Ibibio English

[HH] noun flesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun man, male

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[LHLL] noun king

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[HLL] noun sweat

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LHF] noun yawn

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[HF] noun root

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

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[LHL] noun basket

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

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[HHH] noun bee

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[HH] noun person, human being; someone

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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

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[L] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

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[L] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[LL] verb, intransitive creep, spread, cove (of vines, plants sp. when a yam covers its supporting stick with many leaves and branches)

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[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

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[HH] verb, intransitive stand, shine (of sun or moon)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

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

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[LH] interrogative adverb how? in what way?

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[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

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[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

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[LL] noun mother.

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

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[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

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[HH] noun saliva.

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[LF] noun message; fame.

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

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[L] ideophone sound made by a ripe pawpaw or avocado when it falls to the ground.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

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[LH] noun underpants.

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[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

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[LL] noun foot

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

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[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

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[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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[L] verb, transitive perceive, feel, sense, taste, hear; understand; listen to, heed; respond to

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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[LL] verb, transitive sweep; take the remains of something

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[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

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

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[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

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[LL] verb, intransitive grow (of people, animals, plants, hair) (pl. of kọt [L])

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[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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[LHLH] noun a kind of caterpillar, found at the top of oil palm trees, edible

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[LLH] noun warm

[LHL] adjective without response

[HHH] noun water

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

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

[HL] noun two hundred (from an old monetary system)

[HHH] noun a freshwater swamp where raffia palms grow

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

[LL] verb, transitive doubt, argue, dispute

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[LH] noun a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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[LLLL] noun rust

[HD] adverb also

[L] verb, transitive mark property to identify it or to keep people or evil away (eg. put a talisman tied in red string on one’s fruit trees so no one will take the fruit)

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

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

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

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

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[LL] numeral second

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

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[LLL] noun universe

[LH] noun your father

[LL] noun quarrel

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HF] noun noise

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become pregnan, conceive (var. jʌmmo)

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms