Ibibio English

[HHL] noun man, male

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

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[LH] noun circle formation for a game or dance

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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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[LLL HLL] noun strong waves, sea currents, tempest

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[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

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[HFHF] noun measles

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[LL] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

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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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[HH] verb, transitive break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone)

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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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[LH] verb, transitive play

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[HF] noun sole, palm (of hand or feet).

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[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

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[LL] noun axe.

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[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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

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[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

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[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

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[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

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[LH] a small cloth warn at the waist by mourning widows.

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HH] noun body (of a human being, an animal, fruit, nut), self (used as a reflexive). aj (?) emphatic, even, particular, the very.

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[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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[HF] noun laughter

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[HHF] noun mouth

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[LH] noun debt

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[LHH] noun crab

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[HHH] noun nose

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[H] verb, intransitive wander, go around, come and go; pl come and go and linger at a place

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[H] verb, intransitive; ideophone blink w anjen eye; describes something that flickers

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[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

[HH] verb, transitive call, invite, read

[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels (pl. of kpat)

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[HH] ideophone sound of an automatic horn.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

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[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart.

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

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[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

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[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs; unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[LL] noun side, edge

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

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

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

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[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

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

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[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[LLHD] noun groundnut

[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

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[HHH] noun water

[LHHH] adjective secret

[HH] noun weeds (syn. NwIp, mbiot, mbit, mbiet)

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

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

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[LHH] noun scum

[LHH] noun mockery

[HH] noun face, front, future

[LH] numeral third, three

[HH] noun a diseased condition of the skin on the legs involving pus filled swellings and cracking of the skin

[HH] noun a women’s society

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

[HLF] noun athlete’s foot

[HHH] noun vision, trance, revelation

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

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

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

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

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[LH] noun calamity

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[HH] verb, transitive saw, cut with a sawing motion (an animal’s throat, or in shredding certain leaves such as afan̄)(pl. of jọọk)