Ibibio English

[HF] noun dust

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HF] noun slave

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[HHL] noun forest

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[HHL] noun wife, female

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[HHH] noun okra, okro

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

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[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

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

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[HH] verb, transitive test, examine, measure, weigh

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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[LH] noun husband

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[HF] noun monkey

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[HHH] noun a day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days (days of the week)

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[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

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[LLL] noun side whiskers, side burns.

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

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[HHHH] noun having few feathers or sparse hair.

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

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[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

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[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

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

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[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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[HF] noun drum.

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

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[HF] noun stream.

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[HH] noun stool (Goldie says this word is a loan from Aqua).

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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 LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

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[HH] noun vagina

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[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

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[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] ideophone sound of bottle breaking (on the floor, on a basin, on metal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

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[LH] verb, intransitive snap, break from too much strain (of a rope); sg only break away, leave a place and rush to another

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[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

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[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

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[L] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle

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

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[HHH] noun shreds, particle

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[LLL] noun pl people

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[LH] noun neigbour

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

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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

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[HF] noun sandfly

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[LF LL] noun a childrens game in which sticks are passed around quickly and players try not to accumulate them

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[LHHH] noun skull

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

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[LHL] adjective without response

[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

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

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

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

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

[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

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[LLL] noun intestines

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

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

[HHLL] noun cornsilk, the tassel at the end of an ear of corn

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

[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

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[LH] verb, transitive pour into; empty out; wide

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[HH] noun weeds, grass

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

[HH] verb, transitive split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

[L] verb, transitive grate

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[HH] adjective new

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[LHD] noun a kind of fish with a hard skull and whiskers, good to east (Goldie: a species of catfish); (var akpakot)

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[LL] noun quarrel

[LHH] noun needle

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark