Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

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[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

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[LH] noun famine; limestone (Calcium Carbonate)

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[LD] adjective first

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[LLHL] noun a young man

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

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[LHDH] noun left-handed person

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

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[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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[H] verb, intransitive become cheap due to oversupply, go aground(of a boat)

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

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[LH] verb, transitive scramble for something (as children scramble for coins dropped on the ground)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

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[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

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

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[LF] noun message; fame.

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[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

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[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

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[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

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[LL] verb, transitive climb a large tree by putting the arms around it and moving up on the belly, shinny up a pole (pl. of fap).

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[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

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

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[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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[LLLL] noun state of numbness or sleep in the limbs; state of being shrivelled from immersion in water.

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[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

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

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[LH] adjective big

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[HH] noun gonorrhea.

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[LH] number three

(Igbo) atọ

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[HF] noun bunch of plantain or bananas (general)

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[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

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

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[H] verb, transitive crack (nut, palm kernels) with a stone

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[H] verb, transitive judge a case

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

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[L] verb, transitive vomit

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

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[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

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[HH] verb, transitive overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare for use

[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

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

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[LH HD] noun ring

[LHHH] noun a long narrow lightweight knife used for cutting grass; the flat part of a knife; a knife without a handle

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[LLL HL] noun a secluded area in the water thickly covered with water plants ( a person can go in there to bathe)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

[HHH HL] noun shin

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[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

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[HL] interj. what

[HHH] noun button

[LLHD] noun groundnut

[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[LLH] noun warm

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[HHH] noun something rotten

[HF] noun vein (esp. in the arm)

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

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[LL] noun lies

[LL] adjective small, few

[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 smell, sniff

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[L] verb, transitive to stretch out, stretch forward, stick out, point; intransitive: stick out, extend

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

[HHHH] noun a percussion instrument

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

[HH] verb, transitive fight; struggle; try

[HH] verb, intransitive flicker; transitive: flash a light on and off

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[H] verb, intransitive push as in childbirth

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[HDH] noun some

[LLL] noun room

[LF] noun your husband

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[HH] noun weight

[LHH] noun middle

[HH] noun liability, burden

[LHLL] noun radio (English loanword)

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[HH] noun road, way; doorway, door; habit, custom

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[LLH] verb, intransitive digest

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark