Ibibio English

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun shoulder

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[LH] adjective all, every

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[LH] subj, obj. pronoun he, she, it, him, her, it

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[HH] noun a kind of black stinging ant which lives in palm trees

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive tell

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a hump on the back.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun strange, alien.

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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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[HH] verb, intransitive become white.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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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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[HF] noun bitter

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

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

[HHH] noun partition (in the house made of cloth); section of bush partitioned by boundary markers

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[HH] noun gonorrhea.

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[LL] noun time

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[LH] noun cassava (the term includes varieties of Manihot utilissima and Dioscorea dumetorum

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unrap, unfasten, dismantle.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut palm fruit from the cluster when there are very few remaining

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLHHH] noun [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[L] verb, intransitive become dark, black

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[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun scar, welt

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

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[LL] verb, transitive choose, select (pl. of mek)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

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

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[HHH] noun a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH LL] noun regret

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[HHH] noun water

[HH] noun dream

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[HF] noun horn of animal

[LHH] noun mockery

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[LHL] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

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

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[LH] verb, intransitive faint, lose consciousness; become lowered

[L] verb, transitive entice, lure, bribe, cajole

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[LLL] verb, transitive crumble

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LL] noun grave

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[LHH] noun middle

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

[LHH] adjective many, much

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[LHL] noun rice

[HF] noun noise

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[HH] verb, transitive saw, cut with a sawing motion (an animal’s throat, or in shredding certain leaves such as afan̄)(pl. of jọọk)

[HHH] verb, transitive spread with the palm of the hand (mud, plaster, water on the wall or floor)