Ibibio English

[HF HL] noun pimple

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[HLHL] noun lungs

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[HHL] noun wife, female

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[LL] noun the first wife

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[LHLL] noun hiccup

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[HLF] noun sneeze

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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

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[LL] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

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[HL] noun a metail basin used for storing and carrying food and water(borrowed from English basin)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

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[LH] verb, transitive scramble for something (as children scramble for coins dropped on the ground)

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[LH] verb, transitive play

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[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

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

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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verb, transitive become smooth

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[HF] noun rain.

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[LL] noun axe.

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[HH] noun saliva.

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

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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).

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[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

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[H] verb, transitive cover (a person with a blanket, food with a cloth, a house with a roof, a hole with dirt, but not used for cover something with its own cover) cf kup.

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[HHH] verb, transitive remove from the mouth what one has been sucking or holding there.

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[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[LH] noun belly

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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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.

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[LH] adjective big

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

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[HF] noun advice

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[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (not using hands)

[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

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[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

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

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[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands (plural of kpoppo)

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[HH] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

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

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

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[LLH] verb, intransitive preach, repeat over and over, moralize, advise

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[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

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[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

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[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

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[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

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[HH] noun periwinkle

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[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

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[H] adverb here.

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[LLHDH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LLHD] noun groundnut

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

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[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[LL] conjunction with, and

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

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

[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

[HLL] noun a children’s running and hiding game played by moonlight

[HH] noun sand

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

[L] verb, transitive sell

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[LL] noun my mother

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

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

[LL] verb, transitive take fire, carry fire

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

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

[HHHH] verb, intransitive scream, shout at, often with mkpo (var. tiara)

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[HF] noun mortar

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

[LLL] numeral four

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[HH] noun childhood

[LL] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[L] verb, transitive kill

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

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)