Ibibio English

[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHF] noun yawn

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[LL] pronoun you

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[HHF] adjective cold

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[HLF] noun sneeze

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[HFHF] noun measles

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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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun yam

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[LH] verb, transitive play

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive rev. of dian take away, separate two things that are stuck together, separate out from; change money

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive test, examine, measure, weigh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of slug found on plantain leaves.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun the area of the lower abdomen around the bladder.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun pig.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun the first shoost of a plant to come up.

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[LL] noun court, council meeting.

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[LHLL] noun hiccup.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun medicine, cure, poison, talisman, juju.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cricket

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[HH] noun gonorrhea.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun parrot

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[LH] noun debt

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[LF; HF] noun yam barn (a place where yams are stored for the next planting season)

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun nose

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[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive learn; teach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive vomit

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[L] ideophone sound made by a bar of steel when it falls to the ground

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[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

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[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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 gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive (iv) become set (of a trap), become piled up, heaped up; (tv) cary piled up (a stack of bulky things such as books or firewood, walking is impeded)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun weeds, grass

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[HHH] noun race

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[LHLH] noun burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the ground after a piece of farmland has been burned for planting

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a large calabash used as a buoy for nets

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] noun thing, something; matter event. This is one of the most productive words in Ibibio, it serves as any unspecified subject or object

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

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

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

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

[LL] verb, intransitive crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[HD] adverb also

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[LLH] verb, intransitive wander around, walk about (pl. of san̄a)

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[HF] noun silk, any shiny material used for a head tie

[HD] noun grandfather

[HH] verb, transitive make a knot, tie around and knot

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

[HF] noun trouble

[HH] noun weavil

[LHH] noun middle

[LL] noun your mother

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

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

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)