Ibibio English

[HF] noun a bundle, a bundle of long, stiff objects, a bundle of twenty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

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[HF] noun squirrel

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[LF] noun whisper

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[LHH] noun top, apex

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

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[H] verb, transitive sharpen

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[HHH] verb, transitive beg, beg for; plead with, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

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[LL] verb, transitive cut through with a single stroke

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[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[LH] noun greeting.

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[LH] verb, intransitive get off balance (as when something which was balanced or supported slips or slants down), become slanted.

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

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[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] number one hundred.

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

[HH] noun a case

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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[LLL] noun young men, youths

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[HHL] noun blood

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

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[LL] ideophone sound of shoes with heels

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[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of firewood breaking; sound of corn cracking as it roasts.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

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[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart

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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun neigbour

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[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

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

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[HLLHL] noun armpit

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[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

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[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH LL] noun regret

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[HHH] noun a seat without a back

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

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[HHH HL] noun eyeball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] conjunction and, with (variants: ye; ndo; mma)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[LHH] noun a kind of small bush rat, the king of rats

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

[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[HL] noun knuckle

[HH] noun sand

[HFHF] noun smallpox

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

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

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

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[H] verb, transitive chew, eat something hard or chewable (meat, nuts, coconut). chew, eat away (of diseases that destroy tissue); burn

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

[HH] verb, transitive praise, flatter, play up to

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

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

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

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

[LH] noun the second-born son

[HF] noun smell, odor

[HF] noun a kind of tree with soft wood, probably Alstonia congensis (Dalziel)

[LLL] numeral four

[LH] noun fishing spear

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[HHL] noun voice, order, edict

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

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

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

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive see at an unexpected time or place, occur unexpectedly, do unexpectedly

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness