Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun dust

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[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

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[LF] noun whisper

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

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[HH] noun bone, stem, the prominent, conspicious or salient part of something

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

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[LHH] noun top, apex

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[LH] noun onion

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

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[HH] verb, intransitive become unsalted, unseasoned, become deficient

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

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

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[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

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[LHLL] noun rice.

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[LLL] noun civet cat.

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[LH] noun suicide by hanging a tight knot.

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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[LL] noun court, council meeting.

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[LH] noun father, old man, respectful address or reference to a man.

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[LHHH] noun a loan

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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

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[LF] adjective become unsalted, unseasoned; become deficient.

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[HH] noun body (of a human being, an animal, fruit, nut), self (used as a reflexive). aj (?) emphatic, even, particular, the very.

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[LHL] noun a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth to hold back the dregs.

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[LLL] noun toad

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[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

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[LL] noun time

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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[HH] verb, intransitive show off, become pompous

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[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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[H] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of an automatic horn.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

[LLH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become finished; finished

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[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[LH] verb, intransitive become born

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[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

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[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

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[LHH HL] noun the kernel of the unripe oil palm fruit, the shell is soft and can be broken with the teeth.

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[HHH] noun waste material left after sifting or straining something dry (esp cassava)

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] noun a short skirt of multi-colored raffia strung on a rope, it used to be worn in the fattening house because the body of the woman being fattening was smeared with oil and iduot and a dress would be ruined, now worn as an ordinary skirt; petticoat (NkpIn).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun a shoot (esp. referes to the shoot of a a yam stored in the yam marn prior to planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[LHL] adjective without response

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[HD] adverb also, too

[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

[LLHL] adjective leaky (var. ndre ndre, ndidIt, ndidIt)

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

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[LLLH] noun business

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[LH] noun fear

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

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

[LF] noun my grandmother

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[HHF] noun hiccup

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

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

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

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

[HHF] noun the small of the back and the area immediately surrounding it

[HH] noun weavil

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[LHL] noun rice

[HF] noun skill, talent

[HH] noun the sun

[HH] noun ear

[HHH] verb, transitive shake liquid in a bowl to distribute it evenly over the surface