Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun shame

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun cannon

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[LHL] noun rice

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[HF] noun root

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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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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[HH] noun fight

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[HF] noun vein, artery, tendon

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

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[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

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[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

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[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

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[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

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

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[HHH] noun a day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days (days of the week)

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[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

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[HHHH] noun having few feathers or sparse hair.

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[LL] noun small; few; a little bit; smallness.

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[LL] noun millipede.

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[H] verb, transitive eat up a large quantity of food.

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

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

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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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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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[HHL] noun blood

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

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[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unrap, unfasten, dismantle.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive vomit

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[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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[LH] verb, intransitive snap, break from too much strain (of a rope); sg only break away, leave a place and rush to another

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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[HHH] noun race

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[LL] verb, transitive choose, select (pl. of mek)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

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[HDH] noun white (pl. of afia)

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[LHL] noun brain

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[HLLHL] noun armpit

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[LH LL] noun regret

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

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[HHH] noun a seat without a back

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[LHLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[LL] conjunction and, with

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

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

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

[HHLL] noun cornsilk, the tassel at the end of an ear of corn

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

[LH] verb, transitive pour into; empty out; wide

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive bear fruit

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

[HHHH] verb, transitive irritate the throat and back of the mouth (as raw of insufficiently cooked yam or coco yam) (var. sian)

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[L] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

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

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[LH] noun right (direction)

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[LLL] noun fate, luck

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

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[HHL] noun voice, order, edict

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[L] verb, transitive write

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise