Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof

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[LHLL] noun king

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[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[LH] noun lizard

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[HH] noun fight

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[HLF] noun sneeze

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[HHL] noun man, male

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

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

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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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[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

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[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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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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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[LHH] noun a single (or double?) pronged metal gong.

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[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

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[HH] noun tree, any plant with a woody stem, wood.

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[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

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[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[LH] noun underpants.

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[HH] noun rope.

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[HH] noun fire.

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[HH] noun a case

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[LL] noun tail

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

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[H] verb, transitive agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand, work

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

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[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

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[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

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[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

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[HHH] verb, transitive peel with a knife; sharpen to a point (as a stick, an arrow)

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[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

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[HH] verb, transitive cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicine)

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[LLLH] noun centipede

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[LL] noun side, edge

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[HH] noun thick porridge

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

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[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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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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[LLL] noun prison, jail, detention

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[HL] interj. what

[HD] interj. yes

[HHH] noun water

[L] verb, transitive blind

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

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[LL] verb, intransitive walk with legs apart (like a person who has a boil, or something between his legs)

[LHH] noun scum

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[HF] noun the gums

[HHH] noun postherd

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

[HHH HLL] noun a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

[L] verb, intransitive shine, glitter, sparkle, reflect light (of a metal in the sun)

[HL] conjunction since (time, cause), because

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

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

[HH] verb, transitive pierce through, make a hole, carve out (pl. of tịp)

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[LLL] noun room

[LH] noun birth mark

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[HF] noun day, twenty-four hours

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HF] noun skill, talent

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[H] verb, intransitive move about, become restless, fidget

[H] noun child, offspring

[H] verb, intransitive become full; swell

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