Ibibio English

[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun king

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[LF] noun whisper

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[HHL] noun wife, female

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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[HH] noun person, human being; someone

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[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

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

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[L] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

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[L] verb, intransitive stay over-night, spend the night

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

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[LLL] verb, transitive pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

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[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[HF] noun monkey

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[HF] noun sole, palm (of hand or feet).

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

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[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive fan, wave, swing; iv hover, float in the air.

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[HF] noun drum.

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[LL] noun extra-marital sex.

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[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

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[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

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[HH] noun fire.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun foot

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[LH] adjective big

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[LLL] adjective soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a person’s flesh)

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive tell a fable, proverb, riddle

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[H] adverb there, over there, yonder

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[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of a palm kernel or ekOm nut when it is cracked with a stone; sound made by snapping the fingers; sound made in a gun when it fails to fire because the powder is wet.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] 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

[LL] verb, transitive learn; teach

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[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

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[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

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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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[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

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[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

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[HH] noun thick porridge

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[LLH] verb, transitive swallow (pl. of men)

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[LHL] noun brain

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[LHHH] noun a large calabash used as a buoy for nets

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

[LL] verb, transitive doubt, argue, dispute

[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

[HHH] noun postherd

[LH] numeral third, three

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

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

[LF] noun my grandmother

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

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

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[HHH] verb, intransitive become alive (if animals and plants); become fresh (of meat, fish), become fresh, become healthy, fine (of a human being)

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

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

[LLL] verb, transitive crumble

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[L] verb, transitive grate

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

[LLH] noun ability

[HHHH] noun blood

[HH] noun sand on the shore

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

[LH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance