Ibibio English

[LLL] noun God, god

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[HF] noun dust

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[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

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[LHLL] noun cannon

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[HHH] noun comb

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[LH] noun fence

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

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[HL] noun yam

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[LL] verb, transitive carry on the head, carry about (a worry)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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[HH] verb, intransitive stand, shine (of sun or moon)

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[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

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[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

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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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verb, transitive become smooth

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[HH] noun hare; a person fond of sleeping.

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[HF] noun rain.

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[LL] noun rectum, piles (also used as a curse).

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

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[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

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[HHH] noun dog.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

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[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

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

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[HHL] number one hundred.

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[HHH] noun nose

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[LLL LL] one by one, one at a time, each to each (lit. keet e keet)

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive gather together with the hands something that is in grains or particles (gari, rice, sand); collect into a bulk or heap

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[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

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[L] verb, transitive hop on one leg, limp.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

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[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

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[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

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

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[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

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[LL] pronoun my

[LHL] interjection no

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[H] verb, transitive injure, wound

[LL] noun common red and black lizard

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

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[LLH] noun, adjective corpse (esp. one that is dried up and distasteful); adjective: dead; worthless, good for nothing; vile, evil

[LHH] noun calamity

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

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

[LH] noun my father

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

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

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

[HH] verb, transitive shake, bounce a person as on a couch

[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

[LHHH] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

[HHHH] noun a percussion instrument

[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

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[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

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

[LF] noun the edible kernel of the raffia palm fruit

[HH] noun oppression

[LL] noun your mother

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[LLL] numeral four

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[LL] noun covering on the surface of something (skin on soup, tarnish on metal, fungus)

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast