Ibibio English

[LLHL] noun cat

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[HF HL] noun pimple

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[LHLL] noun rice

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[LHL] noun priest

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[HL] 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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[HHL] noun man, male

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

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[HH] noun child, offspring

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[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[H] verb, transitive make round, roundish(rather wet thing esp by putting eg clay, fufu)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

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[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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[LL] verb, transitive make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

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[H] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive marry

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[HH] noun goat; a stupid person.

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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[LL] noun court, council meeting.

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

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[HH] noun saliva.

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[LH] noun heart, gut.

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[LF] noun message; fame.

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[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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[HF] noun cricket

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[HHL] number one hundred.

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[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

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[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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[LHH] noun crab

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[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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[HF] noun advice

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[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

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[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

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[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat to the ground.

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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.

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[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg.

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[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

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[HH] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

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[HH] verb, transitive make jittery movements as though one had ants in ones clothing; move very fast on ones toes in a jittery way (i.e. walk like a European); swagger, strut to show off

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive hop on one leg, limp.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

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[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

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[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

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[HH] noun penis

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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

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[LLH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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[HLF] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

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[H.HL] noun sandfly

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[LHHLHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

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[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

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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

[HF] noun a kind of white clay from the river, it is eaten, used as a treatment for diarrhea, used as a whitewash, and is rubbed on the body for decortion or against heat rash

[LHH] noun scum

[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

[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

[LLHL] adjective stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetịp, iteitịp)

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[HH] noun the sour orange

[LL] verb, transitive push, push over, push aside, shove

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

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

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[LH] noun oyster

[LHH] noun a shrine

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

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

[HHHH] verb, transitive irritate the throat and back of the mouth (as raw of insufficiently cooked yam or coco yam) (var. sian)

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

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hang down; weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a line or heavy fruits on a branch)

[HH] verb, intransitive become impaled, skewered, stuck onto a sharp object

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

[LH] noun calamity

[LHLL] noun rice

[HH] noun friend

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[LH] noun fishhook

[LHH] noun needle

[H] verb, transitive suck

[H] noun child, offspring

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