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

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[HD] noun grandfather

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

[H] verb, transitive stick something onto a sharp object (e.g. a piece of meat onto a stick to be hunder over the fire to dry) (var. tot)

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[LLLH] noun a dish of grated cocoyam steamed in leaves

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[LLL] noun beauty

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir