Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H.HL] noun shame

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[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

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[LHLL] noun rice

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[LLHF] noun world

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[LHLL] noun king

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[LH] adjective all, every

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[HHL] adjective old

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[LH] noun fence

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[LHL] noun python

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[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

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[HH] verb, transitive waste

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

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[HL] noun yam

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[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

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

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[HF] noun pig.

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[LL] noun axe.

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[LH] noun greeting.

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[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

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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

[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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[LLLL] noun state of numbness or sleep in the limbs; state of being shrivelled from immersion in water.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

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[HH] noun rope.

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[HHH] noun firewood.

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[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun someone shorter than normal. a stunted person

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[HH] noun gonorrhea.

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[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

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, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

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[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare for use

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[LH HD] noun ring

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H.HL] noun sandfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

[LHL] interjection no

[LL] noun common red and black lizard

[HH] noun dream

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

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

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] noun prickly heat

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

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive dance; fawn on

[L] verb, intransitive become straight; become right, correct

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

[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[HL] noun knuckle

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

[LLHL] adjective stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetịp, iteitịp)

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[HH] noun the sour orange

[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

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HHH] noun thorn, splinter, nail (fastener), needle

[LH] verb, intransitive become clear, light, bright; fig become clear, understandable; become large, wide; expand; transitive: clear (as a road); expand, enlarge

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

[HH] verb, transitive extinguish (a light, a fire) intransitive: go out, become extinguished (of a light, a fire)

[H] verb, intransitive push as in childbirth

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[HF] noun mortar

[HH] noun friend

[LHF] noun third-born son

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

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

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

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

[LH] noun your father

[HHH] noun feast

[H] verb, transitive soothe, pat, rock a child

[LLH] verb, intransitive digest

[LH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm

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

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness