Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

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[HLHL] noun lungs

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

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[LHL] noun priest

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[LHHHH] noun compound (gen. a large one with people living in it, the term suggests a rich man’s compound)

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[LHH] noun needle

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[HF] noun a broom made from oil palm fronds stripped of their leaves and tied in a bunch, it is generally used for sweeping the house

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

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

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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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[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

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[HL] noun headtie

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[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[HHH] verb, transitive cause disgust

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[LL] verb, transitive boast

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[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

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[HF] noun shore, harbor, port.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

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[L] ideophone sound made by a ripe pawpaw or avocado when it falls to the ground.

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[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

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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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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

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[HF] noun bitter

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[LLL] noun toad

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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

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[HF] noun advice

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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[HHL] noun blood

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[HH] verb, transitive cut down, hew down (a large object); cut (a large portion) (pl. of kek)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive/verb transitive think, meditate, worry, brood; hope, expect; consider; become concerned with, care

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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 lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive cajole, entice, lure.

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive become big

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[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

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[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge blag of flour, it falls with a thud.

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

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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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[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs; unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

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

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[LL] noun scar, welt

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

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[HH HL] noun outer part of the vagina - labia majora

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[LL] noun foot

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[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

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[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

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[LL] conjunction and, with

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

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become watery, thin and soft

[HH] noun dream

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[HF] noun horn of animal

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[LLL] noun intestines

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

[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

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LLH] noun basket

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HD] adverb also

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

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

[HHH] noun thorn, splinter, nail (fastener), needle

[H] verb, intransitive become gently, mild (of disposition, weather); adverb: quietly, safely

[H] verb, intransitive push as in childbirth

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

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

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

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

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[HH] adjective new

[LL] noun your mother

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[LH] noun cssave fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

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

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep