Ibibio English

[LHLL] noun cannon

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[LL] pronoun you

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[HF] noun slave

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[LHH] noun clan chief

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[HL] noun a metail basin used for storing and carrying food and water(borrowed from English basin)

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

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[L] verb, transitive break, break open (something round; something made of glass and clay)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

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

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

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[HHH] verb, transitive cause disgust

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[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

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

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[LL] noun kind of large edible white termite which makes huge hills.

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[LLL] noun small drum, two or three tuned to different pitches are played at once with the hands.

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive get off balance (as when something which was balanced or supported slips or slants down), become slanted.

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

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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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[HF] noun arrow.

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[HF] noun cricket

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[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[HF] noun salt

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[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

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[HH] verb, intransitive show off, become pompous

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[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

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[HH] verb, intransitive ebb (of the tide)

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[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

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[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive walk here and there, zigzag

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become finished; finished

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

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[L] verb, transitive finish; following another verb ma indicates completed actions

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[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

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[HHH] noun weeds, grass

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[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

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

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

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[HHH] noun water

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[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

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[LL] conjunction with, and

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

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[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[LLL] noun children, young animals (used as pl. of ayin, nyịn)

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[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LHH] noun calamity

[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

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[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

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[HHLHDH] noun wart

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

[LLLL] noun rust

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[LH] noun folktale, proverb

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[LHHH] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

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[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

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[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[HL] noun shirt

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth

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[L] verb, transitive entice, lure, bribe, cajole

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

[HHHH] verb, intransitive scream, shout at, often with mkpo (var. tiara)

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

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[LH] noun loving, likeness

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

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

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

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)

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[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

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[H] noun child, offspring

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