Ibibio English

[HF] noun a bundle, a bundle of long, stiff objects, a bundle of twenty

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[HHL] noun umbilical cord

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[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

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[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

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[HF] noun oil

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[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[LL] noun cross the fingers

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

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[L] verb, transitive imitate

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

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

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[LH] interrogative adverb how? in what way?

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[LLL] verb, transitive pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

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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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verb, transitive become smooth

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[HH] noun tooth.

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[HF] noun rain.

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[LH] noun disease involving swelling of the testes; an insult (if a person called another person efik and make a fist it is a challenge to fight).

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

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[LLL] noun civet cat.

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[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

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[LH] noun rat, mouse (gen term).

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[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

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

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive shrink, become shrunken (of fruits, people).

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[LLL] noun wall

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[HF] noun drum.

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[HLHL] noun red

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

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[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

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[HHL] number one hundred.

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[HH] noun tortoise.

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[LHLL] noun a kind of bird, black with a white throat and a large beak (Goldie a small hornbill)

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

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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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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

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[L] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

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[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[L] verb, transitive stand in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kp edem.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

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[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

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[HH] verb, transitive chop

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[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

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

[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

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

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

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[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)

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[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

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[HH] verb, transitive insult; disobey, disregard

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[LLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

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[LLL HL] noun a secluded area in the water thickly covered with water plants ( a person can go in there to bathe)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[HHHH] noun food

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[HLL] noun prickly heat

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[HH] noun a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body

[HHH] noun postherd

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

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

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

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

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

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

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

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

[LHL] noun pigeon

[HH] verb, intransitive become clouded, unclear (in color); become murky, unclear (of liquids); become dusty (of clothes or something that can be shaken out)

[LLL] noun room

[LL] noun your mother

[HLL] adverb completely

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

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[HH] verb, transitive elude, evade (as a solution eludes one)