Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

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[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

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[HH] noun mosquito

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[LF] noun whisper

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

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[LH] noun lizard

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[LH] noun circle formation for a game or dance

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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[LLL] adjective green

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[L] verb, transitive father a child

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

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[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

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[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

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[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

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[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[H] verb, transitive enter, go into, join (a society of the modern type that involves only a simple process)

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

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[LH] noun husband

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[HF] noun chin.

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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[HHHL] noun nest.

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[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

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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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun small drum, two or three tuned to different pitches are played at once with the hands.

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[HH] noun saliva.

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[HF] noun good, genuine.

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[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

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[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

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[HF] noun bitter

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[HHF] noun mouth

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[LH] noun parrot

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[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

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[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

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

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[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut palm fruit from the cluster when there are very few remaining

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[HH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

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[LH] verb, intransitive become born

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[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[LH] noun neigbour

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[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

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[HF] noun cockroach

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[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[HHH] noun waste material left after sifting or straining something dry (esp cassava)

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[LH LL] noun regret

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[H.HL.L] noun a kind small house bat

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[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

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[LHHH] noun skull

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[H] verb, transitive groan (of a sick person)

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[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

[LHH] noun a kind of small bush rat, the king of rats

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

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

[LLL] noun intestines

[LH] numeral third, three

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[LL] noun my mother

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[L] verb, intransitive become black

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

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[HH] verb, intransitive become impaled, skewered, stuck onto a sharp object

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

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

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[HF] adjective big, old (of a person)

[LHL] numeral five

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[LLH] noun spider web

[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

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