Ibibio English

[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[LLHL] noun a young man

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[LHL] noun basket

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[LH] noun lizard

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

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[LLL] noun hut, improvised temporary shelter(in the bush or at the fishing ponds)

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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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[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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[LH] noun pawpaw

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

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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, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

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[LL] verb, transitive make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

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[L] verb, transitive send, send for, send to (a person or a message), send for a nefarious purpose, pl esp instigate stimulate a desire in, cause longing in

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[HH] noun goat; a stupid person.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

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

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[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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[HH] noun tree, any plant with a woody stem, wood.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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

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[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HF] noun drum.

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[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

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[LH] adjective big

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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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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[HF] noun advice

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[HHH] verb, transitive promise, vow (involves an exchange, something given for something done)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLF] noun [Eng] cigarette

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[H] verb, transitive tell a fable, proverb, riddle

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound of shoes with heels

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[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

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[H] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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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[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive call, read aloud, invite

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

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[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

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[HLLL] noun armpit

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[LH] noun penis, some speakers say that this is a polite term, others that it is slang, still others that it is a childs word

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[LF] noun scar

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[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

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[HHH] noun fart

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

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[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[LLL] noun mist, fog

[LL] verb, transitive push, push over, push aside, shove

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[L] verb, transitive to stretch out, stretch forward, stick out, point; intransitive: stick out, extend

[LH] verb, transitive squeeze (a fruit, a wet cloth). press (oil from ayop), milk

[LHH] noun a shrine

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[LH] verb, transitive strike on the head with the knuckles made in a fist

[HH] verb, intransitive laugh (plural of sak)

[L] verb, transitive select, select out, sort out

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

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

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

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[LL] noun grave

[LHF] noun third-born son

[HH] noun silk cotton tree, Ceina pentandra (Deizel)

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[HH] noun road, way; doorway, door; habit, custom

[LHL] numeral five

[LL] noun quarrel

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[LLH] verb, intransitive digest

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[H] verb, transitive attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)