Ibibio English

[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

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[LHLL] noun rice

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[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[LH] adjective all, every

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[HH] noun the first-born son

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[HHL] noun wife, female

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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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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[LLH] verb, transitive refer to someone or mention someone’s name in a conversation, criticize, gossip; divide/share items among many people; classify items

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[H] verb, intransitive become cheap due to oversupply, go aground(of a boat)

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

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

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[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

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[HL] noun yam

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] number twenty.

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[HH] noun knee.

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[LH] noun suicide by hanging a tight knot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a hump on the back.

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[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

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[LHHH] noun a loan

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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 suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

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[L] verb, transitive fan, wave, swing; iv hover, float in the air.

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[LLL] noun wall

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[HF] noun hair (on the head or growing densely as on the head).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

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[LHL] noun whistling

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[LHH] noun crab

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[LH] noun cassava (the term includes varieties of Manihot utilissima and Dioscorea dumetorum

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[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

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[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive stand in a relative position.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands (plural of kpoppo)

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[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

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[LH] verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

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[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive peel with a knife; sharpen to a point (as a stick, an arrow)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive catch sight of (see)

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

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[HHH] noun shreds, particle

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[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[HHH] noun fart

[L] verb, transitive blind

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

[HHH] noun a freshwater swamp where raffia palms grow

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

[HLHHH] noun maze; confusing place full of turns and corners

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[HH] noun ashes, dust

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

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive bear fruit

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

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

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

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[L] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil

[HD] noun grandfather

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

[L] verb, transitive grate

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[HF] noun smell, odor

[HLL] adverb completely

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[HH] noun ear

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HH] noun childhood

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

[H] verb, transitive suck

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

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

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate