Ibibio English

[HH] noun mosquito

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive waste

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

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

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[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

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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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[LL] verb, transitive fail to show appreciation, criticize what has been done for one

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

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

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[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

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

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[HLL] verb, intransitive to fool around.

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[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun side whiskers, side burns.

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[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

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[HH] noun meat, rat.

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[LHLL] noun hiccup.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

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[HF] noun drum.

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[HHH] noun firewood.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[HF] noun pus

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[LL] noun time

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[HHL] noun blood

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[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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[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)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

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[HH] verb, transitive rev of kup open a cover or lid

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[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

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

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

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[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

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

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

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[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun skull

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[LLL] noun prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[LL] noun place

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

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

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

[H] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

[L] ideophone sound of wood being cut

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hang down; weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a line or heavy fruits on a branch)

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

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

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[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)

[HH] noun weight

[HF] noun house

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[LHL] noun rice

[LHL] numeral five

[HH] noun life, existence, state of being alive, life style, habits

[HHL] noun voice, order, edict

[HF] noun noise

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive move about, become restless, fidget; move about, wriggle

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive see at an unexpected time or place, occur unexpectedly, do unexpectedly

[HHH] verb, transitive spread with the palm of the hand (mud, plaster, water on the wall or floor)